Abstract: Civil-military science and technology policy is the “crutch” of science and technology collaborative innovation. Quantifying the attributes and characteristics of civil-military science and technology policy is conducive to promoting the scientific and rational formulation of civil-military science and technology policy, and promoting the sustainable and stable development of civil-military science and technology innovation. Based on the theory of policy tools, this paper constructs a three-dimensional analysis framework of “policy tools-policy objects-policy targets”, and employs the quantitative method of policy text for conducting the single-dimensional and cross-dimensional composite analyses of the civil-military science and technology policies issued by the central government since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The study found that the central departments have issued a series of policies and systems for the development of civil-military science and technology to carry out a full range of deployment, however, there is still an imbalance in the structure of the supply of policy tools, the policy object is overly centralized, and the coupling between the policy tools and the policy targets is low. It is recommended that the layout of civil-military science and technology policies be coordinated in four aspects: optimizing the combination of policy tools, helping to balance the tools and measures, expanding the scope of policy targets, and focusing on the coupling of policy tools and policy targets.

Key words: Civil-military Science and Technology; Policy Tool; Policy Object; Policy Target; Quantification of Policy Texts