Abstract: To strengthen the construction of new type of think tank with Chinese characteristics and promote modernization of national governance system and governance capacity,we need to build think tank as a discipline to promote research on its characteristics,nature,law of development and operating mechanism.As a new discipline,think tank is weak in subject consciousness,vague in subject position and incomplete in disciplinary knowledge.Although it has basically been qualified with subject standard as an independent discipline,it is still in the stage of pre-discipline.To promote construction of the new type of think tank with Chinese characteristics,it is necessary to promote the study of think tank as a discipline,and strengthen the research on the meta theory of it,such as subject category,basic law and discipline structure.

Key words: think tank, think tank research, think tank study, new type of think tank construction