Editing Think tank (section)

==== China ====
In China a number of think tanks are sponsored by governmental agencies such as [[Development Research Center of the State Council]], but still retain sufficient non-official status to be able to propose and debate ideas more freely. In January 2012, the first non-official think tank in mainland China, South Non-Governmental Think-Tank, was established in the Guangdong province.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linping |first=He |date=18 January 2012 |title=Nongovernmental think-tank inaugurated in Guangdong |url=http://en.people.cn/90882/7708858.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612112813/http://en.people.cn/90882/7708858.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=30 May 2018 |website=People's Daily Online }}</ref> In 2009 the [[China Center for International Economic Exchanges]] was founded.

===== Hong Kong =====
In Hong Kong, early think tanks established in the late 1980s and early 1990s focused on political development, including the first direct Legislative Council members election in 1991 and the political framework of "[[One Country, Two Systems]]", manifested in the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]]. After the transfer of sovereignty to China in 1997, more think tanks were established by various groups of intellectuals and professionals. They have various missions and objectives including promoting civic education; undertaking research on economic, social and political policies; and promoting "public understanding of and participation in the political, economic, and social development of the Hong Kong [[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China|Special Administrative Region]]".

Think tanks in Hong Kong include:

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* [[Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre]]
* [[Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong]]
* [[Central Policy Unit]]
* [[Civic Exchange]]
* [[The Global Institute for Tomorrow]]
* [[HKGolden50]]
* [[Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee]]
* [[Hong Kong Democratic Foundation]]
* [[Hong Kong People's Council on Housing Policy]]
* [[The Lion Rock Institute]]
* [[New Century Forum]]
* [[Our Hong Kong Foundation]]
* [[One Country Two Systems Research Institute]]
* [[Path of Democracy]]
* [[Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Unit]]
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