The Influence of Citizens’ Online Participation on Policy Formulation Based on the Structural Equation Model

Haisheng Hu

Abstract

With the continuous deepening of China’s democratic political process, the popularity and development of the Internet, it has gradually become an important channel for citizens to convey their ideas, express their interests, and participate in the formulation of public policies. Targeted at such a social status quo, this research involves empirical analysis to determine citizens’ participation in public policy formulation in the online environment. According to the results of the empirical analysis, citizens’ cognitive level, individual expectation, and social attitude would all impact government openness and transparency, and hence, the effectiveness and efficiency of citizens’ online participation in policy formulation. Furthermore, it seems that policy perception and citizen participation played a mediating role to some extent in the increase in government openness and transparency. It is expected that the findings of this research could provide some references for public policy formulation in the future.

 

Keywords: citizens’ online participation, policy formulation, education policy, structural equation model.

 

https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.50.8.4


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