TY - JOUR TI - The Evolution and Future Prospects of China’s Wave Energy Policy from the Perspective of Renewable Energy: Facing Problems, Governance Optimization and Effectiveness Logic AU - Qi, M AU - Dai, X AU - Zhang, B AU - Li, J AU - Liu, B T2 - Sustainability AB - Wave energy is a kind of new marine renewable energy with broad development prospects. Many countries have launched aggressive public policies to promote the use of wave-energy technology. In this paper, 729 wave-energy policy documents were visually analyzed by Citespace software, and 31 Chinese wave-energy policy documents were visually analyzed by Nvivo software. It was found that, on the one hand, wave-energy policy research presents an upward trend. Compared with foreign wave-energy policy research, the research foundation of China’s wave-energy policy is weak, the research is not in-depth enough, and the research enthusiasm is not high. On the other hand, China’s wave-energy policy is gradually improving, showing a development trend from extensive to detailed, with diversified policy tools and specific policy objectives, although there is still room for improvement. DA - 2023/02// PY - 2023 VL - 15 IS - 4 SP - 3274 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/4/3274 DO - 10.3390/su15043274 LA - English KW - Marine Energy KW - Wave KW - Human Dimensions KW - Legal & Policy ER -