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BIG DATA REPORT ON CHINESE THINK TANKS

2016

China Think Tank Big Data Evaluation ProjectSchool of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

Who Influences China?Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks

The authors are very grateful for advice and feedback from experts, including Guoqiang

Li, Linbo Jing, Xiaolin Shi, Peng Yi, Wen Wang, Lili Wang, and Qiang Zhi. This project was

technically supported by the Qingbo Big Data Corporation, China (Websites: http://www.

gsdata.cn). This report was released at the “Second Think Tank Summit on New Economy”

in January 2017 held by the Ali Research Institute. The authors would like to thank the

National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists of China (71625006) and the Tsinghua

University Initiative Scientific Research Program (2016THZWLJ01) for their generous

sponsorships for this report.

Xufeng Zhu

Jing Zhao, Wanqu Han, Yang Jia, Mingshuai He, Guansheng Wu, Shuning Lu

Program members

2016

Acknowledgements

Who Influences China?Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks

Table of Contents

I. Significance of think tank big data evaluation

1.1 Research background

1.2 Significance of think tank big data evaluation

II. Method of think tank big data evaluation

2.1 Data source

2.2 Selection of data samples

2.3 Methods of data collection

2.4 Think tank big data index

III. Report on the Evaluation of TTBI

IV. Outlook

The 2016 TTBI-WeChat Official Accounts

The 2016 TTBI-Weibo Experts

The 2016 TTBI-WeChat Citations

The 2016 TTBI-100 Ranking

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The 2016 Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks is the first report by a Chinese

academic research institute providing a comprehensive evaluation and ranking of

think-tank-related activities through big data evaluation and social data resources.

This report was spearheaded by Prof. Xufeng Zhu, Associate Dean of the School of

Public Policy and Management in Tsinghua University, who is a leading expert on

Chinese think tanks.

On the basis of big data analysis, this report provides a ranking index system

for the activities and effects of think tanks and their experts in social media. The

report involves three sub-indexes, namely, WeChat-based think tank influence,

Weibo-based think tank expert influence, and WeChat-based think tank citation

influence, and a comprehensive index, namely, think tank big data index (TTBI).

Foreword

Wechat-based

think tank in�uence

Wechat-based

think tank citation

in�uence

Think tank big

data index (TTBI)

evaluation results

Weibo-based

think tank expert

in�uence

2016

Big Data Report

on Chinese

Think Tanks

I. Significance of think tank big data evaluation

In 2013, the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee

proposed the “construction of new-type think tanks with Chinese characteristics.” In January 2015,

the General Offices of the CPC Central Committee and State Council jointly issued the Opinions on

Strengthening the Construction of New-type Think Tanks with Chinese Characteristics (hereinafter

referred to as the “Opinions of the Two General Offices”). The central government held a work conference

on strengthening the construction of new-type think tanks with Chinese characteristics in December

2015 and announced the list of the first round of pilot high-end think tanks. Building a number of

professional think tanks with international reputation and influence has become an important strategic

measure to enhance scientific and democratic decision making, promote the modernization of the

country’s governing system and capability, and strengthen China’s soft power.

Since then, think tanks have become a social highlight in China. The influence of think tanks on the

government and society is worthy of research. Such research requires scholars to examine the diversified

behaviors of think tanks and the mechanisms by which they exert influence. Thus, think tank evaluation

and ranking have realistic significance. Such an evaluation will help in understanding the overall

development of think tanks and issuing policies that support their development. This evaluation will also

help the think tank industry establish a standard and code of conduct. It can be applied by think tanks to

identify deficiencies and targets amid competition and learning and contribute to the establishment of

certain think tanks in the government, foundations, media, academia, and the public.

1.1 Research background

2 2016 Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks

The academia has introduced various methods of observing and evaluating the behaviors of think tanks.

These methods include distributing questionnaires to relevant groups for subjective nomination and

evaluation and to think tanks themselves for objective data evaluation as well as collective analysis of

the public behaviors of think tanks to achieve a large-sample evaluation. The methods of measuring

and evaluating the influence of think tanks have exhibited a transition from a subjective to an objective

point of view, from qualitative to quantitative, from small to large samples, and from minimal to massive

amounts of data. This transition trend is due to the fact that the combination of social science and

modern information technology has been widely applied, and the emergence of social networks based

on new media has significantly changed the political ecology of modern countries. To promote their own

influence, think tanks actively embrace the new communication platforms to affect policies. Therefore,

think tank evaluations need to follow the pace of political and social developments, and new methods

to obtain data on think tanks should be developed. An example of such methods is to track data from a

large number of disordered traces of think tanks and experts in social media and explore the “big data

evaluation method” for the influence of think tanks.

From a subjective to an objective point of view

From small to large samples

From minimal to massive amounts of data

From qualitative to quantitative

Methods of measuring and evaluating the in�uence of think tanks

2016 Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks 3

New social media platforms, such as WeChat, Weibo, and News APPs, provide traces of new activities of

think tanks. However, capturing information on WeChat, Weibo, and News Apps through a “traditional”

Internet search is difficult. Special methods must be used to capture, obtain, and analyze data on the

activities of think tanks in social media.

Think tank big data evaluation refers to the backtracking, tracking, extraction, and analysis of data from

a large number of disordered traces of think tanks and experts in social media to conduct an objective

evaluation of the influence of think tanks. Big data evaluation is objective, unbiased, conducted in

real time, and based on a large sample. Massive amounts of data can provide relatively objective and

unbiased information resources, and constantly updated data sources can offer real-time large-sample

data resources. The present study covers data on Weibo, WeChat, and News Apps by using the big data

evaluation method to evaluate the daily behaviors of think tanks in new media platforms.

With this preliminary exploration of think tank big data evaluation, we could identify a possible means to

conduct a comprehensive dynamic analysis of think tank behavior, achieve a frequent release of big data

evaluation indexes on the basis of think tank products, encourage think tanks to provide high-quality

reports, and contribute to the government’s public decision making.

1.2 Significance of think tank big data evaluation


The data extraction process in this study obtained support from www.gsdata.cn. The data were from a big

data platform containing 110,000 websites, 18 million active WeChat accounts, 150 million active Weibo

accounts, 6,155 online forums, and 930,000 News Apps. The research team initially gathered data from

these platforms and worked on exact matching and data selection.

The big data platform is a database updated in real time. The database is supported by 500 Alibaba cloud

servers. A total of 300–600 GB of data are captured and stored in this data resource daily.

Websites110,000

WeChat O�ceAccounts

18 millions

Weibo Accounts150 millions

Forums6,155

NewsAPPs930,000

II. Method of think tank big data evaluation

2.1 Data source


300-600GB

2.2 Selection of data samples

From existing databases for the evaluation of a list of think tanks, we selected 510 think tanks and divided

them into seven major categories according to the Opinions of the Two General Offices. The majority of

the 510 think tanks are officially recognized and mainly engaged in policy research, and the minority is

semi-official or social organizations that play certain roles of think tanks. Among them, 218 are university-

based think tanks, 102 are enterprise-based and society-backed think tanks, 38 are party-based or

administration schools, 46 are affiliated with academies of social sciences, 101 are sponsored by the party

and government agencies, 2 are army-based, and 5 are research institutions-based.

