On the Intellectual Power of the Nation

Abstract

This paper firstly presents the concept of intellectual power at the national level. It holds that the intellectual power, for a nation, a government, a group, a team or individual, should not only embody political wisdom, political acumen, strategic and tactical intelligence, leadership ability, decision-making ability and comprehensive ability, but also have the ability to deal with different situation and to execute the plan. Based on this, the paper further proposes that the comprehensive strength of a country involves hard power, soft power and intellectual power. This paper, especially, points out that the intellectual power is independent. It does not belong to soft power, and it is materialized into "people". Also, the paper discusses the role and significance of intellectual power, which emphasizes that the effective use of intellectual power can make hard power and soft power develop quickly and keep a country in its property. The intellectual power, the hard power and the soft power are not only interdependent, but also interact with each other.