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The collective forest tenure reform has been a hot issue in the national public policy and this study is focusing on the local practice mechanism of this reform policy. In the Chapter II of this study, we first review the public policy process theory, theory of institutional change, the relationship between social action and institutional change and social practice theory, which laid the theoretical foundation for the study. The third chapter analyzes environmental and background of the local actor practice in the policy of collective forest tenure reform, and we conclude that the collective forest tenure reform policy needs to be transformed from single forest policy to integrated rural development policy. In the fourth Chapter, using the public policy theory and the theory of Bourdieu's habitues, from the perspective of recognition and habits of actors, through cases study, we discuss the deconstruction of local actors in the top-down policy of the collective forest tenure reform, analyzing the differences between local practice and national logic. In the Chapter V, using the field theory, from the perspective of capital, power and networking, through case discussing, we analyze that the local actors adopt different action strategies and actions to compete for the position and capital within local forestry field. In the Chapter VI, using the survey data from Fujian, Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces, through developing statistical models, we discuss the different benefit and impact from forestry management among different local actors based on the internal stratification and Heterogeneity. In the Chapter VII, using the framework of subjective game theory, we build a policy practice framework of the collective forest tenure reform, named "deconstruction·Action·benefit", then we use the theory of action and institutional change in the institutional economics and sociology to explain the relationship between local policy practice and local institutional change of the forest management system. In the Chapter VIII, we use the framework of "deconstruction·Action·benefit" to discuss the way of transformation of the collective forest tenure reform policy, and put forward some suggestions for the policy change in the future.In this study, we use a combination of theory and methods such as public policy, sociology, institutional economics and econometrics, Which includes:using the Bourdieu's sociological research methods like "Field-Habitues-capital" to analyze how various actors in the collective forest tenure reform policy make decision and adopt actions strategies in the particular room filled political, economic and social competition; Using the Sociological theory of "process --event" analysis, through case-depth analysis, we study the process and logic mechanism of local actors' practice; using the econometric models (logistic), we analyze the differentiation of relevant local actors in the benefit from collective forest tenure reform; using the Subjective game model to explain the relation between local practice and the institutional change in the collective forest tenure reform policy; using the policy process model to reflect the current public policy process in forestry.The achievement of this research mainly reflected in:(1) Integrated use of theory like public policy, institutional economics, and sociology to study the local practice logic of collective forest tenure reform policy; (2) From the perspective of social actors, we take a comprehensive analysis of various local actors'practice process in the collective forest tenure reform policy; (3) We first attempt to use the integrated framework of "deconstruction·Action·benefit " to explain the local practice logic of macro-policy, interpreting how the local actors take integrated practice in the collective forest tenure reform policy; (4) We use the methods of subjective game theory, from the perspective of actors'policy practice, to explain the relationship between local practice of collective forest tenure reform policy and local forest management institutional change.The basic ideas and conclusions of this paper are:currently, within the local forest field, various actors have different recognition and deconstruction logic for the collective forest tenure policy and there are also existing great difference between the local deconstruction practice and national government management logic, which forms the structural power differences in the local forest field around the top-down collective forest tenure reform policy; Based on differences in the capital and power networks, the action strategies and practice of actors are also significant different in the local forest field, which may lead to difference of policy outcomes and benefits of different actors and offset of policy objectives; The interpretation way for the local policy practice logic, which is from deconstruction to action then to benefit differentiation, may provide a framework to explain the relationship between micro-social action and institutional change of local forest management.The policy recommendations include:based on the local policy practice process, from the actors' perspective, the transformation of collective forest tenure reform policy need to focus on local actors' capacity building, action consensus building, action environment construction and benefit differentiation of various actors. In order to incorporate the collective forest reform policy into the integrated rural development policy framework, it needs to integrate the three core principles:focus on rural grass-roots actors; take comprehensive ideas to analyze the problems of collective forest tenure reform policy; emphasis on links between macro-policies and micro grassroots practice.