In particular, since taking office the Chen administration has emphasized "government of the whole people," bringing together various opinions from society, and this is evident in the new think tanks. Both the TT and Taiwan Advocates have dispensed with full-time researchers and instead operate on the forum system, inviting a broad spectrum of social elites from business, government, and academia to participate.
尤其扁政府上台後強調「全民政府」、結合社會各界意見，台灣智庫與群策會就乾脆捨棄常駐研究員，改以論壇形式出現，廣邀產、官、學各界賢達加入。