记得在柳斌杰同志刚刚接任新闻出版总署署长不久,我向他汇报中国出版科学研究所(当时还未改为研究院)的近期工作情况,并向他请教怎样更好地开展科研咨询服务工作。交谈中,斌杰同志讲到了“脚下和天下”的关系问题。他说:一般说,国务院各部委的主要工作是面向全社会,主要业务是天下事务。有的没有脚下业务,只有天下业务;有的有一点脚下业务,也是微乎其微的。与其他部委相比较,新闻出版总署既要管脚下(即 I remember shortly after Comrade Liu Binjie took over the Director General of the Press and Publication Administration, I briefed him on the recent work of the China Institute of Publishing Science (still not a Research Institute at that time) and asked him how to carry out research and consulting services better . During the conversation, Comrade Bin Jie talked about the relationship between “the foot and the world”. He said: Generally speaking, the major tasks of the ministries and commissions under the State Council are to serve the entire society and their main business is to conduct business in all fields. Some have no foot business, only the world business; some business at the foot, but also minimal. Compared with other ministries and commissions, the Press and Publication Administration should take the lead (ie