ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Evaluating food safety in China: regional disparities and dynamic evolution.
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Background: Food safety remains a critical global concern, and assessing regional food safety performance is essential for effective policy design. However, systematic evidence on regional disparities and their evolution in China remains limited. Methods: Grounded in stakeholder theory, this study constructs a multidimensional framework encompassing producers, government regulation, and social harm. Using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2016-2021), food safety performance is measured using the entropy-weighted TOPSIS method, while regional disparities and their dynamics are analyzed through Dagum Gini decomposition and kernel density estimation. Results: Food safety performance exhibits a steady upward trend, with the composite index increasing from 0.070 to 0.189. The spatial pattern follows "Eastern > Western > Northeastern > Central," with the Central region lagging behind. Regional disparities have widened over time, driven primarily by inter-regional differences. Kernel density results indicate overall improvement accompanied by increasing dispersion, with weakening polarization in the Eastern and Western regions but a contrasting trend in the Central region. Conclusion: Although food safety performance in China has improved, significant regional disparities persist. More targeted and region-specific policy interventions are needed to enhance governance effectiveness.
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