Table 1 Data sources and basic information.
From: Measuring China’s Policy Stringency on Climate Change for 1954–2022
Dataset | Description | Records | Selected Records | Format | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
China’s State Council Gazette Archive System (CSCGAS) | CSCGAS, published by the General Office of the State Council, is a domestic and international government publication that accurately releases key documents including administrative regulations, decisions, and orders, along with important rules and files from its various departments, and personnel changes. | Started since 1954, with each year comprising dozens of issues, and each issue containing varying numbers of policies. | All selected from 1954–2022. | For data prior to 2000, the format is PDF files containing images. For data post-2000, the format is embedded HTML within web pages. | |
The State Council Policy Document Library (SCPDL) | SCPDL contains various policy documents issued by the State Council with China’s policies, regulations, and guidelines across diverse areas. | 28,720 | All selected from 1954–2022, 25,624. | Embedded HTML within web pages. | https://sousuo.www.gov.cn/zcwjk/policyDocumentLibrary?q = &t = zhengcelibrary&orpro = |
Chinese Government Bulletins and Journal Literature Database (CGBJLD) | CDCGBJL includes 223 types of government bulletins, serving as an authoritative and standardized one-stop search platform for official government files. | 587,140 | Only central and national level policies are included in our pool, 23,456. | The dataset consists of two types of PDF files. The first type is primarily text-based PDFs, while the second type is image-based PDFs, including scanned images of Traditional Chinese text for some early-year data. | |
PKULAW | The Peking University Legal Information Retrieval Platform, known as PKULAW, is a comprehensive legal information search platform in China. | Over 1.47 million regulatory documents from central and local governments | Only central and national level records are included in our pool. | Text-based PDFs. | |
Global Climate Change Mitigation Policy Database (GCCMPD) | The GCCMPD is a global climate change mitigation policy dataset covering a large range of policies from 216 entities. | 73,625 | Only policies belonging to China are included, 1,640. | Multi-format including MySQL, MongoDB, and EXCEL. | |
China’s Low-Carbon Policy Intensity Dataset (CLCPID) | The CLCPID is derived from a specialized low-carbon policy inventory, covering China’s manufacturing industries from the national to the prefectural levels between 2007 and 2022. | 7,282 | Only central and national level records are included in our pool, 91. | Multi-format including STATA and EXCEL. | |
China’s Environmental Policy Intensity Dataset (CEPID) | The CEPID is derived from China’s national environmental policy dataset between 1978 and 2019. | 1,912 | All selected, 1,912. | EXCEL. | |
Memorabilia of the Communist Party of China (MCPC) | MCPC is an applied style for party and government organs, enterprises, institutions, and social organizations to record their important work activities or major events in their jurisdictions. | Annually since CPC established | Records from 1964 to 1979 selected as supplement, 16. | Embedded HTML within web pages. |