Enterprise and social think-tanks102

University think-tanks218

Army think-tanks2

Research institutethink-tanks

5

Party and governmentagency think-tanks

101 Party or administration school think-tanks36

Academy of social sciences think-tanks46

510think tanks


2.3 Methods of data collection

We used the full names of the 510 think tanks and the abbreviations of the types of think tanks as

keywords, conducted initial data capturing and batch collection on WeChat and SinaWeibo, built a basic

database, and performed data cleansing and accurate matching. Afterward, we obtained data on the

traces of the official accounts of think tanks and experts on WeChat and Weibo. The data were collected

from January 1, 2016, to November 20, 2016.

(1)Identification of official accounts on WeChat and

information acquisition

We identified 149 valid WeChat official accounts

of think tanks from 18 million WeChat accounts

and acquired all information on their account and

articles; 39,000 articles were read 78.61 million times

with 379,000 likes.

We collected all information on the articles of

the 149 accounts and identified data, such as the

maximum amount of reading, maximum amount of

likes, and first-published articles.

(2)Collection of data on think tanks in all active

WeChat-based official accounts

From the 18 million articles of the active WeChat-

based official accounts published in a year, we

collected 3.84 million articles from the 510 think

tanks we referred to (370 MB of data). We also

extracted the data field, number of reading, number

of likes, article location, original information, and so

on from these articles.

Identified 149 effective official

accounts and collected their

information and articles. A

total of 39,000 articles were

read for 78.61 million times.

149 WeChat-based official accounts

Collected all articles and

relevant data f ields from

active WeChat accounts

that refer to the 510 think

tanks. Acquired 3.84 million

articles and 370 MB of data

and extracted the data field,

number of reading, number

of likes, article location, and

original information, and so

on from these articles.

510 WeChat-based think tanks citation


The think tank big data index (TTBI) includes three first-level indicators: WeChat-based think tank

influence, Weibo-based think tank expert influence, and WeChat-based think tank citation influence. Each

first-level indicator has several second-level indicators.

The WeChat-based think tank influence indicator has the following secondary indicators: all articles

published in a year, time of reading of all articles in a year, likes of all the articles in a year, frequency of

publishing articles, and capacity of the articles published by the official accounts.

(3)Identification of experts from think tanks on Weibo and information acquisition

We extracted 4,516 real-name users via fuzzy recognition from the 150 million Weibo accounts monitored

in real time and accurately matched them with the 529 experts from 143 think tanks on Weibo. These

think tank experts have 64.58 million followers and have published 1.72 million articles.

We collected the data field of the individual accounts and all posts and articles of the 529 experts on

Weibo and obtained up to 30 MB of data, including 151,000 micro-blogs, 2.66 million re-posts, 1.91

million likes, and 1.09 million comments.

Extracted 4,516 real-name users via

fuzzy recognition with tags indicating

that they are f rom think tanks.

Accurately matched the experts from

143 think tanks with 529 experts on

Weibo. These think tank experts have

64.58 million followers and have

published 1.72 million articles.

Collected data on the individual

accounts and all posts and articles of the

529 experts on Weibo and obtained

up to 30 MB of data, including 151,000

micro-blogs, 2.66 re-posts, 1.91 million

likes, and 1.09 million comments.

4514 Weibo-based identified expert accounts

529 Weibo-based expert accounts

2.4 Think tank big data index


The Weibo-based think tank expert influence indicator has the following secondary indicators: total

number of fans, number of posts released by an expert in a year, number of re-posting articles released by

an expert in a year, proportion of comments on all articles released by an expert in a year, proportion of

likes for all articles released by an expert in a year, and proportion of the reposts for all articles released by

an expert in a year.

The WeChat-based think tank citation influence indicator (information on the reference of all articles on

WeChat to certain think tanks and the impact of these articles) has the following secondary indicators:

total number of articles referring to the think tank from active official accounts on WeChat, times of

reading of the articles referring to the think tank from active official accounts on WeChat, total number of

likes for articles referring to the think tank from active official accounts on WeChat, and importance of the

articles’ location in WeChat.

Finally, we designed an index system, standardized and weighted the data, and acquired the TTBI for each

think tank. The weightings of the secondary indicators are shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Index system for the evaluation of think tank big data

Frist-level indicators Second-level indicators Weight Logarithm Standardized

WeChat-based

think tank influence

index, 33.33%

“Released articles”: All articles published in a year 10% √ √

“Views” : Time of reading of all articles in a year 20% √ √

“Likes” : Likes of all articles in a year 20% √ √ “Released articles” frequency : Frequency of publishing articles (N/365; one group per day at most) 10% √

“Released articles” volume : Capacity of the articles published by the official accounts (number of articles/8; eight articles per group at most)

10% √ √

“Headlines likes” ratio : Proportion of likes for the first article (number of likes for the first article/time of reading for the first article) 30% √

Weibo-based think tank expert

influence index,

33.33%

History fans numbers 40% √ √

“Weibo posts” : Number of posts released by an expert in a year 10% √ √

“Share” : Number of re-posting the articles released by an expert in a year 20% √ √ “Comments” ratio : Proportion of comments on all articles released by an expert in a year 10% √

“Likes” ratio : Proportion of likes for all articles released by an expert in a year 10% √

“Share” ratio : Proportion of reposts for all articles released by an expert in a year 10% √

WeChat-based think tank citation

influence index,

33.33%

“Citation article” : Total number of articles referring to the think tank from active official accounts on WeChat 40% √ √

“Views” : Time of reading of the articles referring to the think tank from active official accounts on WeChat 20% √ √

“Likes” : Total number of likes for articles referring to the think tank from active official accounts on WeChat 20% √ √

“Position” importance : Importance of the location of the articles referring to the think tank from active official accounts on WeChat (location in the eight articles)

20% √ √


III. Report on the Evaluation of TTBI

The ranking of top think tanks in terms of WeChat-based think tank influence (Table 1) is as follows: Center for China and Globalization, China Finance 40 Forum, China Index Academy, Chinese Cities and Small Towns Reform and Development Center China, Development Research Center of the State Council, Henan Academy of Social Sciences, Liaowang Institute, Pangoal Institution, Phoenix International Institute, Shanghai State Owned Capital Operation Research Institute.

The top 10 think tanks in terms of Weibo-based think tank expert influence (Table 2) are as follows: China Association for Science and Technology, China Soft Science Research Institute, China Strategy Culture Promotion Association, China Youth and Children Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University, Research Center International Monetary Institute of Renmin University, Pangoal Institution, Unirule Institute of Economics. The ranking in terms of WeChat-based think tank influence differs greatly from that in terms of Weibo-based think tank expert influence.

