Doing Business in China
Doing Business in China 2008 shows how government regulations facilitate or constrain business activity in 30 major cities. It measures four key indicators: starting a business, registering property, getting credit (creating and registering collateral), and enforcing contracts. While these indicators are not a full reflection of the local investment climate, they give cities a benchmark on which to build and monitor reforms. Doing Business in China 2008 finds that reforms are underway in all regions, but notes significant variations in business regulations and their implementation across the country. The report suggests that there is scope for localities to adopt practices that are working in other Chinese cities.Main findings:
- Reforms and good practice are happening in China. China was the top reformer in East Asia in 2008. This emphasis on reform is found at the local level in a range of cities.
- Coastal regions scored highest overall on ease of doing business. Yet there are good performers in the interior provinces. Chongqing, for example, had the greatest number of reforms and is in the top ten.
- There are a number of cities with very good practices within China. If all these best practices were gathered together in a single city, then China’s overall ranking would improve from 87 to 63 globally.
- Improving the ease of doing business gives local policy-markers, particularly in poorer regions, a powerful tool to build their private sector. Cities where doing business is easier attract higher levels of investment.
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