Quantitative Evaluation of Policy Based on PMC Index Model: A Case Study of China’s Textile Industry Policy

Table 1

PMC index model variables and variable selection basis of textile industry policy.

Primary variables	Number	Secondary variables	Number	Secondary variables	Variable selection basis
X1 nature of policy	X1.1	Supervision	X1.2	Standard	Based on the summary of the nature of textile industry policy and the revision of M.A. Ruiz Estrada (2011).
	X1.3	Plan	X1.4	Suggestion
	X1.5	Description	X1.6	Regulations
X2 policy timeliness	X2.1	More than ten years	X2.2	6 to 10 years	Based on the division of textile industry policy timeliness.
	X2.3	1 to 5 years	X2.4	Within one year
X3 policy area	X3.1	Public service	X3.2	Market regulation	Based on the content analysis of textile industry policy text and the revision of Zhang Yongan and Zhou Yiyuan (2017).
	X3.3	Financial and economy	X3.4	Social security
	X3.5	Environmental protection	X3.6	Innovation and development
X4 policy function	X4.1	Adjusting the structure of the textile industry	X4.2	Promoting the development of textile enterprises	Based on the content analysis of textile industry policy text and the revision of Zhang Yongan and Zhou Yiyuan (2017).
	X4.3	Regulating the market	X4.4	Promoting trade cooperation
X5 policy evaluation	X5.1	Clear objectives	X5.2	Suitable for the current situation of industrial development	Based on the content analysis of textile industry policy text and the revision of Zhang Yongan and Zhou Yiyuan (2017).
	X5.3	Clear implementation supervision mechanism	X5.4	Sustainable development
X6 policy content	X6.1	Enterprise development guidance	X6.2	Financial and economy	Based on grounded theory extracting high-frequency keywords from textile industry policy text to formulate index.
	X6.3	Taxation and subsidies	X6.4	Trade cooperation
	X6.5	Green development	X6.6	Market environment
	X6.7	Talent guarantee	X6.8	Industrial structure
	X6.9	Industrial development plan	X6.10	Administrative guarantee
X7 guarantee and incentives	X7.1	Foundation	X7.2	Tax reduction and exemption	Based on grounded theory extracting high-frequency keywords from textile industry policy text to formulate index.
	X7.3	Cancel or exempt administrative fees	X7.4	Quota
	X7.5	Allowance	X7.6	Demonstration area
X8 subject of policy	X8.1	All textile enterprises	X8.2	Textile start-up enterprises	Based on grounded theory extracting high-frequency keywords from textile industry policy text to formulate index.
	X8.3	Micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises	X8.4	Textile innovation enterprise
X9 policy strength	X9.1	Two or more national ministries and commissions jointly issued policies focused on the development of the textile industry	X9.2	One national ministry and commissions issued policies focus on the development of the textile industry	Based on the textile industry policies to promulgation summary and division.
	X9.3	Policies issued by individual ministries only refer to the development of the textile industry