Whether or not the people in the INPR were "Lee Teng-hui's tame intellectuals," the fact of the matter is that important people connected with the institution have ended up in important positions in Lee's administration; in the new political party of which Lee is the "spiritual leader," the Taiwan Solidarity Union; or in the administration of President Chen Shui-bian, with which the TSU allies itself.
不管國策研究院是否真為「李登輝御用智庫」，院內重要的幹部如黃輝珍獲得重用，黃主文、蘇進強現為台聯黨主席、秘書長，田弘茂為泛綠營的扁政府拔擢為外交部長、駐英代表，他們與李登輝的「親密關係」卻也不能不從這裡追溯起。