Abstract: 【Purpose/significance】In the process of steadily implementing the protection policy of traditional villages in China, explor⁃ ing the characteristics and imperfections of the policy has important reference value for future policy formulation and optimization. 【Method/process】The three-dimensional analysis framework of "policy theme - policy tool - policy effectiveness" in Chinese tradi⁃ tional villages was constructed, using LDA theme modeling, content analysis and PMC index model, and using pyLDAvis, Nvivo20 and other software. This paper makes a quantitative evaluation of 126 traditional village protection policy texts published from August 22, 2012 to May 8, 2024.【Result/conclusion】The research shows that the overall quality of China's traditional village protection policy is relatively good, which can better meet the current practical work of traditional village protection and development. However, the policy theme provisions need to be further refined, the use of policy tools is unbalanced, and the policy effectiveness still has a large room for improvement. In this regard, the paper puts forward some suggestions to optimize the effectiveness of balanced policy tools by combin⁃ ing internal and external "two-way" structure and "no omissions" in all aspects.【Innovation/limitation】To build a three-dimensional analysis framework of "subject-tool-effectiveness" of traditional village protection policy, and evaluate the existing traditional village protection policy in China effectively and quantitatively from multiple dimensions. In the future, the amount of research on policy texts can be expanded to carry out more detailed and detailed discussions.