{"id":3175,"date":"2026-06-01T16:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:31:22","slug":"professor-xu-coauthors-foundational-study-on-the-evolution-of-china-policy-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/2026\/06\/01\/professor-xu-coauthors-foundational-study-on-the-evolution-of-china-policy-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Xu coauthors foundational study on the evolution of China policy studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Professor Ping Xu, along with Shuai Cao, Hongtao Yi, and Ling Zhu, published the article \u201cFrom Germination to Transformation: Policy Studies in China Over the Past Half-Century (1970s-2020s)\u201d in the <em>Policy Studies Journal <\/em>(Journal Impact Factor: 4.9. Acceptance Rate: 13%). The study provides a comprehensive overview of the development of China policy studies as a field over the past five decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on a self-compiled database of 347 articles, evolution of the field is traced from its early \u201cgermination\u201d stage in the 1970s and 1980s, through a period of expansion and diversification, to a more recent phase of &#8220;transformation&#8221; characterized by increased theoretical engagement and methodological sophistication. Across these phases, the study identifies major research themes, theoretical approaches, and methodological development while also showing how China policy studies has increasingly become integrated into the broader policy process literature. In particular, the field is moving beyond treating China as a unique case toward contributing to more generalizable theory, while also recognizing key challenges and future opportunities to further development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the first comprehensive historical account of China policy studies published in a flagship public policy journal, the article established an important reference point for the field. It is especially significant in light of China\u2019s growing global role, as understanding the evolution and current state of its public policy scholarship is essential for both area specialists and broader policy researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/psj.70097\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/psj.70097<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Title: From Germination to Transformation: Policy Studies in China Over the Past Half-Century (1970s\u20132020s)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3176,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175\/revisions\/3176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}