Last December, not long after the legislative elections, an-nouncements were made in rapid succession of the formation of two new think tanks: Taiwan Advocates, tinted with a deep Lee Teng-hui hue, and the Taiwan Thinktank, considered to be a brain trust for President Chen Shui-bian. The opening cocktail parties were attended by many well-known personalities and were closely scrutinized by the media, turning think tanks into the new nobility.
去年十二月，立委大選後不久，李登輝色彩濃厚的「群策會」與外界稱為陳水扁總統智囊團的「台灣智庫」先後宣告成立，開幕酒會上冠蓋雲集、媒體高度關切，「智庫」儼然成為新貴。