Quantitative analysis of national hygienic city policies in China from the perspective of policy tools

Objective: To give some suggestions on the policy optimization of the establishment of National Hygienic City from the perspective of policy system. Methods: Policy documents were searched in WanFang Database and websites of ministries and commissions directly affiliated to the State Council with the key words of hygienic city, and analyzed by using the content analysis and quantitative analysis, based on the theory and perspective of policy tools and the two-dimensional analysis framework. Results: Among the 161 policy documents, supply-based, environment-based, and demand-based policy tools accounted for 6.83% (11/161), 83.85% (135/161), and 9.32% (15/161) respectively. Policy planning, policy implementation, policy supervision, and policy evaluation tools accounted for 10.56% (17/161), 63.35% (102/161), 21.74% (35/161), and 4.35% (7/161) respectively. Conclusion: The government should reduce its dependence on environmental policy tools, especially strategic measures, and attach importance to the use of supply-based policy tools and demand-based policy tools. At the same time, it should pay attention to the formulation of more practical policy tools in the process of policy evaluation.