Universities are not only important platforms for the construction of new think tanks, but also the main battlefield for philosophical and social science research. According to data from the China Think Tank Index (CTTI) system, as of the end of June 2025, the number of CTTI source think tanks has reached 1106, of which 810 are university think tanks, accounting for 73.2%. With the deepening of the construction of new think tanks in universities, they have driven profound adjustments in subject evaluation, resource allocation, and talent cultivation through topic setting, paradigm shaping, and value guidance. This has led to a series of changes in knowledge production, organizational methods, and evaluation standards in the research of philosophy and social sciences in universities, and has had an undeniable spillover effect on the development of philosophy and social sciences in universities. Promoting the deep integration of academic research into the national governance system and providing political advice is one of the most important functions of new think tanks in universities. Before the emergence of think tanks in China, policy research and internal reference writing were mostly carried out through top-down channels, mainly undertaken by senior experts and academic leaders. Their coverage was narrow and the channels were single, making it difficult for young scholars and grassroots researchers to participate. The promotion of the construction of new think tanks has broken this limitation and greatly expanded the range of people involved in internal reference writing and achievement reporting. Nowadays, more and more university teachers and young scholars are able to participate in policy research in various capacities. The social science departments of universities, national high-end think tanks, local decision-making consulting institutions and other platforms have successively established direct submission channels to decision-making departments, making the mechanism for submitting research results more smooth. According to the 18662 think tank experts included in CTTI, 15576 of them are employed in university think tanks, including not only professors, associate professors, researchers, but also lecturers, assistant researchers, and postdoctoral fellows. Most of them are not only university teachers engaged in teaching and research work, but also researchers of new think tanks in universities. This multi-level, multi tiered, and diversified talent team has resulted in a "pyramid shaped" multi-level participation structure for research forces, achieving a transformation of extensive participation in the academic community. In addition, in addition to writing research reports and submitting internal references, the consultation forms of new think tanks in universities also include various forms such as meetings, symposiums, debates, hearings, public announcements, evaluations, and consultations. The new type of think tank is embedded in the normalized decision-making process of government departments through signing strategic cooperation agreements, establishing resident research positions, and becoming government advisory units. For example, experts are invited to attend government executive meetings, participate in feasibility studies of major projects, conduct joint research with government departments, and lead third-party evaluations. They participate in decision-making in a normalized and institutionalized manner. According to CTTI system data statistics, in recent years, the types of activities for new think tanks in universities have been continuously enriched, and the number of annual activities has steadily increased. Among them, conference activities account for more than one-third, and the types are diverse, covering various forms of negotiation such as seminars, symposiums, consultation meetings, symposiums, review meetings, and hearings. This indicates that the development of new think tanks in universities and the institutionalization of policy research have deeply embedded the knowledge production of philosophy and social sciences in the national governance system, and the "policy participation" of academic research in universities continues to increase. 2. Expand the channels for the transformation of knowledge production achievements. The spillover effect of new think tanks in universities on the development of philosophy and social sciences is also reflected in the expansion of the pathways for the transformation and value realization of knowledge production achievements. For a long time, the development of philosophy and social sciences in universities has often been trapped in a certain "internal circulation" dilemma, where research results are mainly disseminated and "consumed" within the academic community, staying in links such as journal publication, conference exchange, and disciplinary evaluation, often deviating from practical needs, resulting in the phenomenon of "high output, low conversion". The construction and intervention of new think tanks in universities provide an intermediary mechanism to break through the barriers between academia and society, enabling academic research to move from the "ivory tower" to the "experimental field". Think tanks lead research topics with a problem oriented approach, promoting the functional extension of philosophy and social sciences from theoretical research to practical explanation, and from theoretical innovation to policy supply; Universities, with their profound academic accumulation and methodology, support think tanks to form higher quality ideological products and decision-making consulting results, realizing the value transformation from "knowledge production" to "knowledge contribution". The transformation of achievements of new think tanks in universities presents a multidimensional pathway: the "upward" formation of policy transformation pathway. Think tanks incorporate research results into the policy discussion and formulation process of party committees and governments through methods such as submitting internal references, submitting decision-making consultation reports, participating in policy evaluations, and conducting closed door discussions. The achievements of think tanks express academic ideas through "policy language", which is more targeted and operable, and achieves the practical transformation of academic knowledge in institutional supply and policy design. Building social communication channels' outward '. New think tanks actively use media platforms, open forums, leather book reports, official official account and other forms to "translate" complex theoretical achievements into knowledge products that can be understood and perceived by the public, and promote the influence of academic ideas in social opinion and public agenda, rather than being limited to the academic community. Strengthening the discipline reproduction pathway inward. Another important function of think tank research is to promote theoretical innovation and knowledge accumulation through medium - and long-term reserve research. In the process of participating in the research of practical problems, think tanks constantly discover disciplinary blind spots and theoretical gaps, and then feed back basic academic research, promoting the updating of internal paradigms and methodological evolution in philosophy and social sciences. This internal self-renewal makes think tanks not only intermediary platforms for the transformation of achievements, but also a major source of academic innovation. Through the above path, think tank research has achieved an organic combination of "internal circulation" and "external circulation": it not only maintains the independence and depth of theoretical innovation and academic precipitation, but also promotes the results to leave the ivory tower and enter the vision of government departments, industries, enterprises, and the public through transformation mechanisms. 