AUTHOR=Zhu Shuicheng , Feng Shuaiyao , Ning Xiaoling , Zhou Yiwei 

TITLE=Analysis of China's fight against COVID-19 from the perspective of policy tools—policy capacity

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.951941

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.951941

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<p>Judging from the number of confirmed cases, deaths, cures and the time taken to restore normal social and economic order, China is undoubtedly one of the most successful countries in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlights strong policy capacity of Chinese government using policy tools to solve policy problems efficiently. Based on the policy tools theory put forward by Roy Rothwell and Walter Zegveld, this paper analyzes the specific policy tools used in the prodromal period, breakout period, chronic period and resolution period of China's COVID-19 pandemic and further summarizes three characteristics: The comprehensive use of policy tools, staging of the use of policy tools in different periods and the dominant position of supply-oriented policy tools.</p>