China's Blue Carbon Policy Analysis, 2015-2026

A quantitative textual analysis of Chinese blue carbon policy documents issued since 2015, based on an "Instrument-Theme-Stage" framework. The 10.8 KB Excel dataset was created by Lili Li and last updated in March 2026. It contains coded evaluations of policy instruments, themes, and stages to assess the evolution and structure of China's marine climate governance.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of policy instruments (capacity-building, supply-oriented, regulatory, demand-based) over time.
• Identifying thematic coverage and imbalances in marine conservation and climate mitigation policy.
• Evaluating the alignment between specific policy instruments and stated policy goals or themes.
• Tracking the evolutionary process of China's blue carbon policy system from 2015 onward.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a defined three-dimensional "Instrument-Theme-Stage" analytical framework.
• Covers policy documents issued since a specific year (2015).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small (10.8 KB), indicating a limited scope of analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data structure and quality require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Lili Li via figshare.

Collection Method

Quantitative text analysis of official policy documents.

Time Range

2015 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 05:21:02.

Geography

China.