Preface

Since the reform and opening up, China’s book industry has developed rapidly. As the manifestation of social consciousness, the formation means of social consciousness, as a tool to promote the ideological, political, educational, scientific and technological, economic development and social progress, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on books in the new historical period, and form relevant theories to fully realize the role of books.
   In today’s society, due to the highly developed Internet and the wide use of high-definition satellite images, intelligence work has less involved in “tracking, eavesdropping or prying open the safe” type of spying activities, and stealing and photographing are not the main ways of intelligence collection. The evolution direction of intelligence work is to become a branch of social science, pay more attention to the comprehensive analysis of opponents’ political, economic, social and military issues, and conduct comprehensive evaluation and prediction. Intelligence collection is no longer a furtive behavior. Although it is still necessary for the intelligence research institutions to protect the secret information sources of special importance, many information about politics, economy, society, technology, population and so on, as well as the basic social development trend and macro policies and data, are open to the public. They can be searched on the Internet and easily obtained from official documents. In the world, it is a trend to gradually move from national governance to open government affairs. The openness of these policies and data promotes the transparency of a country’s politics and the rationality of administrative law enforcement. Therefore, it will be a possibility and a reality to discuss the intelligence issue openly. As the mystery of intelligence is gradually revealed, intelligence research will become a branch of social science, and intelligence agencies will become more like a “think tank” to advise and advise the ruling party.

前 言

改革开放以来，我国图书事业迅猛发展。 图书作为社会意识的表现形式、社会意识的形成手段，作为推动思想、政治、教育、科技、经济发展和社会进步的工具，在新的历史时期，有必要对其进行深入研究，形成相关理论，全面实现图书的作用。
        当今社会，由于互联网的高度发达，高清卫星图像的广泛运用，情报工作已经较少涉及“跟踪、窃听或者撬开保险柜”式的窥探活动，窃密与偷拍已经不是情报搜集的主要方式。情报工作的演变方向更多的是成为社会科学的一个分支，更加注重综合分析对手的政治、经济、社会、军事问题，并进行综合评估、预测，情报搜集不再是偷偷摸摸的行为。尽管情报研究机构依旧有必要对特别重要的秘密信息来源进行保护，但许多关于政治、经济、社会、技术、人口等方面的情况和社会的基本发展趋势与宏观政策及数据，都是公开的，可以在互联网，上搜索获取、在官方发布的文件里轻易得到。在世界范围来看，从国家治理逐步走向政务公开是一种趋势，这些政策与数据的公开推动了一个国家政治的透明度与行政执法的合理性。因此，公开讨论情报问题将成为一种可能、一种现实。而随着情报的神秘面纱被逐步揭开，情报研究将成为社会科学的分支，情报机构也将变得更像一个为执政党建言献策的“智库”