The top 10 think tanks in terms of WeChat-based think tank citation influence (Table 3) are as follows: Baidu Data Research Center, China Association for Science and Technology, China Center for Economic Research(CCER) of Peking University, China Finance 40 Forum, China Index Academy, Chinese Academy of Personnel Science, Chinese Economists 50 Forum, Financial Research Institute of the people’s Bank of China, National School of Development of Peking University, PBOC Research Bureau and The views from economy-, finance-, and economics-related think tanks were constantly referred to by active official accounts on WeChat.

The top 10 think tanks in terms of TTBI are as follows: CBN Research Institute, Center for China and Globalization, Party School of the Central Committee of CPC, China Association for Science and Technology, China Center for Information Industry Development, China Finance 40 Forum, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University, Liaowang Institute, Pangoal Institution and the top 100 influential think tanks are presented in Table 4.


Evaluating think tanks based on big data breaks the technical bottlenecks of objective evaluation

and provides a new dimension to recognize the construction and operation of think tanks. This

evaluation can also track public opinions in real time to provide a reference for governmental

decision making.

The influence of big data on think tanks does not equal the overall policy influence of think

tanks. Only within a transparent decision-making system can the influence of think tanks be

evaluated accurately. Therefore, the desire to establish an open and transparent governmental

decision-making system fundamentally drives the exploration for a comprehensive evaluation

of the influence of think tanks.

IV. Outlook


Big Data Evaluation Think Tanks Influence

A++

Center for China and Globalization(CCG

)Enterprise and social think-tanks

56.881564

7197715251

0.95695.0289

0.6849

A++

China Finance 40 Forum (CF40)

Enterprise and social think-tanks 52.21

8001605274

54690.8923

2.75860.3056

A++

China Index Academy


933899300

30190.9138

3.14140.3446

A++

Chinese Cities and Small Tow

ns Reform and

Developm

ent CenterParty and governm

ent agency think-tanks 61.96

18113826091

171570.9908

5.62420.3998

A++

Developm

ent Research Center of the State Council (D

RC)Party and governm


1313587545

44110.8492

4.75720.601

A++

Henan Academ

y of Social SciencesAcadem

y of social sciences think-tanks 53.75

203087280

9080.9754

6.40380.9882

A++

Liaowang Institute

Party and government agency think-tanks

66.591360

50684804198371

0.70775.913

0.4747

A++

Pangoal InstitutionEnterprise and social think-tanks

54.941262

7696994753

0.97233.9937

0.5024

A++

Phoenix International InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

58.97987

624967532520

0.93543.2467

0.5324

A++

Shanghai State Ow

ned Capital Operation

Research InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

51.711034

6998482759

0.84623.76

0.3112

A+

1000 thinktankEnterprise and social think-tanks

48.8698

3744312488

0.97232.2089

0.6296

A+

CBN Research Institute


1177162041

18300.6492

5.57821.5631

A+

China Association for Science and Technology

Research institute think-tanks 47.64

869141099

13930.4985

5.36420.8439

A+

China Center for Information Industry

Developm

entParty and governm


1060165834

8420.8677

3.75890.4336

A+

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renm

in University (RD

CY)U

niversity think-tanks 51.46

939703017

36840.7569

3.81710.4691

A+

EnfodeskEnterprise and social think-tanks

51.6643

18376736539

0.98462.0094

0.3226

A+

Friends of Nature


540501127

63370.5846

2.84211.1761

A+

Gassroots think tank


512719268

90441

1.57541.1271

A+

Guizhou Academ



35410940

9190.3662

2.97488.672

A+

The Charhar InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

49.9869

2314372658

0.73233.6513

1.2536

A21th Century Education Research Institute


187152032

15970.4338

1.32621.0481

AAcadem

y of Macroeconom

ic of National

Developm

ent and Reform Com

mission


37.22112

774571845

0.15382.24

2.0362

AA

li ResearchEnterprise and social think-tanks

47.52397

15963066662

0.77231.5817

0.4142

AA

nhui Academy of Social Sciences

Academy of social sciences think-tanks

37.27249

2976168

0.22773.3649

4.9438

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365337732

41360.4277

2.62591.2349

ACentral Party School of the Central Com

mittee

of C.P.CParty or adm

inistration school think-tanks 43.47

246479285

64570.5077

1.49091.3241

AChina Academ

y of Urban Planning and

Design


40.14205

2035831404

0.17233.6607

0.7492

AChina A

ssociation of Social SecurityEnterprise and social think-tanks

44.62472

2205252010

0.73231.9832

0.948

AChina Institute of International Studies (CIIS)


41.19386

43633946

0.39383.0156

1.956

AChina Institute of Strategy and M

anagement


260130115

7690.6738

1.18720.5821

AChina Philanthropy Research Institute

University think-tanks

37.45251

59627732

0.36312.1271

1.3506

AChina Real Estate D

ata Academy


515110132

3560.5354

2.95980.3359

AChina Real Estate Research A

ssociationEnterprise and social think-tanks

38.12352

59564241

0.21854.9577

0.2956

AChina Rural Research Institute, H

uazhong N

ormal U

niversityU


16192251

24970.4646

1.06622.7287

AChinese Academ

y of Social Science (CASS)


