Influence of Tourism Think Tanks on Government Decision-Making in China

Think tanks play an instrumental role in modern society, especially on public policy making. At present, Chinese tourism think tanks are in the early stage of development, both its quality and quantity are relatively backward in comparison with developed countries. In fact, only few tourism think tanks are currently specialized and strategic. In this paper, the author analyses the position and function of tourism think tanks in decision-making of the government in China, discusses the main way and means by which tourism think tanks affect government decision-making, and proposes the ways for tourism think tanks to influence over government decision-making. This paper may be helpful to promote the construction of the national new-type tourism think tanks, which contribute to provide advices on decision-making of government.