The Policy Logic and Enlightenment of Provincial Government's Promotion of Infant Care Services—Analysis Based on Provincial Policy Texts
As an important part of the fertility support system,infant care services have be-come the basis for satisfying the people's yearning for a better life and an important support for the long-term balanced development of the population.Based on the policy texts of infant and child care services issued by 30 provincial governments in China,this paper constructs an analyt-ical framework of policy concepts,policy objectives,capacity-building tools,environmental sup-port tools and incentive tools through grounded theory.The study found that ideological guidance and demand orientation are the starting point for the construction of infant care services.Policy tools are the starting point for the construction of infant care services,among which capacity-building tools play a fundamental role.On this basis,environmental support tools and incentive tools are superimposed to jointly promote the realization of the goal of high-quality childcare serv-ice system.Accordingly,provincial governments can ensure the scientific and directional nature of policies by taking advantage of scientific concepts;improve the policy objectives and enhance the credibility and execution of the policy;optimize the structure of policy tools,strengthen the imple-mentation guarantee of childcare,and promote the effective implementation of policies.
infant care serviceprovincial governmentspolicy tools