Zhao Zhongxiu talks about new think tanks: combining four aspects to provide products that meet user needs
(Source: China Economic Net 2016-6-30 )
6month28On the afternoon of the same day, the unveiling ceremony of the "International Strategic Investment Research Center" of the w88 casino and the first "Belt and Road" Strategic Investment Salon were held grandly at the w88 casino. According to reports, the research center is a new think tank jointly established by the Ministry of Commerce and the w88 casino to implement the requirements of "effectively building a new type of think tank with Chinese characteristics" proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping, giving full play to the w88 casino's disciplinary advantages and professional characteristics, innovating systems and mechanisms, and cooperating with enterprises.
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Vice President Zhao Zhongxiu of the w88 casinoIn an interview with a reporter from China Economic Network, he said that in the past, many research institutions in China, such as universities, scientific research institutes, policy research departments and corporate research institutions, often conducted research on issues of concern from their own perspectives. From the perspective of serving national development, the research results produced by this traditional model can no longer meet demand, so the country draws on mature international experience to promote a strategy of new think tanks, and from201211154_11189
Zhao Zhongxiubelieves that compared with previous research institutions, new think tanks are mainly “new” in four aspects:
First, independence. The new type of think tank is not a set department and has no set majors. It is less constrained and relatively independent. In other words, its direction will not be determined by a distinct departmental position or position.
The second is comprehensiveness. New think tanks are different from the single-dimensional and single-perspective research conducted by previous research institutions and must absorb resources and strength from all aspects.
The third is professionalism. The comprehensive research of new think tanks does not mean that it must be comprehensive. It must be professional on every specific issue.
The fourth is internationalization. New think tanks must have a global perspective when doing research. They cannot sit in a well and look at the sky, which is just one's own opinion. They must consider the larger international background.
Zhao Zhongxiusaid that users of new think tanks may be governments, enterprises, or international organizations. If the above aspects can be combined well, products that meet user needs can be provided. Moreover, through the development of such a think tank, competition on the supply side will be formed, ultimately allowing users to make a choice among multiple conclusions, or competing conclusions. "I think in the past we often only had one question, one conclusion, one condition, and one point of view, so there was no possibility of making choices, comparisons, and refining. We used one point of view to guide, but it turned out that it was not a good thing and was misguided. Then we abandoned it and changed it to another one. There were too many examples of this in the past," Zhao Zhongxiu said.
Zhao ZhongxiuFinally, it is emphasized that the research of think tanks is actually a kind of applied research, which cannot cover the whole world and needs to form effective cooperation with basic research. "Perhaps basic research thinks very far, thinking about things in fifty or one hundred years, and think tanks think about things in three to five years. The most urgent thing is the policy research department. Urgent issues require immediate policies, so short, medium and long-term tripartite cooperation is formed. I think such a three-dimensional result can provide a real guarantee for scientific decision-making."
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http://www.china.com.cn/opinion/think/2016-06/30/content_38779527.htm
