Toward Industrial Revitalization: Text Analysis of Argi-Tourism-Health Integration

Abstract

The industrial revival is the foundation of rural revival. The combination of agriculture, culture, tourism, and wellness has become more than a local pilot experiment, becoming an important national initiative to engage idle rural resources and increase the sources of income of farmers. This research will use NVivo 12 qualitative data analysis software to analyze 29 related policy documents systematically in different levels of administration with a focus on Gao County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Based on polycentric governance theory and collaborative governance theory, this paper develops a two-dimensional model of structure-process analysis to identify the process of integration policies and reveal the underlying principles of governance. The results demonstrate a significant imbalance in the structure of the existing policy framework. Although the government plays the role of the main center, the market dynamics have not been unleashed sufficiently, and the rights of grassroots villagers to participate are greatly undermined. Moreover, with regard to implementation procedures, policies are often focused on the earlier development phases, but there is a chronic shortage of policy supply on the mechanisms required to achieve sustainable operation over time, i.e., fair distribution of interests, all-encompassing monitoring and assessment, and risk mitigation. Significant institutional holes also exist in the creation of multi-party collaborative structures. In order to overcome these issues, it is proposed in the present study that implementing a pluralistic co-governance structure based on the concept of government guidance, management by the enterprises, and participation of the villagers, as well as correcting the flaws in the institutionalized collaborative mechanism, could be a feasible way to promote the deep integration of the sectors and remove the existing barriers of development. These findings offer broadly applicable reference significance for county-level areas in central and western China that possess comparable resource conditions and governance traits. Future research may further validate the relevant conclusions through multi-case empirical comparisons and on-site investigations.