Analysis of Zero-Waste City Policy in China: Based on Three-Dimensional Framework

Yifei Zhou ()
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Yifei Zhou: School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: This paper proposes the PDDS model and constructs a three-dimensional analysis framework of policy objectives–policy tools–value chain in order to provide an in-depth analysis of 224 waste-free city policy texts released by China from 2019 to 2024. This study finds that China’s waste-free city policy objectives are macro-oriented, with specific objectives and milestones accounting for a relatively low proportion. Furthermore, there is a structural imbalance in policy tools, with environmental tools dominating and supply- and demand-based tools lagging behind. Additionally, support for each link in the value chain is uneven, with emphasis on the waste generation and disposal link, but the collection and regulation link is weak. In the three-dimensional analysis, China’s waste-free city policy exhibits a pattern of “overall goal leadership + environment-oriented policy tools + green industrial upgrading”. This study proposes a number of refinements to the policy objectives, improvements to the structure of policy instruments, enhanced synergies among the various segments of the value chain, and an increase in the aggregation effect of the policy objectives, instruments, and the evaluation chain. These changes are intended to promote the optimisation of waste-free city policies and the sustainable development of the environment in China and other countries.

Keywords: waste-free city; PPDDS model; policy objectives; policy tools; value chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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