Founded in 2013, the Pangoal Institution is a China-based public policy think tank that is joined by prominent scholars and senior practitioners from China and elsewhere. Pangoal Institution is a Chinese Council Member of the BRICS Think Tank, , as well as a Council Member of the Silk Road Think Tank Association both led by the International Department of the CC CPC. After three years of development, the Pangoal Institution has already established itself as one of the most influential think tanks in China and is ranked among 2016 Best Think Tanks in Asia (ranked No. 57) by University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.