diff --git a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types.go b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types.go
index 90a59af84..53373d1b7 100644
--- a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types.go
+++ b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types.go
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ type GarbageCollectPolicyRule struct {
 
 // GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector select the targets of the rule
 // if both traitTypes and componentTypes are specified, combination logic is OR
-// if one resources are specified with conflict strategy, strategy as component go first.
+// if one resource is specified with conflict strategies, strategy as component go first.
 type GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector struct {
-	TraitTypes []string `json:"traitTypes"`
+	CompNames  []string `json:"componentNames"`
 	CompTypes  []string `json:"componentTypes"`
+	TraitTypes []string `json:"traitTypes"`
 }
 
 // GarbageCollectStrategy the strategy for target resource to recycle
@@ -68,27 +69,22 @@ const (
 // FindStrategy find gc strategy for target resource
 func (in GarbageCollectPolicySpec) FindStrategy(manifest *unstructured.Unstructured) *GarbageCollectStrategy {
 	for _, rule := range in.Rules {
-		var (
-			compType  string
-			traitType string
-		)
-		if manifest.GetLabels() != nil {
-			traitType = manifest.GetLabels()[oam.TraitTypeLabel]
-			compType = manifest.GetLabels()[oam.WorkloadTypeLabel]
+		var compName, compType, traitType string
+		if labels := manifest.GetLabels(); labels != nil {
+			compName = labels[oam.LabelAppComponent]
+			compType = labels[oam.WorkloadTypeLabel]
+			traitType = labels[oam.TraitTypeLabel]
 		}
-		if compType != "" {
-			for _, _compType := range rule.Selector.CompTypes {
-				if _compType == compType {
-					return &rule.Strategy
-				}
+		match := func(src []string, val string) (found bool) {
+			for _, _val := range src {
+				found = found || _val == val
 			}
+			return val != "" && found
 		}
-		if traitType != "" {
-			for _, _traitType := range rule.Selector.TraitTypes {
-				if _traitType == traitType {
-					return &rule.Strategy
-				}
-			}
+		if match(rule.Selector.CompNames, compName) ||
+			match(rule.Selector.CompTypes, compType) ||
+			match(rule.Selector.TraitTypes, traitType) {
+			return &rule.Strategy
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types_test.go b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types_test.go
index 390c177ff..5e4dfd9e3 100644
--- a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types_test.go
+++ b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/garbagecollect_types_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestGarbageCollectPolicySpec_FindStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 		notFound       bool
 		expectStrategy GarbageCollectStrategy
 	}{
-		"trait rule match": {
+		"trait type rule match": {
 			rules: []GarbageCollectPolicyRule{{
 				Selector: GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector{TraitTypes: []string{"a"}},
 				Strategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestGarbageCollectPolicySpec_FindStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 			expectStrategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
 		},
-		"trait rule mismatch": {
+		"trait type rule mismatch": {
 			rules: []GarbageCollectPolicyRule{{
 				Selector: GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector{TraitTypes: []string{"a"}},
 				Strategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestGarbageCollectPolicySpec_FindStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			input:    &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{}},
 			notFound: true,
 		},
-		"trait rule multiple match": {
+		"trait type rule multiple match": {
 			rules: []GarbageCollectPolicyRule{{
 				Selector: GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector{TraitTypes: []string{"a"}},
 				Strategy: GarbageCollectStrategyOnAppDelete,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestGarbageCollectPolicySpec_FindStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 			expectStrategy: GarbageCollectStrategyOnAppDelete,
 		},
-		"component rule match": {
+		"component type rule match": {
 			rules: []GarbageCollectPolicyRule{{
 				Selector: GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector{CompTypes: []string{"comp"}},
 				Strategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestGarbageCollectPolicySpec_FindStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 			expectStrategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
 		},
-		"rule match both component and trait, component first": {
+		"rule match both component type and trait type, component type first": {
 			rules: []GarbageCollectPolicyRule{
 				{
 					Selector: GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector{CompTypes: []string{"comp"}},
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ func TestGarbageCollectPolicySpec_FindStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 			expectStrategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
 		},
+		"component name rule match": {
+			rules: []GarbageCollectPolicyRule{{
+				Selector: GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector{CompNames: []string{"comp-name"}},
+				Strategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
+			}},
+			input: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{
+				"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+					"labels": map[string]interface{}{oam.LabelAppComponent: "comp-name"},
+				},
+			}},
+			expectStrategy: GarbageCollectStrategyNever,
+		},
 	}
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index a5f3e27e7..517295c47 100644
--- a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ func (in *GarbageCollectPolicyRule) DeepCopy() *GarbageCollectPolicyRule {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector) DeepCopyInto(out *GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.TraitTypes != nil {
-		in, out := &in.TraitTypes, &out.TraitTypes
+	if in.CompNames != nil {
+		in, out := &in.CompNames, &out.CompNames
 		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ func (in *GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector) DeepCopyInto(out *GarbageCollectPoli
 		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
+	if in.TraitTypes != nil {
+		in, out := &in.TraitTypes, &out.TraitTypes
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new GarbageCollectPolicyRuleSelector.
diff --git a/docs/examples/app-with-policy/gc-policy/persist-resources.md b/docs/examples/app-with-policy/gc-policy/persist-resources.md
index 9195309bf..323ea284c 100644
--- a/docs/examples/app-with-policy/gc-policy/persist-resources.md
+++ b/docs/examples/app-with-policy/gc-policy/persist-resources.md
@@ -95,7 +95,32 @@ spec:
       properties:
         rules:
           - selector:
-             componentTypes:
-               - webservice
-           strategy: never
+              componentTypes:
+                - webservice
+            strategy: never
+```
+
+A more straightforward way is to specify `compNames` to match specified components.
+```yaml
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: create-ns-app
+spec:
+  components:
+    - name: example-addon-namespace
+      type: k8s-objects
+      properties:
+        objects:
+          - apiVersion: v1
+            kind: Namespace
+  policies:
+    - name: garbage-collect
+      type: garbage-collect
+      properties:
+        rules:
+          - selector:
+              componentNames:
+                - example-addon-namespace
+            strategy: never
 ```