Recently, the "Forum on the Construction of a New Think Tank with Chinese Characteristics 2024" was held at the Executive Leadership College in Pudong, China, with the theme of "The Construction of a New Think Tank in the Journey of Chinese-style Modernization". Based on the construction of Chinese-style modernization, the participating experts exchanged the characteristic practices and important experiences of the construction of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics, discussed the problems and difficulties faced by the operation and management of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics, and made suggestions and suggestions for promoting the high-quality development of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics.
Cao Wenze, vice president of the China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong, who is in charge of daily work, stressed that the party's think tank must adhere to the original intention of "providing advice to the party" and make due contributions to promoting Chinese-style modernization. First, it is necessary to focus on the party's innovative theoretical armament, offer a good policy of "research and interpretation", work systematization, study, physics and chemistry, and earnestly make fresh ideas fresh and thorough theories; Third, it is necessary to strengthen the study of major practical problems, offer a good strategy for "solving difficult problems", adhere to the demand-oriented and problem-oriented, and proceed from the urgent needs and strategic needs of the party and the state, and actively carry out forward-looking, policy-oriented, and applied research; fourth, it is necessary to focus on the construction of Shanghai's "five centers" and offer a good policy of "promoting development", put forward new ideas, new ideas, and new methods for solving problems, and more effectively promote the implementation of the major strategic plans of the central government in Shanghai.
Wang Dezhong, president of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, proposed that the new modern think tank should focus on solving several key problems. First, it is necessary to meet the needs of Chinese-style modernization, regard the study of major strategic issues as the main task, give full play to the expertise of intellectually intensive and other think tanks, promote organized and systematic research arrangements, and serve as a good think tank and think tank for the party and government to make decisions. Second, it is necessary to adapt to the new situation of rapid and changeable development, strengthen the basic method of investigation and research, strengthen the investigation and study of the world, the country, and the city, and earnestly ensure that the research is useful and useful. The third is to adapt to the new trend of contemporary scientific and technological development, use intelligent and digital technology to enrich research tools, and continuously improve the scientificity and accuracy of research results. Fourth, it is necessary to adapt to the new requirements of international exchanges, actively carry out academic diplomacy, set global issues, carry out international exchanges, and innovate international communication methods. Fifth, it is necessary to adapt to the new trends of talent development, grasp the important guarantee of gathering talents, and continuously consolidate the talent foundation of modern new think tanks.
Yang Zhenbin, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, believes that as an important part of the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, the new think tank with Chinese characteristics is an inevitable requirement for Chinese-style modernization. For example, in terms of serving the governance of the country, we insist that the main leaders, academicians and leading talents take the lead in taking charge of key tasks related to national strategies and interests, put the decision-making of the party and the country in a prominent position, and strengthen research in the fields of national security and cultural power; In terms of serving regional development, it actively participates in the formulation of important plans and documents such as Shanghai's "Five Centers" and "Yangtze River Delta Integration", and in terms of external discourse, it helps to improve the country's soft power through the study of creation myths, war trials and national image.
Jin Yinan, former director of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the National Defense University, stressed: First, the construction of think tanks should be done to provide charcoal in times of need, produce valuable results in an efficient manner, and strongly support leading cadres to become managers with broad strategic visions and scientifically cope with the increasingly complex situation. The second is to move from TO THINK to PRACTICE, as far as possible at a high and cutting-edge, to see farther than managers, to predict possible problems and difficulties in advance, and to put forward countermeasures and suggestions. Third, we should attach great importance to efficiency and speed, and avoid being swayed by opinions without real insight. Fourth, we must "read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, and know thousands of people", insist on stepping on the land of China, bear in mind China's national conditions, and build a good Chinese think tank.
Zhou Hanmin, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and president of the Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association, pointed out that the construction of a new type of think tank should firstly draw on the strengths of others and unite as one, and only by fully integrating the research forces of various parties can it provide effective decision-making staff for the urgent, difficult, and dangerous problems faced by the party and the country in a timely manner In a flexible and practical way, we have strengthened exchanges with foreigners in Shanghai, learned real information, listened to relevant opinions and suggestions, and formed a number of decision-making results with reference value.
Wang Ronghua, an expert member of the National Textbook Committee and chairman of the Shanghai Education Development Foundation, believes that the new think tank of socialism with Chinese characteristics should work "new" and "special". Adhering to the party's leadership is the most distinctive feature and the most fundamental symbol of the new type of think tank with Chinese characteristics, and it is also the essential difference between the ideological attributes of the new type of think tank with Chinese characteristics and the think tanks of major developed countries, and it is also the key to the steady and far-reaching and high-quality development of the new type of think tank with Chinese characteristics. The development of think tanks should be soul-casting, clear-eyed, and question-oriented, that is, adhere to the party's management of think tanks, and change from "task-driven" to "mission-oriented"; adhere to the supremacy of the people, bear in mind the "great man of the country", cast the "important weapon of the country", establish a decision-making and consultation supply and demand docking mechanism, and do a good job as a problem solver of the times, the people and the country; adhere to Chinese characteristics, cultivate "national talents", and explore institutional and mechanism innovations such as the cultivation of compound talents and flexible exchange of talents.
The experts at the meeting agreed that Shanghai attaches great importance to the construction of a new type of think tank with Chinese characteristics, and has basically formed a new type of think tank construction layout system in the city with a relatively reasonable professional structure and a relatively complete echelon structure, clearly established a new type of think tank construction research orientation of "serving the national strategy and serving the development of Shanghai", and gradually established and improved a new type of think tank management system that conforms to the development law of think tanks and the characteristics of decision-making consulting and research. With the advantages and characteristics of Shanghai's new think tank marked by "internationalization" and oriented to "world influence", a number of iconic think tank brands with Chinese characteristics, the characteristics of the times and the characteristics of Shanghai have been cultivated. In the next stage, Shanghai will earnestly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on his visit to Shanghai, and systematically promote the implementation of the "new high-end think tank construction project" by improving the political ability, professional ability, international ability, communication ability and brand ability of the city's new think tank.
The forum was jointly organized by China Executive Leadership College Pudong and Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.