Think Tank Research In Public Decision-making In Our Country

Think tanks have great importance in decision-making of government, and they are very helpful to scientization, democratization of the government decision making. Contary to American think tanks, think tanks in China develop a little slow. Therefore, study the problems that think tanks face in the process of advisory, and take effective measures to enhance the quality of researches of think tanks have remarkable significance. At present China is in the social transformation, in the policy making process on the one hand government departments tend to enhance the interests of the department or by interest groups, while the lack of expression of the community interest demands, thereby affecting policy-making mode and the existence of the government policy of rational decision-making process and public participation in the dual absence of decision-making values and goals difficult to achieve, and because by ideological and other factors, foreign media and the people on the actual condition of China is oft-en lack of objective knowledge. In this case, how to play the rational scientific decision-making think tanks outside the brain, the public interests of the endorsement, democratic supervision and international exchanges in "the second track process" role in promoting government democratic and scientific decision-making and improve our country’s international image is especially important role.First, this essay starts from the background of the rise of China think tanks,defines the correlative definitions of think tanks, elaborates the elite theory, control theory, the theory of the policy process, introduces the histories and the sort of Chinese think tanks. Next, the essay analyses the environment that think tanks depend on and the methods by which think tanks participate in decision-making, studies the main problems of think tanks in advisory, and discusses the reasons of these problems. Third, the essay tries to provide helpful inspire to promote think tanks in China by introducing the characteristics, experiences and the mechanism of think tanks in American. Finally, in order to expand influences of think tanks, this essay provides possible countermeasures including two aspects.Study trying to do a comparatively all-round theory to the present age Chinese think tanks, hope the acquaintance being able to reinforce a decision-maker to Chinese think bank, strengthen taking seriously to it, urge our country think bank health to develop, be that common science and democracy in decision-making beings whose important effect into play on the basis unceasingly, reforming, deepening, improving and perfecting.