Tuesday, August 18, 2009
[IWS] Brookings: CHINA'S NEW THINK TANKS: Where Officials, Entrepreneurs, and Scholars Interact [Summer 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Brookings Institution
Li, China Leadership Monitor, No. 29
China's New Think Tanks: Where Officials, Entrepreneurs, and Scholars Interact [Summer 2009]
Cheng Li
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/summer_china_li.aspx
or
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2009/summer_china_li/summer_china_li.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
[excerpt]
The growing importance of think tanks in China and the frequency with which they are able to facilitate international exchanges is understandable within the context of China's rise on the world stage. Many Chinese people are now conscious that their country is not only in the midst of profound socioeconomic transformations, but is also rapidly emerging as a major player in global affairs. They wish to understand the complex and internationally intertwined challenges that China faces in order to take intelligent positions on the issues involved.
Abstract:
As Chinese think tanks begin to acquire the "revolving door" quality that
has long described their peer institutions in other countries, business
leaders from major state-owned companies and domestic (or Hong Kong
based) private companies now play a crucial role in the management of
think tanks, gained through the financial contributions these companies
make to the think tanks in reaction to government policies that strongly
affect their businesses. Meanwhile, an increasing number of foreigneducated
"returnees" find think tanks to be ideal institutional springboards
from which to reintegrate into the Chinese political establishment and play
a role in shaping the public discourse. A close look at the formation of
three prominent think tanks in the countrythe China Center for
International Economic Exchanges, the Chinese Economists 50 Forum,
and the China Center for Economic Research at Peking Universityadds
a new analytical wrinkle to the long-standing and complicated relationship
between power, wealth, and knowledge.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Brookings Institution
Li, China Leadership Monitor, No. 29
China's New Think Tanks: Where Officials, Entrepreneurs, and Scholars Interact [Summer 2009]
Cheng Li
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/summer_china_li.aspx
or
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2009/summer_china_li/summer_china_li.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
[excerpt]
The growing importance of think tanks in China and the frequency with which they are able to facilitate international exchanges is understandable within the context of China's rise on the world stage. Many Chinese people are now conscious that their country is not only in the midst of profound socioeconomic transformations, but is also rapidly emerging as a major player in global affairs. They wish to understand the complex and internationally intertwined challenges that China faces in order to take intelligent positions on the issues involved.
Abstract:
As Chinese think tanks begin to acquire the "revolving door" quality that
has long described their peer institutions in other countries, business
leaders from major state-owned companies and domestic (or Hong Kong
based) private companies now play a crucial role in the management of
think tanks, gained through the financial contributions these companies
make to the think tanks in reaction to government policies that strongly
affect their businesses. Meanwhile, an increasing number of foreigneducated
"returnees" find think tanks to be ideal institutional springboards
from which to reintegrate into the Chinese political establishment and play
a role in shaping the public discourse. A close look at the formation of
three prominent think tanks in the countrythe China Center for
International Economic Exchanges, the Chinese Economists 50 Forum,
and the China Center for Economic Research at Peking Universityadds
a new analytical wrinkle to the long-standing and complicated relationship
between power, wealth, and knowledge.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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