Policy-Making Report: New Policies on Releasing the “Double Reduction” Impact from the Perspective of Stakeholder Theory and Policy Network

The CPC Central Committee General Office and the State Council General Office jointly promulgated the Opinions on Further Reducing the Homework and Off-campus Training Burden of Compulsory Education Students in in July 2021. The opinions makes it clear the hours of after-school service, and allow schools to coordinate teachers in the implementation of “ working hours” in a flexible manner. Schools are thus required to make improvement in the after-class service quality, organize interest-cultivation groups and various club ac_x005ftivities. However, this regulation change seem to create burden for several different interest groups in China. This study will concentrate on analyzing the underlying causes and contradictions in the process of policy implementation by combining the policy network theory and the relevant stakeholder analysis tools, and look for the optimization strategies meeting the interests and needs parties. Hence, it will certainly facilitate the implementation of after-school services in an all-around manner under the background of “double reduction” policy.