China's Blue Carbon Policy Analysis via Textual Data, 2015 Onwards

China's blue carbon policy documents issued since 2015 are analyzed in this dataset. The data results from a quantitative text analysis using an 'Instrument-Theme-Stage' framework, created by Lili Li and last updated in March 2026. The 10.7 KB Excel file contains findings on the evolution and distribution of policy instruments for marine climate governance.

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 methodology.
• Identifying structural imbalances between policy instruments and thematic goals as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is based on a defined 'Instrument-Theme-Stage' analytical framework.
• Covers policy documents from a specific start year (2015).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (10.7 KB), indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.

Provenance

Source

Lili Li via figshare.

Collection Method

Quantitative text analysis of policy documents.

Time Range

2015 onwards

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 05:21:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China