A Quantitative Analysis On The Policy Texts Of Water Pollution Prevention And Control In Huaihe River Basin(1984-2017)

The rise of ecology leads to the rise of civilization,similarly the decline of ecology invokes the decline of civilization.Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the CPC,the CPC Central Committee has placed the construction of ecological civilization in a strategic position of governance,and has formed and actively promoted the overall layout of “five in one” so as to better meet the growing needs of the people for a better life.In order to speed up the construction of ecological civilization,the central government formulated the Basic Thought of the 13 th Five-Year Plan for National Environmental Protection in 2018,devoted itself to the three major battles of prevention of air,water and soil pollution.The importance of water pollution is self-evident for the socialist ecological civilization and its construction.For a half century or more,the water pollution control in Huaihe River Basin is a microcosm of China’s water pollution prevention and control process.Therefore,it is of great significance to analyze water pollution control policies of the Huaihe River Basin.The experience we learn from the construction of water pollution control policy is believed to benefit the “Blue Water” defence and people’s happiness.This paper adopts comprehensive quantitative research methods of bibliometric and content analysis,examines the water pollution control policies in Huaihe River Basin in different periods based on117 policy documents issued by China’s central governments from 1984 to 2017.Firstly,this article studies the literature external attribute form the perspective of posting time,file type,theme words and issue agency.Next,the literature semantic content of policy texts are studied via three dimensions: basic types,multi-subject and mechanism of policy tools.Moreover,the basic characteristics and laws of the policy are presented as well based on which we analysize the existing problems and puts forward reasonable suggestions for improving the policy of water pollution prevention and control of Huaihe River Basin.The present research draws the following conclusions:there is a lag in policy formulation;the degree of cooperation between policy Issuing Departments is low;the use structure of policy tools needs to be optimized;the relationship between the application subjects of policy tools is unbalanced;and in terms of the function mechanism of policy tools,there is insufficient supervision in the event and weak accountability afterwards.This conclusion has important policy implications: future policies should focusmore on promoting the innovation and application of science and technology to provide technical support for the construction of ecological civilization;in policy formulation,government departments should cooperate with each other to improve the authority of policy;build a comprehensive application model of policy tools to achieve the overall optimal effect of policy tools;improve market mechanism and clarify the society.Participation in specific provisions to stimulate the potential of multi-subject co-governance;with the help of big data technology,strengthen the supervision of policy implementation.