How Effective Is the Green Development Policy of China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt? A Quantitative Evaluation Based on the PMC-Index Model

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As a comprehensive benefit coordination mechanism, ecological protection compensation has received increasing attention internationally. China has also introduced a series of policies to promote ecological protection compensation mechanism improvement. The evaluation of ecological protection compensation policies is the main basis for the formulation, adjustment and improvement of the policy. Based on the front-end perspective of policy formulation, this paper selects 10 ecological protection compensation policies issued by the State Council and various ministries in China from 2006 to 2021. A text mining-based PMC index evaluation system using the ROSTCM tool is constructed to quantitatively evaluate these 10 typical policies, and four representative policies are selected for comparative analysis. The overall design of China’s ecological protection compensation policies is reasonable, and 5 out of 10 policies have good PMC index scores, which are: P1, P2, P5, P7 and P9; and 5 are at acceptable levels, which are: P3, P4, P6, P8 and P10. However, the PMC surface and the concavity index indicate that there are still some limitations that need to be improved, including the obvious internal differentiation of the policies, the single effectiveness of the policies, and the insufficient incentive and guarantee measures. Finally, this paper provides suggestions for the optimization of ecological protection compensation policies accordingly.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Formula (4), the PMC index of 10 ecological protection compensation policies can be calculated and then rated. Based on existing research [ 55 , 65 ], the PMC index of environmental protection compensation policies could be divided into four levels of consistency ( Table 5 ).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quantitative Evaluation of China’s Ecological Protection Compensation Policy Based on PMC Index Model

Dai

Zhang

Lan

2022

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“…Initially proposed by Estrada, the PMC index model has been widely used to evaluate the consistency of public policy, including green development policy [ 52 ], plastic bag ban policy [ 53 ], and tidal energy development policy [ 54 ]. The potential applications of the PMC index model have been extended from exploration to deepening and from single domain to multi-domain.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Refs. [ 52 , 55 ] thought it was a quantitative method that was technically easy to operate. It is widely used in analysis of various industrial development or public management policies, such as safety management policy [ 56 ], long-term care insurance policy [ 57 ], and pork industry policy [ 58 ].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quantitative Evaluation of Waste Separation Management Policies in the Yangtze River Delta Based on the PMC Index Model

Liu

2022

Numerous policies have been formulated and implemented to strengthen waste separation management activities in many countries. Waste separation management policies (WSMPs) must be evaluated as the precondition for reducing deviations from policy implementation and improving waste separation performance. Based on text mining technology and the construction of a policy modeling consistency (PMC) index model, we conducted a quantitative evaluation of 22 WSMPs issued by central governmental departments and provinces in the Yangtze River Delta, China from 2013 to 2021 and analyzed their optimization paths. The results suggest that the PMC index of the selected WSMPs has an upward trend. The average PMC index of 22 WSMPs was 6.906, indicating good quality in the policy texts. The PMC index identified seven, nine, five, and one of the policies as being perfect, excellent, good, and acceptable, respectively. The characteristics of WSMPs were further illustrated through PMC surface charts. Based on this, optimization paths for WSMPs with lower PMC indexes are proposed, which indicate that existing WSMPs have great potential for optimization in terms of harsher constraint regulations, context-appropriate incentives, and cultivation of market participants. Finally, this study provides a beneficial reference for similar cities or countries to improve their performance in the management of waste separation and environmental protection.

“…For example, Yang et al [ 16 ] used the PMC model to quantitatively evaluate 11 policies that govern the new-energy vehicle industry in China and analyzed the impacts of the policies on the promotion of new-energy vehicles from the aspects of technological innovation policies, energy environmental policies, and tax subsidy policies. Dai et al [ 17 ] used the PMC model to evaluate the effectiveness of the policy system for the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The research found that the green development policy system of the Yangtze River Economic Belt was relatively mature and played a fundamental role in a specific period.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Document Analysis of Peak Carbon Emissions and Carbon Neutrality Policies Based on a PMC Index Model in China

Wang

Chen

et al. 2022

With the commitment to peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, the text analysis of policies related to peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality has become a hot research topic in China. However, current domestic and foreign research mainly focuses on the impact and enlightenment of carbon emission measurement and other aspects and rarely optimizes the road to carbon neutrality through the analysis of policy texts. Based on both domestic and international research results, this paper takes 11 central government, ministry, province, and city policies as the research object, uses the PMC index model to calculate the PMC indices of the 11 representative documents, and draws surfaces. The results indicate that nearly half of the policies have excellent scores, but some policies still have deficiencies in terms of guarantee incentives and policy coverage. Given these shortcomings, this paper proposes that the government should provide technical assistance to industrial enterprises in addition to certain subsidies to reduce the energy consumption of enterprises in production and achieve sustainable development. While popularizing and developing low-carbon technology, enterprises should pay attention to personnel training and management, and use the digital economy to empower the transition to eco-friendly production. Based on the above research, the main contributions of this paper are as follows: to make theoretical and practical preparations for carbon neutralization and to provide suggestions for optimizing policies.