民间智库开展公共外交研究——以察哈尔学会为例

Research on Public Diplomacy by Private Think Tanks--As in the Case of the Charhar Institute

作为中国顶级民间智库的察哈尔学会,致力于推进中国公共外交事业不断发展,打造具有国际影响力的中国独立思想库,取得了许多重大战略性成果。察哈尔学会形成了民间智库开展公共外交的鲜明特色:第一,提供专业公共外交思想产品,讲好“学理性”中国故事;第二,大力传播中国国际影响力,凸显公共外交的中国特色;第三,塑造策源地国际舆论,增强国际传播能力;第四,打造中国特色新型智库品牌,快速提升新型智库影响力。

As a top private think tank in China,the Charhar Institute is committed to promoting the continuous development of China’s public diplomacy and building itself into an independent Chinese think tank with international influence.It has achieved many major strategic achievements.The Charhar Institute has developed distinctive features of non-governmental think tanks in conducting public diplomacy.First,it provides professional ideological products of public diplomacy and tells China’s story well in an“academic and theoretical”way.Second,it vigorously helps spread China’s international influence and highlight the Chinese characteristics of public diplomacy.Third,it helps shape the international public opinion of the source area and enhance China’s ability of international communication.Fourth,it strives to build the brand of a new type of think tanks with Chinese characteristics and helps raise the influence of these new-typed think tanks in a rapid way.This paper also summarizes the institute’s successful experience in public diplomacy:first,actively promotnig cooperation between Chinese and foreign think tanks;second,building a research team of both Chinese and foreign talents;and third,taking concrete actions to participate in international agenda setting.