Open AccessCHINESE UNIVERSITY THINK-TANKS IN KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S DECISION-MAKING
Author(s) -
Sun Pinjie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-6659
pISSN - 1999-6640
DOI - 10.15826/umpa.2020.03.025
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , think tanks , flexibility (engineering) , production (economics) , autonomy , knowledge production , interpretation (philosophy) , public policy , public relations , political science , sociology , china , public administration , engineering , engineering ethics , management , knowledge management , computer science , economics , law , politics , philosophy , linguistics , macroeconomics , programming language
This research analyzes the functions of university think-tanks from the perspective of the Chinese government, in particular their role in generating knowledge for governmental decision-making. It also reveals the achievements and problems of the development model of Chinese university think-tanks. Methodologically, this study relies on analysis and interpretation of the key policy documents of the Chinese government, the public information of some university think-tanks and the research results and data of professional think-tank research institutions. The study found that the Chinese government is trying to incorporate university think-tanks into the «Holistic Knowledge» production link and thus turn them into professional decision-making knowledge supply institutions. As a result, Chinese university think-tanks will perform the role of t bridges between academic knowledge production and generation of knowledge for the government’s decision-making, ensuring the necessary flexibility between these two processes. However, the drawback of such policy is that it limits the autonomy of university think-tanks and their social influence.