Living up to its name

Just as how a person in a higher position is not naturally smarter than his or her subordinates, a think tank affiliated to a higher level of government is not necessarily wiser than lower-ranked agencies.

The worth of a think tank derives from the quality of its work, not the authority it is associated with.

That is why we dislike the Chinese media's labeling of the new China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) as "the highest-ranking think tank in China".