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Item Chinese Residential Housing Policy Evaluation(2017-12) Zhang, Yingyuan; Scotch, Richard K.; Elliott, Euel; Kim, Dohyeong; Ho, KarlHousing policies have long been discussed in countries around the world. Every country should use a different type of policy to stabilize its housing market depending on its political system. In this paper, the core question is whether the government’s housing policies actually serve to control prices in China’s housing market as expected. Analysis in this vein is based on new housing market data which other researchers have not used before and employs different customized time series models. Until now, researchers have not been able to obtain very good data to measure such policy effects in China. Hence, one of the contributions of this paper is to evaluate policy effects using more accurate data measurements than had been previously available. This new housing market dataset can be divided into two parts, yearly data and monthly data. The dataset includes housing information from 39 big and medium size cities in China in the form of monthly panel data and from 35 big and medium size cities in China in the form of yearly panel data. The analytical results indicate that housing policies targeting housing prices did successfully control prices, especially in large cities such as Beijing.Item Understanding Needs and Barriers to Using Geospatial Tools for Public Health Policymaking in ChinaKim, Dohyeong; Zhang, Yingyuan; Lee, Chang Kil; Kim, Dohyeong; Zhang, YingyuanDespite growing popularity of using geographical information systems and geospatial tools in public health fields, these tools are only rarely implemented in health policy management in China. This study examines the barriers that could prevent policy-makers from applying such tools to actual managerial processes related to public health problems that could be assisted by such approaches, e.g. evidence-based policy-making. A questionnaire-based survey of 127 health-related experts and other stakeholders in China revealed that there is a consensus on the needs and demands for the use of geospatial tools, which shows that there is a more unified opinion on the matter than so far reported. Respondents pointed to lack of communication and collaboration among stakeholders as the most significant barrier to the implementation of geospatial tools. Comparison of survey results to those emanating from a similar study in Bangladesh revealed different priorities concerning the use of geospatial tools between the two countries. In addition, the follow- up in-depth interviews highlighted the political culture specific to China as a critical barrier to adopting new tools in policy development. Other barriers included concerns over the limited awareness of the availability of advanced geospatial tools. Taken together, these findings can facilitate a better understanding among policy-makers and practitioners of the challenges and opportunities for widespread adoption and implementation of a geospatial approach to public health policy-making in China.