Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modelling

The world's maritime countries are competing for the strength of marine science and technology. Throughout the world, the systematic construction of marine strategic scientific and technological strength has become a decisive factor in marine scientific and technological competition, and it is...

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Main Authors: Yufang Fu, Hui Xu, Yi Wang, Fang Chen, Bojun Gu
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1530693/full
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description The world's maritime countries are competing for the strength of marine science and technology. Throughout the world, the systematic construction of marine strategic scientific and technological strength has become a decisive factor in marine scientific and technological competition, and it is an inevitable choice for China to cope with marine scientific and technological competition. As far as science and technology policy is concerned, the efficiency of policy supply directly affects the effect of science and technology implementation. Therefore, it is urgent to clarify the mechanism of policy diffusion that influences the development of marine strategic scientific and technological forces. This paper employs a case study approach to examine the diffusion characteristics of China's marine science and technology policies. The analysis is based on the marine science and technology policies issued by the Chinese government at the central, provincial and municipal levels since 2002. The study employs an LDA model and text-mining techniques in the R language to construct a comprehensive understanding of the diffusion process. The study reveals that China's marine science and technology development policies exhibit a top-down diffusion trend. Furthermore, the implementation intensity and responsiveness of lower-level governments to higher-level policies are increasing. The diffusion of policy themes displays clear temporal characteristics, with policies undergoing continual refinement in the context of top-down content diffusion. However, there is less interaction between bottom-up policies. In this regard, we should improve the overall effectiveness of the marine strategic scientific and technological strength policy system, optimize the policy diffusion mechanism of marine strategic scientific and technological strength, and strengthen the construction of a public participation consultation system to strengthen the overall play of China's marine strategic scientific and technological strength.
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spelling doaj-art-63ff4d18f95a4c36a794a7f79f73665f2025-08-20T03:07:16ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452025-03-011210.3389/fmars.2025.15306931530693Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modellingYufang FuHui XuYi WangFang ChenBojun GuThe world's maritime countries are competing for the strength of marine science and technology. Throughout the world, the systematic construction of marine strategic scientific and technological strength has become a decisive factor in marine scientific and technological competition, and it is an inevitable choice for China to cope with marine scientific and technological competition. As far as science and technology policy is concerned, the efficiency of policy supply directly affects the effect of science and technology implementation. Therefore, it is urgent to clarify the mechanism of policy diffusion that influences the development of marine strategic scientific and technological forces. This paper employs a case study approach to examine the diffusion characteristics of China's marine science and technology policies. The analysis is based on the marine science and technology policies issued by the Chinese government at the central, provincial and municipal levels since 2002. The study employs an LDA model and text-mining techniques in the R language to construct a comprehensive understanding of the diffusion process. The study reveals that China's marine science and technology development policies exhibit a top-down diffusion trend. Furthermore, the implementation intensity and responsiveness of lower-level governments to higher-level policies are increasing. The diffusion of policy themes displays clear temporal characteristics, with policies undergoing continual refinement in the context of top-down content diffusion. However, there is less interaction between bottom-up policies. In this regard, we should improve the overall effectiveness of the marine strategic scientific and technological strength policy system, optimize the policy diffusion mechanism of marine strategic scientific and technological strength, and strengthen the construction of a public participation consultation system to strengthen the overall play of China's marine strategic scientific and technological strength.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1530693/fullstrategic maritime science and technology forcespolicy diffusionLDA modelingmaritime power buildingmarine policy
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Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modelling
Frontiers in Marine Science
strategic maritime science and technology forces
policy diffusion
LDA modeling
maritime power building
marine policy
title Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modelling
title_full Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modelling
title_fullStr Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modelling
title_full_unstemmed Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modelling
title_short Study on the policy diffusivity of China’s marine strategic science and technology power building based on LDA modelling
title_sort study on the policy diffusivity of china s marine strategic science and technology power building based on lda modelling
topic strategic maritime science and technology forces
policy diffusion
LDA modeling
maritime power building
marine policy
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1530693/full
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