When former foreign minister Tien Hung-mao, who had previously been the director of the INPR, took over the foreign ministry, he emphasized cooperation with US and PRC think tanks. On several occasions when he visited the US he stopped at important think tanks for "closed-door sessions."
其中，前外交部長田弘茂因曾經擔任國策研究院院長，熟悉智庫運作，執掌外交部期間特別重視與美、中智庫的合作，並多次赴美拜訪該地負責「閉門會議」的多個重要智庫。