37.63173

3091251824

0.44621.1931

0.5817

AD

evelopment Research Center of A

nhui Province


40.56287

3012257

0.54151.6307

7.1146

AD

evelopment Research Center of Inner

Mongolia


42.29197

9572436

0.11385.3243

5.3347

AD

evelopment Research Center of the M

inistry of W

ater ResourcesParty and governm


289464382

28360.8462

1.05090.6136

AForecast Thinktank


502222243

13340.6831

2.26130.5163

AH

unan Academy of Social Sciences


42.85598

65663632

0.40924.4962

0.934

AKnow

far Institute for Strategic and Defence

StudiesEnterprise and social think-tanks

44.34422

4453412497

0.62.1641

0.5767

AN

ational Academy of D

evelopment and

Strategy, Renmin U

niversityU


435129023

9890.4554

2.93920.7794

AO

ne Belt One Road 100


773233833

14960.8123

2.9280.6283

AParty School of G

ansu Provincial Party com

mittee of China

Party or administration school think-tanks

43.2525

1062801080

0.46463.4768

0.9549

AParty School of N

ingxia Party comm

ittee of China


43.29250

376351697

0.26772.8736

4.4649

AResearch Center for Port D

evelopment, D

alian U

niversity of TechnologyU


6179

270.0062

321.1765

AResearch Center of Chinese Village Culture,

Hunan U

niversityU


19425555

8390.2523

2.36592.8191

AResearch Institute of Borui Industrial

Developm

ent, Fudan University


39.23359

85680671

0.55691.9834

0.8562


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IndexReleased A

rticlesView

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e“H



AShandong Academ



108523685

1290.56

5.96150.6376

AThe W

ang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics,

Xiamen U

niversityU


285113392

8870.5385

1.62860.8163

A-

Academy of Finance Research, Zhejiang U

niversityU


27625007

3850.5569

1.52491.5866

A-

Beijing Academy of Social Sciences


34.07132

7058226

0.09854.125

2.2561

A-

BIMEnterprise and social think-tanks

28.463

77485393

0.19081.0161

0.5078

A-

Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy (BTC)U


17777899

5580.3785

1.4390.7114

A-

CCPEnterprise and social think-tanks

35.47303

11178186

0.31692.9417

1.9981

A-

Center for Am

erican Studies, Fudan University


28.6845

11570321

0.09231.5

2.6392

A-

Center for China in the World Econom

y, Tsinghua U

niversityU


11730921

2450.1477

2.43750.8

A-

Center for Chinese Entrepreneur Studies (CCES), Tsinghua U

niversityU


449217

1700.1138

1.18921.7632

A-

Center for Energy & Environm

ental Policy Research of Beijing Institute of Technology (CEEP-BIT)


26.8564

772282

0.07692.56

1.136

A-

Center for Industrial Developm

ent and Environmental

Governance (CID

EG), Tsinghua U

niversityU


22857576

5700.4308

1.62860.9813

A-

Center for Public Affairs and Local G

overnance, Nanjing

University


25.3538

20367183

0.08621.3571

0.9413

A-

China Center for International Economic Exchanges

(CCIEE)Enterprise and social think-tanks

26.6141

11784102

0.04622.7333

0.7461

A-

China Developm

ent InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

36.39195

65135928

0.38771.5476

1.4459

A-

China Economic M

onitoring and Analysis Center

(CEMAC)


37.03211

107952801

0.27692.3444

0.8211

A-

China Executive Leadership Academy Yan’an


30.1699

10811212

0.16311.8679

2.1429

A-

China Institutes of contemporary institutional relations

(CICIR)Party and governm


5334482

5590.1631

11.6211

A-

China Modern City Research Center, East China N

ormal

University


28.1456

23209399

0.16921.0182

1.7265

A-

Chinese Academy for Environm

ental Planning of the State Environm

ental Protection Administration (CA

EP, SEPA

)Party and governm


6129609

1290.1477

1.27080.4444

A-

Chinese Academy of Press and Publication


30.2296

16952224

0.13232.2326

1.3027

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Henan Province


27.6360

6539141

0.09232

2.1008

A-

Furee Think-TankEnterprise and social think-tanks

37.14168

18332362

0.12924

2.629

A-

Germ

an Research Center, Tongji University


36.53272

50401241

0.21233.942

0.6622

A-

GRA

ND

VIEWEnterprise and social think-tanks

29.8789

23212377

0.22771.2027

1.6278

A-

Guangdong Academ



761422

370.0462

5.06673.4632


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A-

Hongfan Institute of Legal and Econom

ic StudiesEnterprise and social think-tanks

25.9456

20903194

0.161.0769

1.0164

A-

Institute of Education, Xiamen U

niversityU


359145

6180.1046

1.02946.7477

A-

Institute of Financial Studies, Southwestern U

niversity of Finance and Econom

icsU


14863446

14700.3138

1.4512.2106

A-

Institute of Guangdong, H

ongkong and Macao D

evelopment

Studies, Sun Yat-sen University


27.5580

13025175

0.16921.4545

1.3711

A-

Institute of Industrial Economics of Chinese Academ

y of Social Sciences


31.14154

9293115

0.15383.08

1.3736

A-

Institute of International and Strategic Studies(IISS), Peking U

niversity U


13230900

3490.1538

2.641.2455

A-

Institute of Public Policy, Zhejiang University


32.75193

26321274

0.34151.7387

1.0984

A-

Institute of State Governance, Sun Yat-sen U

niversityU


14456677

5740.3077

1.441.0577

A-

Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences


34.22170

12641193

0.14773.5417

2.0207

A-

Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences


32.8249

6760104

0.23083.32

1.5926

A-

Middle China D

evelopment Institute of H

enan University


30.22130

11070190

0.22461.7808

1.7273

A-

National Institute of M

etrology of ChinaParty and governm


6926822

2900.1262

1.68291.103

A-

Party School of Anhui Provincial Party com

mittee of China


29.9134

9459413

0.08311.2593

4.3163

A-

Party School of Chongqing Municipal Party com

mittee of China


37.18322

23006368

0.35692.7759

1.6192

A-

Party School of Guangdong Provincial Party com

mittee of China


36.18199

24489622

0.29852.0515

2.3312

A-

Party School of Henan Provincial Party com

mittee of China


29.52116

35289188

0.20621.7313

0.4982

A-

Party School of Jiangsu Provincial Party comm

ittee of ChinaParty or adm


8461787

16260.2431

1.06332.6254

A-

Party School of Shaanxi Provincial Party comm



624274

720.0338

5.63642.2425

A-

Peking University Fiscal Law

Research CenterU


18136508

1960.1692

3.29090.6488

A-

Research Center on Religion and the National Security of China,

Fudan universityU


3625018

3760.1108

11.5029

A-

Shanghai Institute for National Econom

yU


15947009

3980.3538

1.38260.8443

A-

Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)Party and governm


11519291

4210.1631

2.16982.0485

A-

SIFL InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

34.57180

96355583

0.51691.0714

0.6125

A-

South Nongovernm

ental Think-tankEnterprise and social think-tanks

29.91259

479941

0.24313.2785

0.8628

A-

Institute of International Law, W

uhan University


35.7194

65587602

0.25542.3373

0.9427

A-

Zijin Media Think Tank


11277461

7590.3108

1.10890.9969


eThink tank type

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rticlesView

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e“H



The 2016 TTBI-Weibo Experts

Table 2 A

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ab

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k tan

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leve

l


eThink tank type

IndexH

istory FansW

eibo posts in a yearShare

“Comm

ents” ratio“Likes” ratio

“Share” ratio

A++



12948051329

15422591.07

173.34116.05

A++

China Soft Science Research InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

62.36711761

948561

158.72300.26

91.07

A++

China Strategy Culture Promotion A


70.08511232

5812955

215.64472.76

223.36

A++

China Youth and Children Research CenterParty and governm


5290420417

86740.14

33.3720.8

A++

Chinese Academy of Sciences


708091449511

10810308.03

1221.83

A++

Chinese Academy of Social Science (CA

SS)Academ


376767216530

3524438.8

18.2221.32

A++

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin

University (RD

CY)U


18101915060

1158297.32

21.8222.89

A++

International Monetary Institution, Renm

in University


77.332889380

17340136

156.58476.79

232

A++


61.26685837

85312165

19.431.61

14.26

A++

Unirule Institute of Econom

icsEnterprise and social think-tanks

87.852749684

22080351

306.93525.43

365.23

A+

21th Century Education Research InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

