Instruction

Overview | 2020

Tsinghua University Institute for Governance Studies (IGS) is a research institution as well as an important platform for interdisciplinary social sciences research at Tsinghua University, in response to the request of the Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China “to improve and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, and to promote the modernization of the national governance system and capacity,” and co-founded by Tsinghua University School of Law, PBC School of Finance, School of Public Policy and Management and School of Social Sciences.

Our mission is to conduct research on national governance to provide constructive decision-making reference and theoretical support for the improvement and development of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the promotion of the modernization of the national governance system and capacity. We are committed to utilizing resources and conditions provided by Tsinghua University and the community, organizing experts and scholars with a variety of expertise and discipline backgrounds to conduct in-depth and systematic research on major issues facing the modernization of China’s national governance, producing high-quality, innovative and practical ideas and recommendations, cultivating first-class professionals and talents for national governance, and thus building a national leading think tank with international influence.