Implementation Challenges of China’s Rural Living Environment Governance Policies

Abstract

The implementation of China’s rural living environment governance policies is of great significance for the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, promoting rural economic development, and advancing urban-rural integration. In the past few years, remarkable achievements have been made in improving the living environment. However, in the specific implementation of rural living environment policies, many problems have been exposed during the policy execution process. This article argues that there are difficulties in the process of policy implementation, such as the lack of policy cooperation networks, imbalanced allocation of policy resources, and deviation in policy implementation. The causes of these difficulties are analyzed, and it is believed that information asymmetry between superiors and subordinates, unclear rights and responsibilities between organizations have led to the dilemma of policy networks. The lack of a single source of funding and the participation of villagers have led to the problem of imbalanced resource allocation. The combined effect of these factors has exacerbated the deviation in implementation. Finally, effective countermeasures are proposed from the theoretical perspective of policy networks, including building multiple cooperation networks, increasing social participation, optimizing resource allocation, and adapting measures to local conditions to optimize these problems.