Abstract:

[Purpose/Significance] In the context of the booming development of the digital economy, public data, as a fundamental strategic resource of the country, plays an important role in promoting high-quality economic development, enhancing government governance capabilities, and stimulating social innovation vitality through its development and utilization. The "Opinions on Accelerating the Development and Utilization of Public Data Resources" (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions), is the first top-level design document for the development and utilization of public data resources at the central level. It directly affects the success or failure of the market-oriented allocation reform of data elements in terms of policy effectiveness. Therefore, a comprehensive and systematic evaluation of the Opinions not only helps identify the strengths and weaknesses of policy design, but also provides scientific basis for the continuous optimization of policies, thereby ensuring the efficient development and utilization of public data resources and providing strong support for high-quality economic and social development. [Method/Process] This study introduces an innovative evaluation framework called S-CAD (Consistency Dependency Sufficiency) evaluation framework, which analyzes policy texts in depth through three dimensions: consistency, sufficiency, and dependency. 1) Consistency analysis focuses on the logical coherence between policy positions, goals, means, and expected outcomes. 2) Necessary and sufficient analysis evaluates the necessity and adequacy of policy measures for achieving goals. 3) Dependency analysis identifies key chains and stakeholders' interests and demands in policy implementation to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the policy. In terms of specific applications, this study first clarifies the dominant viewpoint of the policy (policy makers) and related viewpoints of policy implementers, participants, influencers. Subsequently, four typical elements of stance, objectives, means, and expected outcomes were identified from the policy text, and an analysis chart of the content of the Opinion was constructed. Inviting scholars from the field of information resource management to participate ensured the evaluation's scientificity and accuracy. Consistency analysis shows that the policy stance, objectives, means, and expected outcomes of the Opinion are logically closely related. The objectives revolve around accelerating the development and utilization of public data resources, and the means and objectives support each other. The expected outcomes are highly consistent with the means, reflecting the systematic and rational design of the policy. The analysis of necessity and sufficiency shows that policy measures play an important role in achieving goals, such as deepening the reform of data element allocation and regulating the authorized operation of public data, all of which provide strong guarantees for achieving policy goals. A dependency analysis reveals potential challenges in policy implementation. These challenges include difficulties in coordinating departmental interests, unclear details of data authorization operations, insufficient data quality and availability, and public concerns about privacy protection. In response to these issues, this study proposes suggestions such as strengthening departmental collaboration, clarifying data authorization operation processes, improving data quality and availability, strengthening data security management and privacy protection publicity. [Results/Conclusions] The issuance of the Opinions provides an important policy framework and guidance for the development and utilization of public data resources, but there is still room for improvement in areas such as departmental collaboration and privacy protection. To enhance public trust and support for policies, future, policy measures should be further refined, data authorization operation mechanisms should be optimized, data quality and utilization efficiency should be improved, and data security management and privacy protection should be strengthened. By continuously monitoring the development trends of the data industry and adjusting policies in a timely manner, we ensure the efficient and orderly promotion of the development and utilization of public data resources. This approach injects strong impetus into the high-quality development of the economy and society.

Key words: S-CAD, public data, data development, data utilization, policy evaluation