3. Building a practice oriented academic evaluation standard. The spillover effect of new think tanks on philosophy and social sciences in universities is also reflected in the innovative academic evaluation system. 'Only focusing on academic papers' is a major flaw in the academic evaluation of philosophy and social sciences in universities. In response to how to construct a multidimensional and balanced academic evaluation standard, new think tanks in universities have explored some valuable approaches: promoting a comprehensive evaluation system that emphasizes policy contributions, social impact, and academic innovation to replace the single guidance centered on papers. Policy reports, consulting reports, research reports and other think tank achievements are gradually being recognized and included in the scope of academic evaluation, making the recognition of achievements in philosophy and social sciences more public and applicable. At the functional level of disciplines, promote the shift of evaluation criteria from emphasizing "knowledge accumulation" to emphasizing "knowledge services". Add the indicator of "social contribution" to the evaluation of philosophy and social sciences disciplines in universities, to strengthen the actual contribution of the discipline to major national and regional strategic needs and economic and social development. The new type of think tank not only aims at theoretical innovation in philosophy and social science research, but also focuses on providing policy recommendations for national strategies, regional development, and social governance. Essentially, it is an expansion of disciplinary functions from knowledge accumulation to knowledge service. At the level of scholar motivation, achieve "value equivalence" between think tank achievements and academic achievements. Incorporate the achievements of think tanks into scientific research evaluations such as professional title promotion and performance assessment for researchers. Based on actual contributions, identify think tank achievements as different levels, or explore the establishment of equivalent mechanisms. Link decision consulting and other think tank achievements with journal paper grades according to the approval level, and mobilize the enthusiasm of faculty and staff to engage in think tank research. For example, Zhejiang University incorporates the research results of high-level decision-making consultation conducted by all teachers into the evaluation of teacher scientific research, including research reports, policy recommendations, legislative proposals and legal drafts, standards, plans, as well as decision-making consultation and policy interpretation activities, important foreign affairs publicity work, excellent public opinion guidance articles, and other forms. At the level of academic inheritance, innovate the academic training methods for young scholars. The traditional academic evaluation system takes high-level papers as the core standard, which makes young talents face extremely high barriers in the initial stage. The inclusion of think tank achievements provides new growth paths and evaluation channels for young scholars. By participating in policy research and writing internal references, young scholars can not only gain practical bonus points and recognition advantages in scientific research assessments, but also achieve rapid growth in problem-solving, policy analysis, and multi-party communication, gradually becoming the backbone of philosophy and social science research, promoting the intergenerational inheritance and integration of think tank research paradigms and academic innovation traditions. 4. Promoting the integration and innovation of research methods, the development of new think tanks in universities has promoted the combination of the academic logic of "explaining the world" and the practical logic of "changing the world", giving birth to a "think tank paradigm" characterized by problem oriented, action oriented, and result oriented approaches, and forming and deepening an integrated research methodology system guided by decision support, social application, and public response. Promote the practical application of interdisciplinary research methods. Constrained by a single discipline, think tank research cannot solve increasingly complex practical problems. With "problems" as the driving force, think tank research promotes the organic integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines such as political science, economics, sociology, management, and information science, forming a problem centered "organized scientific research" model. Promote better integration of traditional methods and data analysis. In the digital age, think tank research integrates resources and technologies such as big data, open source information, and artificial intelligence into the research process, achieving a transition from empirical research to intelligent analysis. Based on traditional methods such as discussions, visits, questionnaire surveys, and sampling analysis, think tank research introduces research methods such as big data analysis, model simulation, algorithm prediction, and visualization to collect and analyze multi-source data such as policy texts, social public opinion, economic indicators, and technology patents. A specialized database and model system is established to achieve quantitative analysis and trend prediction of complex social phenomena. Promote continuous research and dynamic tracking. The achievements of think tanks are not the end point of research. Think tank research excels in continuous observation and real-time response to policy and social processes. By constructing a long-term observation system, it continuously tracks and studies the implementation of policy recommendations, achieving a spiral development of "feedback optimization re feedback re optimization". 5. Assisting in the construction of China's independent knowledge system is not only the mission and task of philosophy and social science workers in universities, but also an important responsibility of new think tanks in universities. This is because, on the one hand, think tanks have found in policy research that using Western theories to study China's reality can no longer meet the practical and complex needs of deepening reform and opening up in China, and there is an urgent need to construct a Chinese independent knowledge system as guidance. On the other hand, the new problems discovered by think tanks, the new methods explored and formed, and the new categories constructed for interpretation have contributed rich materials and resources to the construction of China's independent knowledge system. Due to maintaining close contact with decision-making departments, new think tanks in universities are often better able to grasp the concerns of the government and society, focus on major "old issues" such as macro strategies, industrial transformation, and social governance, and propose new ideas and methods. At the same time, relying on long-term and reserve research, think tanks can also capture "new issues" - cutting-edge topics that have not yet been paid attention to by traditional disciplines but have potential significant impacts - through continuous policy tracking and social observation. At the same time, experts and scholars go deep into grassroots communities, industrial parks, enterprise workshops, rural fields, and the front lines of public governance to listen to real voices, collect first-hand information