A quantitative study on the regional patterns of China's light emitting diode industry policy

This paper studies the regional patterns of China's light emitting diode industry policy. The paper gathers policy contexts of the central government, Guangdong Province, Fujian Province and Jiangxi Province. By policy bibliometrics analysis and content analysis of the policy context's external and internal characteristics, the paper explores the regional patterns on the policy-making time, policy-making agency and policy tool and discusses the relationship between policy orientation and the reality of industry development in various regions. The paper finds that there exist differences on the frequency of policy-making time and the administrative departments. Particularly, there are remarkable differences on the aims, emphases, means and valid period of policy tools. The analysis framework and method are applicable to the research of other industry policy, and the conclusion may be supportive to the authorities on policy making.