This paper investigates the evolutionary mechanism of haze collaborative governance in China, focusing on the role of the central environmental protection inspection (CEPI). A tripartite evolutionary game model is developed to analyze the interactions between the central government and local governments, considering factors like performance evaluation systems, policy costs, clean governance, industrial trends, fiscal subsidies, and public participation. The model's findings are validated through a case study of CEPI in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The research highlights the importance of optimizing performance evaluations, reducing policy costs, strengthening clean governance, coordinating industrial development, and optimizing fiscal subsidies to promote effective haze collaborative governance.

Zhenhua Zhang, Guoxing Zhang, Yi Hu, Yating Jiang, Cheng Zhou, Jiahui Ma