Research Article

PPPs Policy Entity Network Change and Policy Learning in Mainland China

Table 5

Change of the network when omitting each core policy entity.

TiesTie strengthCohesionDensityAverage distance

Stage 11995–2003

NPC−62.50%−62.50%−72.90%−53.10%−44.80%
MOT−25.00%−25.00%−9.45%−6.24%−0.55%
MOC−25.00%−25.00%−9.40%−6.20%−0.60%
MOEE−25.00%−25.00%−9.45%−6.24%−0.55%
PBOC−25.00%−25.00%−27.69%−6.35%−22.65%

Stage 22004–2013

NDRC−50.00%−50.00%−32.30%−38.90%11.10%
MOF−50.00%−50.00%−32.30%−38.90%11.10%
PBOC−37.50%−25.00%−25.61%−23.97%−2.75%
CBRC−37.50%−37.50%−25.61%−23.97%−2.75%
MOT−25.00%−18.75%−18.90%−8.38%−16.67%
MOHURD0.00%0.00%22.00%22.20%0.00%

Stage 32014–2019

MOF−8.66%−17.01%−2.30%−5.14%2.16%
NDRC−6.68%−8.70%−1.34%−3.08%0.74%
MOEE−7.67%−7.37%−1.73%−4.11%1.10%
MOHURD−7.18%−10.02%−1.54%−3.61%1.05%
MCA−7.18%−7.74%−1.54%−3.61%1.00%
MONR−6.93%−8.07%−1.54%−3.33%0.95%
MOT−5.69%−6.05%−1.15%−2.05%0.79%
PBOC−5.69%−7.56%−0.96%−2.05%0.21%
CBRC−5.69%−7.94%−0.77%−2.05%0.16%