Research On The Application Of Policy Tools In The Treatment Of Straw Burning In Heilongjiang Province

Heilongjiang province is an agriculture-dominated region in China,whose annual straw output ranks among the top in the country.Due to the lack of scientific straw treatment methods,there has been a common phenomenon of open-air burning of straw in Heilongjiang province that has many hidden dangers,including air pollution,soil pollution,and increasing fire hazard.All these risks bring great impacts on people’s manufacture and life.Nowadays,the construction of ecological civilization has entered a critical stage,among which the treatment of straw burning,as the important part,has received extensive attention from governments at all levels.From a practical point of view,although the government of Heilongjiang province has tried to solve the chaos of straw burning from multiple angles by formulating a series of policies including the prohibition of straw burning,comprehensive utilization of straw,and subsidies for returning straw into solid,the straw burning treatment has not yet achieved the expected effect since the low level of policy implementation and professional skills.By consulting the existing literature,it is found that the current research on the treatment of straw incineration is aiming to provide the government with a systematic policy formulation plan which mostly focus on three aspects: the cause analysis of straw incineration,countermeasures and suggestions,and the comprehensive utilization of straw.As for the policy itself,the implementation methods,effect evaluation,etc.are also crucial to improving the governance effect and eradicating the chaos of straw burning.In view of this,the theory of policy tools is introduced into our research model.First,textual analysis and classification of existing policies are carried out based on sorting out the current situation of straw burning in Heilongjiang province and the application of treatment policy tools.Subsequently,S village,as the county of the national comprehensive utilization of straw in Heilongjiang province,is further selected as the research object whose existing policy tools are analyzed according to the defining characteristics,operating mechanism,dynamics and performance evaluation.We find that there are many shortcomings in the existing policy tools used in the treatment of straw incineration in Heilongjiang province,including excessive administrative costs,the lack of long-term policies,low subsidies,and insignificant effects in attracting enterprises.Finally,by drawing lessons from domestic and foreign experiences on straw incineration,we proposed some suggestions to improve the performance of policy tools,such as standardizing the straw incineration management system,strengthening policy support for enterprises who specialize in comprehensive utilization of straw and so on.Overall,a positive feedback loop there between our work and previous research,namely,the governance policy guides the implementation of scheme and the implement effective ameliorates policies.