Optimization of China’s Child-Friendly City Construction Policy from the Perspective of Policy Tools

Hanyu Cao, Quansheng Wang and Qi Zhang ()
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Hanyu Cao: School of Law, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Quansheng Wang: Legislative Research Center, School of Law, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
Qi Zhang: School of Physical Education, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-20

Abstract: The construction of child-friendly cities is important for social and economic development. Based on the two-dimensional analysis framework of “Policy Tools–Policy Elements”, this study uses NVIVO 15 qualitative analysis software to code and quantitatively analyze China’s current child-friendly city construction policies. This study examines the formulation strategies and operational characteristics of policy texts on building child-friendly cities in China. The research shows that there are structural imbalances in current policies on child-friendly city construction in China, with too many supply-oriented policy tools and insufficient application of environmental policy and demand-oriented policy tools. The mix of policy instruments is poorly structured, with insufficient attention to children’s rights and social policies and a lack of monitoring and evaluation of policy performance. In the future, China’s children’s urban construction policy should strengthen the balance between the design of policy structures, optimize the structure of policy tools, strengthen the design and protection of laws and policies of children’s rights, and establish a monitoring and evaluation system of policy performance.

Keywords: child-friendly cities; convention on the rights of the child; program of action; policy tools; policy elements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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