China's Blue Carbon Policy Analysis via Text, 2015-2026

A quantitative textual analysis of China's blue carbon policy documents issued since 2015. The dataset applies an 'Instrument-Theme-Stage' framework to evaluate policy evolution and instrument distribution. It was created by Lili Li and last updated on March 19, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of policy instrument types (e.g., capacity-building, regulatory) based on the described framework.
• Studying the evolution of policy themes over time based on the quantitative text analysis.
• Identifying structural imbalances between policy instruments and specific thematic goals as mentioned in the description.
• Benchmarking China's blue carbon policy system against other governance models based on the instrument mix.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Analysis is based on a defined three-dimensional 'Instrument-Theme-Stage' framework.
• Focuses on policy documents from a specific time period starting in 2015.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 10.8 KB, indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Lili Li via figshare.

Collection Method

Quantitative text analysis of policy documents.

Time Range

Since 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 05:21:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China.