Sustainable Development of Rural Cultural Construction Policies: An Integrated Analytical Framework of Policy Attention, Change and Evaluation

Rural cultural revitalization is the soul and endogenous driving force of comprehensive rural revitalization. The continuous optimization and effective implementation of the policy system serve as the core guarantee for promoting the sustainable development of rural cultural construction. Existing studies mostly conceptualize policy operation as a linear process, overlooking the dynamic closed-loop relationship among attention allocation, policy change, and effect evaluation, which results in fragmented policy implementation and insufficient sustainability. Accordingly, this study constructs an integrated analytical framework of “Attention–Change–Evaluation” for policy, incorporating policy attention (A), policy change (B), policy implementation (C), policy evaluation (D), and policy feedback (E) into a unified closed-loop system. It proposes H1–H14 hypothetical paths to reveal the multiple mechanisms through which attention influences effect evaluation via policy change, policy implementation, and their chained combinations. The findings indicate that the operation of rural cultural construction policies is not a unidirectional causal chain, but rather a periodic closed loop formed by the end-to-end connection of the main transmission chain (A→B→C→D) and the reverse feedback path (D→E→A). Policy attention jointly affects policy evaluation through both direct effects and indirect chained effects, driving the policy shift from one-off task fulfillment to continuous dynamic adjustment. The study suggests that establishing an effective linkage mechanism between policy feedback and attention reconfiguration is the key pathway to achieving sustainable development of rural cultural construction policies.