51.62227637

891666

4.8812.92

18.72

A+


Enterprise and social think-tanks54.07

506294520

4190

167.520.95

A+

Central Party School of the Central Comm

ittee of C.P.CParty or adm


9622833366

927155.98

6.7527.54

A+

China Society of Economic Reform


1826561972

15671129.94

27.2279.47

A+

Chinese Academy of Engineering


82782414

239112.14

105.14170.79

A+

Chinese Academy of M

anagement Science


109199113729

302240.4

0.792.2

A+

Financial Research Center, Fudan University


57.36341962

10511261

120.62192.29

107.25

A+

PLA N

ational Defence U

niversityA

rmy think-tanks

54.5993481

41556021

78.97135.96

134.99

A+

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences


54.15215352

9141180852

4.958.59

19.78

A+


51.31148510

241488489

12.211.64

36.66

ABeijing Academ



689424577

724910.1

10.3212.56

ACathay Institute for Public A

ffairsEnterprise and social think-tanks

37.6371367

181591

0.464.06

3.27

ACenter for China and G

lobalization (CCG)


1571647498

2400.94

1.20.48

ACentral Com



73892555

23360.85

1.34.21



eThink tank type

IndexH

istory FansW


“Comm


“Share” ratio

AChina Academ

y of Urban Planning and D

esignParty and governm


48789475

6371.29

1.971.34

AChina A

ssociation of Developm

ent Strategy StudiesEnterprise and social think-tanks

41.84114620

1102606

6.717.55

23.69

AChina A

ssociation of Employm

ent Promotion


1664199236

7331.44

5.453.11

AChina Center for Inform

ation Industry Developm



110962955

40170.94

0.84.21

AChina City D

evelopment Academ

yEnterprise and social think-tanks

36.6638725

474810

0.470.67

1.71

AChina Energy Research Society


1450481650

22880.41

0.591.39

AChina Finance 40 Forum

(CF40)Enterprise and social think-tanks

46.23781108

91723

2.1911.47

7.95

AChinese Academ

y of Fiscal SciencesParty and governm


197450617

2341213.06

28.9137.94

AChinese Academ

y of International Trade and Economic

CooperationParty and governm


520324137

63400.39

0.421.53

AChinese Cities and Sm

all Towns Reform

and D

evelopment Center


42.822617524

1612

1.191.69

0.75

AFinancial Research Institute of the people’s Bank of China


38.984013528

20

00.5

0

AForecast Thinktank


159945878

126720.53

1.892.16

AFriends of N

atureEnterprise and social think-tanks

36.6881204

136280

0.551.29

2.06

AFSI


38.433828292

10

00

0

AG

ansu Academy of Social Sciences


42.8127825

394829504

1.331.6

7.47

AInstitute of Com

munication, Com

munication U

niversityU


69155383

12393.6

9.913.23

AInstitute of cultural developm

ent, Comm

unication U

niversityU


3345751430

95080.89

6.886.65

AN

ational Institute of Metrology of China


44.2769501

116815777

1.43.01

13.51

APBO

C Research BureauParty and governm


1402347155

900.15

0.170.58

AResearch Center of political econom

y, Tsinghua U

niversityU


611644271

11043.46

11.164.07

ARural D

evelopment Institute of China Academ



38.3886076

94838

1.62.88

8.91

ASichuan Academ



26453526

45246.65

8.668.6

AThe Charhar Institute


67636652

2700.18

0.390.41

ATianjin Academ



38875806

342833.33

942.53

AW

orld and China Research InstituteParty and governm


98105330

13811.57

2.124.18



eThink tank type

IndexH

istory FansW


“Comm


“Share” ratio

AYunnan Academ



89406352

2700.31

1.90.77

A-

Academy of M

ilitary Sciences PLA China

Arm

y think-tanks25.97

14751634

7920.35

0.510.48

A-

Baidu Data Research Center


412379

5230.29

0.346.62

A-

Beijing Dajun Center for Econom

ic Watch and Studies


2698912

203.33

8.921.67

A-



995518

610.17

1.53.39

A-

Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy


27.19408

14578

0.610.82

0.54

A-

Center for IPR StudiesU


39419100

470.55

2.40.47

A-

China Administration Society


30846948

4060.32

3.040.43

A-

China Center for Economic Research of Peking U

niversity (CCER)


35.0162043

174154

0.070.36

0.89

A-

China Center for International Economic Exchanges

(CCIEE)Enterprise and social think-tanks

29.4456631

508

0.30.62

0.16

A-

China Entrepreneurial Think TankEnterprise and social think-tanks

32.8697729

2336

1.572.65

1.57

A-

China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong


27.517204

24316

0.070.16

0.07

A-

China Index Academy


1208012

100.83

00.83

A-

China Institute for Reform and D

evelopment (CIRD


22.5555680

00

00

0

A-

China Institute of Energy Economics Research(CIER)


28.923533

2927482

0.180.26

0.16

A-

China International Institute for strategic SocietyEnterprise and social think-tanks

22.6111748

206

0.950.3

0.3

A-

China International Taxation Research Institute (CITRI)Enterprise and social think-tanks

23.545295

3566

0.261.66

1.89

A-

China Philanthropy Research InstituteU


1417524

2336.63

7.389.71

A-

China Real Estate Research Association


4623530

20

0.10.07

A-

Chinese Academy of Cultural H

eritageParty and governm


30740947

1970.33

1.630.21

A-

Chinese Academy of D

ecision Science Enterprise and social think-tanks

33.829885

156411

1.331.51

2.63

A-

Chinese Academy of Personnel Science


33.9925294

419375

1.753.74

0.89

A-

Chinese Academy of Press and Publication


25.86970

13671

0.050.18

0.52

A-

Chinese Economists 50 Forum


8413258

1660.35

0.20.64

A-

Chinese Research Academy of Environm

ental Sciences (CRA

ES)Party and governm


19356168

3423.03

1.692.04

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Shanghai Municipality


29.289505

701129

0.070.7

0.18


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te: “

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mm

en

ts” ra

tio=

“C

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me

nts”

