Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in China
Governments arounds the world are relying on digital policies as a strategic tool to promote digital transformation objectives within the society. This study aims to investigate the evolutionary patterns and trends of China's digital public policies in the architectural, engineering, and constr...
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| description | Governments arounds the world are relying on digital policies as a strategic tool to promote digital transformation objectives within the society. This study aims to investigate the evolutionary patterns and trends of China's digital public policies in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Based on the policy instrument theory, the study develops a three-dimensional analysis framework of “policy topic - policy instrument - stakeholder” to analyze digital public policies. A total number of 56 policies, issued by the central government from 2001 to 2023 in China, were selected as data for content analysis. Using the Dynamic Topic Modeling, six main topics were identified from the texts: informatization development, smart construction, construction industrialization, BIM technology application, prefabricated building, and digital workforce. The results indicate that environment instruments have become central tools for the government to promote digital transformation. Stakeholders involved in digital public policies have remained relatively stable, with the government as the primary actor. The study sheds lights on the evolutionary path of digital public policies within the AEC industry in China. The findings provide a reference for digital policy improvement in the AEC industry and policy formulation in other developing countries for digital transformation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f26f7b25da44dd0893d92c4c57a0d2d2025-08-20T03:42:57ZengElsevierDevelopments in the Built Environment2666-16592025-03-012110062110.1016/j.dibe.2025.100621Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in ChinaYumiao Yang0Sujuan Zhang1Yuanyuan Hua2Hua Wang3Department of Civil Engineering, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361000, ChinaSchool of Project Management, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2037, Australia; Corresponding author.School of Urban Economics and Management, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, 100044, ChinaNational Center of Technology Innovation for Green and Low-Carbon Building, Beijing, 100088, ChinaGovernments arounds the world are relying on digital policies as a strategic tool to promote digital transformation objectives within the society. This study aims to investigate the evolutionary patterns and trends of China's digital public policies in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Based on the policy instrument theory, the study develops a three-dimensional analysis framework of “policy topic - policy instrument - stakeholder” to analyze digital public policies. A total number of 56 policies, issued by the central government from 2001 to 2023 in China, were selected as data for content analysis. Using the Dynamic Topic Modeling, six main topics were identified from the texts: informatization development, smart construction, construction industrialization, BIM technology application, prefabricated building, and digital workforce. The results indicate that environment instruments have become central tools for the government to promote digital transformation. Stakeholders involved in digital public policies have remained relatively stable, with the government as the primary actor. The study sheds lights on the evolutionary path of digital public policies within the AEC industry in China. The findings provide a reference for digital policy improvement in the AEC industry and policy formulation in other developing countries for digital transformation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666165925000213Digital transformationContent analysisDynamic topic modelingPolicy instrument theoryStakeholder |
| spellingShingle | Yumiao Yang Sujuan Zhang Yuanyuan Hua Hua Wang Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in China Developments in the Built Environment Digital transformation Content analysis Dynamic topic modeling Policy instrument theory Stakeholder |
| title | Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in China |
| title_full | Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in China |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in China |
| title_short | Mapping the digital transformation of AEC industry: Content analysis of digital public policy in China |
| title_sort | mapping the digital transformation of aec industry content analysis of digital public policy in china |
| topic | Digital transformation Content analysis Dynamic topic modeling Policy instrument theory Stakeholder |
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