Overall, Chung-Hua tends to emphasize academic work on large economic issues, with the basic starting point being the overall national interest. This makes it very different from the Taiwan Institute for Economic Research, which emphasizes the interests of the business community.
大體而言，中華經濟研究院較重學術，方向也以國家整體利益出發點的總體經濟為主，和台灣經濟研究院強調企業利益的研究方向不同。