/ “W

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, “L

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ratio

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, “S

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ratio

=“

Sh

are

”/“

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ibo

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sts”


eThink tank type

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istory FansW


“Comm


“Share” ratio

A-

Developm

ent Research Institute, Wuhan U

niversityU


234421928

980.15

0.160.05

A-


22.8715259

382

0.110.13

0.05

A-

Guangdong Academ



164469

201

1.442.22

A-

Heilongjiang Academ



3720506

650.27

0.760.13

A-

IFB of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences


35.4562857

364127

0.110.23

0.35

A-

Institute of China’s Economic Reform

and Developm

entU


268570

00

00

A-

Institute of Digital China (ID

C), Peking University


24.765778

17247

0.170.3

0.27

A-

Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academ



22.15228

2936

0.050.02

0.02

A-

Institute of private economy, Peking U

niversityU


10158452

2290.08

1.984.4

A-

Institutes of Science and Developm

ent, Chinese Academ

y of SciencesResearch institute think-tanks

35.2417655

11391242

0.340.69

1.09

A-

Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences


20.5413877

71

0.432.43

0.14

A-

Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences


34.7646562

230213

1.191.65

0.93

A-

Jingwei Thinktank


15654967

360.42

1.220.54

A-

Lenovo ResearchEnterprise and social think-tanks

35.45102554

17759

0.110.08

0.33

A-

Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences


256101101

7160.47

0.910.65

A-

Liaowang Institute


30.117388

145135

0.530.58

0.93

A-

Nankai Institute of International Econom

icsU


15688294

580.19

0.40.2

A-

National Academ

y of Developm

ent and Strategy, Renm

in University


29.455296

2001223

0.192.73

6.12

A-

National Institute of Education Sciences


20.8634746

00

00

0

A-

Party School of Beijing Municipal Party com

mittee of

ChinaParty or adm


30124268

1110.12

0.160.41

A-

Party School of Jiangsu Provincial Party comm

ittee of China


35.1223818

751806

2.574

24.08

A-

Party School of Zhejiang Provincial Party comm

ittee of China


23.185179

6935

0.492.96

0.51

A-

Research Center for Enterprise Developm

ent, Tsinghua U

niversityU


1138879

180.15

0.250.23

A-

Shanxi Academy of Social Sciences


28.2563992

155

0.331.47

0.33

A-

South Nongovernm


33.5821666

1080246

0.430.58

0.23


The 2016 TTBI-WeChat Citations

Table 3A

lph

ab

etica

lly sorte

d b

y thin

k tan

ks at th

e sa

me

leve

l


eThink tank type

IndexCitation article in a year

Views

Likes“Position” im

portance

A++



1971934815673

2325390.4339

A++



2831615479586

1598800.4444

A++

China Center for Economic Research(CCER), Peking U

niversity U


3283953590187

3455350.4145

A++



2321234153654

1708350.4284

A++

China Index Academy


2887031727889

1813190.4157

A++



89.8522631

36149013311549

0.4289

A++



2044046281941

7586670.4354

A++

Financial Research Institute of the people’s Bank of ChinaParty and governm


2572035514036

1774090.4132

A++

National School of D

evelopment, Peking U

niversityU


2246232020831

2275610.4396

A++

PBOC Research Bureau


90.3829617

36298833126289

0.4424

A+

Academy of M


Arm

y think-tanks 87.88

2039130759303

2819900.4002

A+

Am

erican Studies Center, Peking University


87.3418591

32671570185601

0.4136

A+



87.4217884

28893051374932

0.3983

A+




1975326920470

1888330.4327

A+

China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)Party and governm


1963523524362

2463240.4303

A+

China Institute of Strategy and Managem

ent Enterprise and social think-tanks

87.6319715

30679694301769

0.395

A+

Developm

ent Research Center of Hubei Province


87.7721323

22726345171756

0.4313

A+



88.6320153

30053477231001

0.4357

A+



87.9823058

30338362229778

0.3933

A+

Zero2IPO Research Center


1968022462506

1480140.4337

AAcadem

y of Macroeconom

ic Research, National D

evelopment

and Reform Com

mission


85.4721279

1653354894034

0.4083

ABeijing D

ajun Center for Economic W

atch and StudiesEnterprise and social think-tanks

84.6613869

22072459179786

0.4053

ACentral Com



1648125718069

1890520.3807

AChina A

ssociation of Social SecurityEnterprise and social think-tanks

85.8816193

30337006176943

0.3981



eThink tank type


Views


portance

AChina Center for Inform

ation Industry Developm


ent agency think-tanks86.16

1973821096258

1439470.4068

AChina Center for International Econom

ic Exchanges (CCIEE)Enterprise and social think-tanks

85.9119757

17389300117029

0.4206

AChina Institute for Reform

and Developm

ent (CIRD)


1761821301921

1789070.4296

AChina Institute, Fudan university


85.7414853

21165384138421

0.4418



83.9814280

13790048113103

0.4304

AChinese Academ

y of Agricultural SciencesParty and governm


1852419775245

1274330.4034

AChinese Academ

y of EngineeringResearch institute think-tanks

86.7119725

16898049160701

0.4331

AChinese Academ



1608023005725

970860.4113

AChinese Academ


83.7119824

14983841158921

0.3479

AChinese Academ

y of Social Science (CASS)


85.2219701

12261210109178

0.4254

AChinese Research Academ

y of Environmental Sciences (CRA

ES)Party and governm


1965322038447

1338420.4244

AChongqing Academ



1209720547056

1136870.428

AChongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RD

CY), Renmin

University of China


86.9918928

25701393194247

0.4131

AD

evelopment Research Center of Chongqing M

unicipalParty and governm


1487415506096

818460.429

AD

evelopment Research Center of the State Council


86.5421207

14828832102231

0.4447

AD

evelopment Research Center of Zhejiang Province


83.8915777

1329576073278

0.4335

AD

evelopment Research Institute, W

uhan University


85.7617155

19521398124110

0.4292

AEnergy Research Institute, N

ational Developm

ent and Reform

Comm

issionParty and governm


2413018505961

857580.4048

AG

uangdong Academy of Social Sciences


83.7411830

19565309159870

0.4156

AG

uangzhou Developm

ent Research Institute, Guangzhou

University


8619681

20155388107862

0.4185

AInstitute of A

merican Studies, Chinese Academ



85.4715879

24964745153092

0.4078

AN


evelopment and Strategy, Renm

in U

niversityU


1427115725522

936790.4255

AN

ational Institute of finance, Tsinghua University


83.7315746

20886969107928

0.3826

AState G

rid Energy Research InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

85.3719738

21407265102502

0.3973

AThink Tank Industry Research Center, Shanghai U

niversityU


2175116176771

902190.4369


AZhejiang Institute of Talent D

evelopment


85.9417009

21819625110501

0.4342

A-


82.159814

1602230591750

0.4352

A-

Center for Am

erican Studies, Fudan University


82.3611089

17233073102256

0.412

A-

Center for China and Globalization (CCG


82.619899

12419387135512

0.4463

A-

Center of Japanese Studies, Peking University


82.1111479

17794205102348

0.3967

A-

Center of Social Studies of Sciences, Peking University


83.5413108

1873420093280

0.4203

A-

China Center for Contemporary W

orld StudiesParty and governm


1085014038727

1144800.4495

A-

China Real Estate Data Academ


82.049910

1626459558977

0.4491

A-

China Research Center on AgingParty and governm


1113112517652

710330.4347

A-

Chinese Academy of Forestry


82.1410812

1323406188675

0.4326

A-

Chinese Academy of M

eteorological SciencesParty and governm


1154218430287

1171100.3936

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Anhui Province


81.5111227

1260782668723

0.4219

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Gansu Province


81.4210717

1318357796643

0.4082

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Guangdong Province


81.7912838

1061814159414

0.4261

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Guizhou Province


81.4511029

1059183277310

0.4286

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Hainan Province


81.810590

13385821123676

0.4099

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Heilongjiang Province


81.7310529

1700023382658

0.4118

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Henan Province


81.4110538

1350103563491

0.4282

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Inner Mongolia Autonom

ousParty and governm


1318414451334

573880.3916

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Jiangsu ProvinceParty and governm


