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It may be unreasonable to judge public policy depending on only wether the objective of the public policy was achieved or not. The new administrative capital policy was designed to pursue balanced development of national land, giving rise to much controversy throughout the society. The purpose of this study was to characterize the new administrative capital city policy relying on Hogwood & Peters' policy change theory. The process of the new administrative capital city construction was divided into three periods(namely, period of the transfer formation, period of the compromising formation, and period of the maintenance formation). The results of the analysis are as follows. First, the period of the 'transfer formation' appears with 'policy innovation of the repetition' type. Second, the period of the 'compromising formation' appears with 'policy succession of the partial termination'. Third, period of the 'maintenance formation' appears with 'policy maintenance of the adaptation' type. We found yet that most public policies should be subject to change in accordance with the change of policy environment. This study proved that the New Administrative Capital City Construction Policy Process has been undergoing all sorts of hardships, changing itself reflecting shaking policy setting. It may well be explained by the 'advocacy coalition theory', an alternative means of assessing policy change. The Multi Functional Administrative City Construction policy may be modified to the extent of a tolerance level of policy error. Further systematic investigations would give birth to implications for balanced national land development policy.