Analysis of China’s “three supports and one assistance” policy from the perspective of policy tool

Abstract

This paper takes China’s “three supports and one assistance” policy implemented from 2018 to 2023 as the research subject and conducts a quantitative analysis of policy texts through the establishment of a two-dimensional analytical framework. The study reveals that the overall policy structure in China is unbalanced, evident in issues such as an overemphasis on environmental policies, a lack of supporting construction policies, low participation from universities and rural entities, a relatively homogenous type of policy texts, and a dearth of authoritative legal and regulatory control documents. Consequently, it is imperative to appropriately optimize the overall structure of policy tools, comprehensively consider the rational layout of various policy instruments, enhance the development of supporting facilities, laws, and regulations, promote the long-term and sustainable role of universities and rural subjects in policies, and further supplement the diversity of relevant policy texts.