1194811195199

635050.4192

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Liaoning ProvinceParty and governm


1150717430757

1239140.4117

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Shaanxi ProvinceParty and governm


1145111327132

885750.4393

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Shanghai Municipal


82.4812692

1144683272786

0.4353

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Yunnan ProvinceParty and governm


1088912453189

992920.4272

A-


82.099908

1518741494698

0.4337

A-

Friends of Nature


1133917281909

1334180.41



eThink tank type


Views


portance

A-

GRA

ND

VIEWEnterprise and social think-tanks

82.349857

1778272094590

0.4323

A-

Hubei Academ



913514731148

1334080.416

A-

Hurun Research Institute


988116785850

816920.4128

A-

IFB, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences


83.6415544

1522868176205

0.4178

A-

Institute of Comm

unication, Comm

unication University


82.4811853

1540370691608

0.417

A-

Institute of cultural development, Com

munication U

niversityU


1233713179923

874780.4229

A-

Institute of Digital China(ID

C), Peking University


82.5210374

19036023107410

0.4194

A-

Institute of Economic D

evelopment, Sichuan U

niversityU


1226313872368

833040.4117

A-


niversityU


112029578129

737400.4437

A-

Knowfar Institute for Strategic and D

efence StudiesEnterprise and social think-tanks

82.139046

21396671115691

0.4189

A-


81.689853

1803685895276

0.4109

A-

Liaoning University Institute of Japan Studies


82.5811789

27513671197427

0.3493

A-

Middle China D

evelopment Institute, H

enan University


81.510293

1212844752888

0.4499

A-

National Center for Clim

ate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (N

CSC)Party and governm


1112412136876

1044480.4402

A-

NBD

Think Tank (NTT)


987623507927

1348160.3955

A-

PLA N

ational Defence U

niversityA

rmy think-tanks

82.89900

22192141241314

0.389

A-

Research Center of China Securities Regulatory Comm

issionParty and governm


987714162663

1394890.4247

A-

Research Institute for Social Developm

ent, Sun Yat-sen U

niversityU


1452011461517

786820.4458

A-

Shandong Academy of Social Sciences


82.0710120

15978157152973

0.4047

A-

Shanghai Academy of Environm

ental ScienceParty and governm


1232418924731

801400.4011

A-

Shanghai Academy of H

uaxia Social Developm

ent ResearchEnterprise and social think-tanks

83.3312385

21978796105921

0.407

A-


yU


1565718547269

976790.3853

A-

Social Science Developm

ent Research Center for Universities,

Ministry of Education


82.519352

1219318187882

0.4734

A-

Tencent Research InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

839912

26180953105832

0.422

A-

Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences


83.5411460

18917325148537

0.4202



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eThink tank type

TTBITTBI-W

eChatO

fficial AccountTTBI-W

eibo Experts

TTBI-WeChat Citation

A++



51.5354.07

80.55

A++

Center for China and Globalization (CCG


62.5956.88

48.2982.61

A++




43.4757.87

87.9

A++



47.6467.18

88.8

A++

China Center for Information Industry D

evelopment


59.348.25

43.4986.16

A++



52.2146.23

88.96

A++

Chinese Academy of Social Science(CA

SS)Academ


37.6366.32

85.22

A++

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin U

niversity (RDCY)


