On November 8th, the 2nd China Think Tank Construction and Evaluation Summit Forum, hosted by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Evaluation Studies (CASSES), was held in Beijing. The forum released The Global Think Tank Evaluation Research Report (2019), in which Maritime Silk Road Research Institute of Huaqiao University (HQU) was seen selected into the list of 20 Chinese "Belt & Road" research think tanks.
Attending the forum are over 200 think tank experts and scholars from the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Party School of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Defence University of People’s Liberation Army, professional think tanks under Central Ministries & Agencies, the provincial and municipal level colleges of social sciences, together with think tanks of Party schools, universities, enterprises and of civil organizations.