In November 20, 2017, "China think tank governance and ideological and theoretical Communication Summit Forum" was held in Beijing. RIEL was successfully selected into the index database of China think tank index (CTTI). "2017 CTTI sources think tank development report" released this year for evaluation involving a total of 604 domestic intelligence, RIEL score of Top100 in the University think tank (according to the names of the first letter of the sequencer).

This is another major progress made after RIEL entered the top 50 of the national base in single ranking of the liberal arts key research base and the ability to serve the society in 2016. This shows that the research results and the construction level of think tanks of RIEL have been fully recognized by the industry and the community.