学术为天下公器。作为一种公共产品,学术成果理应更好地服务于社会。谋士自古有之,所谓一言兴邦,一言丧邦,谋士凭借其智谋言辞,为君主或者主公谋国谋天下,从而达到自我实现的最高理想。但古代的谋士辅佐君主多半是个人行为,作为一个组织机构的智库则是近现代西方社会的产物。1832年美国财政部与费城弗兰克林研究所委托研究合同的签订,被认为是现代智库诞生的标志。其后,作为一个机构有组织、系统地生产知识,从而为国家和社会的治理和运行提供决策咨询,成为现代智库安身立命之所在。 Academic instruments for the world. As a public product, academic achievements should better serve the society. Counselors have since ancient times, the so-called a word Xingbang, a word of frustration, counselors words with their wisdom, the sovereign or the main conspiracy to seek the world, so as to achieve the highest ideal of self-realization. However, most of the ancient counselors helped the monarchs to be individual behaviors. The think tank as an organization was the product of the modern Western society. The signing of the research contract commissioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1832 was considered a hallmark of the modern think tank. Since then, as an institution to organize and systematically produce knowledge, so as to provide decision-making advice for the governance and operation of the country and society, has become the place where modern think tanks settle down.