66.551.46

61.0486.99

A++

Liaowang Institute


61.2266.59

35.7581.3

A++


62.8154.94

61.272.29

A+


57.137.56

51.682.15

A+



57.5534.07

51.1687.42

A+

Central Compilation and Translation Bureau


56.9144.81

40.7585.16

A+

China Index Academy


51.722.93

89.64

A+

Chinese Cities and Small Tow

ns Reform and D

evelopment Center


58.3161.96

42.8270.16

A+

Forecast ThinktankEnterprise and social think-tanks

54.5343.62

39.880.17

A+

Friends of Nature


48.5836.68

82.81

A+



56.0125.24

54.1588.63

A+


55.4834.57

51.3180.54

A+



58.610

87.8587.98

AChina Academ

y of Urban Planning and D

esignParty and governm


40.1437.19

76.9

AChina Center for International Econom

ic Exchanges (CCIEE)Enterprise and social think-tanks

47.3226.61

29.4485.91



50.1737.45

29.0883.98

AChina Real Estate Research A


45.5738.12

26.6571.95

AChina Society of Econom

ic ReformEnterprise and social think-tanks

49.5721.98

54.7471.99



eThink tank type

TTBITTBI-W

eChatO


eibo Experts


AChina Strategy Culture Prom

otion Association


070.08

79.31

AChina Youth &

Children Research CenterParty and governm


058.8

78.41

AChinese Academ

y of EngineeringResearch institute think-tanks

46.590

53.0586.71

AChinese Academ



049.55

84.82

AChinese Academ

y of International Trade and Economic Cooperation


49.4325.08

42.6880.53

AChinese Academ

y of Managem

ent ScienceEnterprise and social think-tanks

45.290

57.0278.85

AChinese Academ

y of Press and PublicationParty and governm


30.2225.8

80.92

AChinese Academ


51.60

71.0983.71

AD

evelopment Research Center of the State Council


49.3954.5

7.1586.54

AEnfodesk


51.622.87

82.09

AFinancial Research Center, Fudan U

niversityU


057.36

79.02

AG

uangdong Academy of Social Sciences


46.3830.62

24.883.74

AH

enan Academy of Social Sciences


44.7953.75

080.62

AInternational M

onetary Institution, Renmin U

niversityU


077.33

66.02

AJiangsu Academ



34.2220.54

80.91

AJiangxi Academ



32.834.76

78.79

AN

ankai Institute of International Economics


44.6825.21

79.6929.14

AN


evelopment and Strategy, Renm

in University


51.6641.71

29.4583.81

AN

ational Institute of Metrology, China


46.8428.99

44.2767.25

AParty School of Jiangsu Provincial Party com

mittee of China


45.9434.56

35.1268.15

APBO

C Research BureauParty and governm


045.36

90.38

APhoenix International Institute


58.970

80.83

APLA

National D

efence University

Arm

y think-tanks 45.8

054.59

82.8

ASichuan Academ



24.3338.41

81.37

AThe Charhar Institute


49.937.34

69.25

A-

1000 thinktankEnterprise and social think-tanks

42.2948.8

78.080

A-

Academy of M


Arm

y think-tanks37.95

087.88

25.97



eThink tank type

TTBITTBI-W

eChatO


eibo Experts


A-

Ali Research


47.5280.82

0

A-

Anhui Academ



37.2777.33

0

A-



088.77

26.45

A-



34.1867.98

25.15

A-

China Association of D

evelopment Strategy Studies


076.17

41.84

A-

China Association of Em

ployment Prom

otionEnterprise and social think-tanks

42.420

77.6749.58

A-

China Association of Social Security


44.6285.88

0

A-

China Center for Economic Research(CCER), Peking U

niversity U


092.31

35.01

A-

China City Developm

ent Academy


079.32

36.66

A-

China Developm

ent InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

41.9736.39

80.469.05

A-

China Energy Research SocietyEnterprise and social think-tanks

42.5213.87

69.6444.05

A-

China Entrepreneurial Think TankEnterprise and social think-tanks

42.9515.39

80.5932.86

A-

China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)Party and governm


41.1987.91

0

A-

China Institute of Strategy and Managem

entEnterprise and social think-tanks

42.8437.94

87.632.94

A-

China Real Estate Data Academ


40.7840.3

82.040

A-

China Soft Science Research InstituteEnterprise and social think-tanks

39.140

55.0562.36

A-



41.280

89.8533.99

A-



091.34

28.29

A-

Chinese Research Academy of Environm

ental Sciences (CRAES)


39.590

86.6932.09

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Anhui Province


42.4440.56

81.515.24

A-

Developm

ent Research Center of Inner Mongolia Autonom

ousParty and governm


42.2981.39

0

A-

Developm

ent Research Institute, Wuhan U

niversityU


085.76

33.06

A-

Financial Research Institute of the people’s Bank of ChinaParty and governm


089.14

38.98

A-

Gansu Academ



15.2871.41

42.81

A-

Grassroots think tank


50.6274.95

0

A-

Guizhou Academ



48.373.41

0

A-

IBM China Research Lab


14.5881.13

17.65


A-

IFB, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences


39.70

83.6435.45

A-

Institute of Comm

unication, Comm

unication University


40.650

82.4839.49

A-

Institute of cultural development, Com

munication U

niversityU


082.49

49.26

A-

Institute of Industrial Economics, Chinese Academ



31.1467.73

22.1

A-


niversityU


33.2781.75

0

A-

Institutes of Science and Developm

ent, Chinese Academy of Sciences


21.7658.49

35.24

A-

Knowfar Institute for Strategic and D

efence StudiesEnterprise and social think-tanks

42.1644.34

82.130

A-


39.722.03

81.6835.45

A-

Macroeconom

ic Research Institute, National D

evelopment and Reform

Com

mission


40.937.22

85.470

A-

One Belt O

ne Road 100Enterprise and social think-tanks

42.0947.42

78.840

A-

Party School of Anhui Provincial Party com

mittee of China


42.3829.91

79.7317.51

A-

Party School of Gansu Provincial Party com

mittee of China


39.0743.2

74.010

A-

Party School of Shaanxi Provincial Party comm



31.6976.07

12.19

A-

Research Center of political economy, Tsinghua U

niversityU


073.44

46.89

A-

Rural Developm

ent Institute, China Academy of Social Sciences


39.230

79.3238.38

A-

Shandong Academy of Social Sciences


41.5942.7

82.070

A-


yU


32.5583.39

0

A-

Shanghai State Ow

ned Capital Operation Research Institute


51.7164.16

0

A-

South Nongovernm


43.429.91

66.6933.58

A-

Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences


41.620

80.9343.93

A-

World and China Research Institute


40.510

80.9540.58



eThink tank type

TTBITTBI-W

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eibo Experts


Xufeng ZHU

Xufeng ZHU is Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Public Policy and Management and Executive

Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development Goals, Tsinghua University.

His research interests involve the policy process, think tank and expert involvement, Science & Technology

policy, environment and climate policy, and public governance in transitional China. He is the author of The

Rise of Think Tanks in China, Expert Involvement in Policy Changes, and China's Think Tanks: Their Influences

in the Policy Process, and has published over twenty English articles in Journal of Public Administration

Research and Theory, Public Administration, The China Quarterly, Policy Sciences, Public Management Review,

Administration & Society, Asian Survey and other international journals and dozens of articles in Chinese

journals.

Monographs Zhu, Xufeng, The Rise of Think Tanks in China. London and New York: Routledge, 2013.

Zhu, Xufeng, Expert Participation in Policy Changes. 《政策变迁中的专家参与》,

Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2012. (Translated and published in Korea in 2014.)

Zhu, Xufeng, China’s Think Tanks: Their Influence in the Policy Process.

《中国思想库：政策过程中的影响力研究》，Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2009.

Author’s Bio

He serves as Regional Editor of Asian Journal of Political Sciences and editorial board memberships for other

six international journals. He won many national academic awards including the China National Science Fund

for Distinguished Young Scholars (2016).


Selected English papers on think tanks

Zhu, Xufeng and Peipei Zhang, “Intrinsic Motivation and Expert Behavior: Roles of Individual Experts in Wenling Participatory

Budgeting Reform in China”, Administration & Society, 2016.

Zhu, Xufeng, “In the Name of ‘Citizens’: Civic Activism and Policy Entrepreneurship of Chinese Public Intellectuals in the Hu-

Wen Era”, Journal of Contemporary China, 2016.

Zhu, Xufeng, “Policy Change and Expert Involvement in China”, Public Administration, 2013.

Zhu, Xufeng, “Government Advisors or Public Advocates? Roles of Think Tanks from the Perspective of Regional Variations”,

The China Quarterly, 2011.

Zhu, Xufeng, “Making Guanxi More Influential: Bureau Chiefs and Policy Experts in the Chinese Policy Decision-making

Process”, The China Review, 2009.

Zhu, Xufeng, “The Influence of Think Tanks in the Chinese Policy Process: Different Ways and Mechanisms”, Asian Survey,

2009.

Zhu, Xufeng, “Strategy of Chinese Policy Entrepreneurs in the Third Sector: Challenges of “Technical Infeasibility”, Policy

Sciences, 2008.

Zhu, Xufeng, Lan Xue, “Think Tanks in Transitional China”, Public Administration and Development, 2007.



Jing Zhao

Jing Zhao is Research Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management and Assistant

Director of the Center of Industry Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University.

Her research interests involve the policy process, policy entrepreneur and public decision-making.

She has published article in China & World Economy and some articles in Chinese journals, like Social Sciences

in China, Management World, Journal of Political Science and so on. She won several national academic awards

including Fei Xiaotong Excellent Dissertation in Public Administration and National Scholarship for Graduate

Students.

Introduction to key team members

China Think Tank Big Data Evaluation Project School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

Documents

Who Influences China? Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks · keywords, conducted initial data capturing and batch collection on WeChat and SinaWeibo, built a basic database, and