Food Supply Chain Analytics and Sensing Initiative
Local Regulatory Strength and Transparency in China's Food System
A screenshot from the dynamic, online visualization tool representing local transparency scores in China
In order to determine the relationship between food safety and local regulatory strength in China, our researchers have mapped the regulatory organizational structures in China to develop transparency indicators for each prefecture. Researchers created a set of wholesale market regulation indicators to measure the strength of prefecture level regulatory intent on wholesale markets. To map these indicators, we used machine learning and our mapping was based on automated text recognition algorithms applied to over 400 related government websites between 2008 and 2017.
Principal Investigators
![Retsef Levi](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/profile-images/2023/10/31/profile-image-41407.png?h=7f412c8f&itok=vx0rgGJb)
Retsef Levi
Management Science
J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Management
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Y. Karen Zheng
Management Science
George M. Bunker Professor
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Yasheng Huang
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management
Learn MoreResearch Staff
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David Byun
Associate Director, Data Science, FSAS
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Jennifer Gao
Development Associate
Learn MoreRelated Publications
Jin, Cangyu, Retsef Levi, Qiao Liang, Nicholas Renegar, and Jiehong Zhou. Journal of Integrative Agriculture Vol. 20, No. 10 (2021): 2807-2819.
Gao, Qihua, Yasheng Huang, Yuze Sui, and Y. Karen Zheng. PNAS Nexus. Forthcoming.