Lo Chih-cheng says that the INPR had already found it increasingly difficult to operate as a result of a lack of funds, and the fire finally decided the issue, forcing the INPR to transform itself into a forum-centered think tank. Now it periodically holds conferences on important issues, but has let go all of its full-time researchers.
執行長羅致政表示，國策中心因經費短缺，運作已漸困難，祝融之災更讓國策中心決定轉型成論壇型智庫，不定期就重要議題舉辦研討會，先前聘任的專任研究員也全數裁撤。