2: Country/Economy Profiles

China
Key indicators, 2014 GDP (PPP) per capita (intl $), 19902014
Population (millions) ................................... 1,367.8
15,000 China Emerging and Developing Asia
GDP (US$ billions) ................................... 10,380.4
GDP per capita (US$) ................................... 7,589 12,000

GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total .......... 16.32 9,000

6,000

3,000

Global Competitiveness Index

Rank Score Institutions
(out of 140) (17) 7
Innovation Infrastructure
GCI 20152016 ...................................................... 28 ..... 4.9 6
GCI 20142015 (out of 144) ..................................... 28 ......4.9 5
Business Macroeconomic
GCI 20132014 (out of 148) ..................................... 29 ......4.8 sophistication
4 environment
GCI 20122013 (out of 144) ..................................... 29 ......4.8 3
2 Health and
Basic requirements (40.0%) .......................................28 ......5.4 Market size 1 primary
1st pillar: Institutions ................................................. 51 ......4.1 education
2nd pillar: Infrastructure ............................................ 39 ......4.7
3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment ...................... 8 ......6.5 Technological Higher education
readiness and training
4th pillar: Health and primary education ................... 44 ......6.1
Financial market Goods market
Efficiency enhancers (50.0%) .....................................32 ......4.7 development efficiency
5th pillar: Higher education and training ................... 68 ......4.3 Labor market efficiency
6th pillar: Goods market efficiency ............................ 58 ......4.4
7th pillar: Labor market efficiency ............................. 37 ......4.5
China Emerging and Developing Asia
8th pillar: Financial market development ................... 54 ......4.1
9th pillar: Technological readiness ............................ 74 ......3.7
10th pillar: Market size................................................ 1 ......7.0
Stage of development
Innovation and sophistication factors (10.0%) ...........34 ......4.1
11th pillar: Business sophistication .......................... 38 ......4.3 Transition Transition
12th pillar: Innovation ............................................... 31 ......3.9
1 12 2 23 3
Factor Efficiency Innovation
driven driven driven

The most problematic factors for doing business

Score*
Insufficient capacity to innovate .........................................12.5
Access to financing ...........................................................11.6
Inefficient government bureaucracy .....................................9.2
Inadequate supply of infrastructure ......................................9.0
Tax rates..............................................................................8.5
Corruption ...........................................................................8.3
Policy instability ...................................................................8.1
Complexity of tax regulations...............................................6.7
Inflation ................................................................................5.8
Poor work ethic in labor force..............................................4.3
Inadequately educated workforce ........................................4.0
Restrictive labor regulations .................................................3.7
Foreign currency regulations ................................................3.6
Government instability/coups ..............................................3.1
Poor public health ...............................................................1.2
Crime and theft ...................................................................0.6
0 5 10 15 20 25 30

* From the list of factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The score
corresponds to the responses weighted according to their rankings.

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The Global Competitiveness Index in detail
INDICATOR VALUE RANK/140 INDICATOR VALUE RANK/140
1st pillar: Institutions 6th pillar: Goods market efficiency (contd.)
1.01 Property rights ....................................................... 4.4 ............51 6.06 No. procedures to start a business* ........................ 11 ..........123
1.02 Intellectual property protection ............................... 4.0 ............63 6.07 No. days to start a business* ............................... 31.4 ..........117
1.03 Diversion of public funds ........................................ 3.8 ............50 6.08 Agricultural policy costs.......................................... 4.6 ............16
1.04 Public trust in politicians ......................................... 4.0 ............28 6.09 Prevalence of non-tariff barriers .............................. 4.2 ............78
1.05 Irregular payments and bribes ................................ 4.0 ............67 6.10 Trade tariffs, % duty* ............................................ 11.0 ..........117
1.06 Judicial independence............................................ 3.9 ............67 6.11 Prevalence of foreign ownership............................. 4.4 ............74
1.07 Favoritism in decisions of government officials ....... 4.0 ............29 6.12 Business impact of rules on FDI ............................. 4.6 ............61
1.08 Wastefulness of government spending ................... 4.1 ............24 6.13 Burden of customs procedures .............................. 4.2 ............56
1.09 Burden of government regulation ........................... 4.0 ............26 6.14 Imports as a percentage of GDP* ........................ 22.6 ..........131
1.10 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes .... 4.0 ............50 6.15 Degree of customer orientation .............................. 4.6 ............68
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs. ... 3.5 ............66 6.16 Buyer sophistication ............................................... 4.2 ............21
1.12 Transparency of government policymaking............. 4.5 ............36
1.13 Business costs of terrorism .................................... 5.0 ............86 7th pillar: Labor market efficiency
1.14 Business costs of crime and violence..................... 4.9 ............60 7.01 Cooperation in labor-employer relations ................. 4.4 ............62
1.15 Organized crime ..................................................... 4.8 ............76 7.02 Flexibility of wage determination ............................. 5.0 ............73
1.16 Reliability of police services .................................... 4.3 ............60 7.03 Hiring and firing practices ....................................... 4.6 ............17
1.17 Ethical behavior of firms ......................................... 4.0 ............61 7.04 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* .................... 27.4 ..........117
1.18 Strength of auditing and reporting standards ......... 4.4 ............80 7.05 Effect of taxation on incentives to work .................. 3.9 ............58
1.19 Efficacy of corporate boards .................................. 4.3 ..........105 7.06 Pay and productivity............................................... 4.6 ............20
1.20 Protection of minority shareholders interests ......... 4.1 ............71 7.07 Reliance on professional management ................... 4.4 ............55
1.21 Strength of investor protection, 010 (best)* .......... 4.5 ..........110 7.08 Country capacity to retain talent............................. 4.2 ............30
7.09 Country capacity to attract talent ........................... 4.2 ............27
2nd pillar: Infrastructure 7.10 Women in labor force, ratio to men* ..................... 0.84 ............60
2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure ............................... 4.5 ............51
2.02 Quality of roads ...................................................... 4.7 ............42 8th pillar: Financial market development
2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure .............................. 5.0 ............16 8.01 Availability of financial services ............................... 4.5 ............61
2.04 Quality of port infrastructure ................................... 4.5 ............50 8.02 Affordability of financial services ............................. 4.4 ............48
2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure....................... 4.8 ............51 8.03 Financing through local equity market .................... 4.0 ............44
2.06 Available airline seat km/week, millions* ........ 15,491.1 ..............2 8.04 Ease of access to loans ......................................... 3.7 ............21
2.07 Quality of electricity supply ..................................... 5.3 ............53 8.05 Venture capital availability ....................................... 3.8 ............16
2.08 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ........... 92.3 ..........107 8.06 Soundness of banks .............................................. 4.7 ............78
2.09 Fixed-telephone lines/100 pop.* ........................... 17.9 ............63 8.07 Regulation of securities exchanges ........................ 4.5 ............52
8.08 Legal rights index, 012 (best)* ................................. 4 ............80
3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment
3.01 Government budget balance, % GDP*................. 1.1 ............34 9th pillar: Technological readiness
3.02 Gross national savings, % GDP* .......................... 48.9 ..............3 9.01 Availability of latest technologies ............................ 4.3 ............95
3.03 Inflation, annual % change* .................................... 2.0 ..............1 9.02 Firm-level technology absorption ............................ 4.7 ............66
3.04 General government debt, % GDP* ..................... 41.1 ............66 9.03 FDI and technology transfer ................................... 4.4 ............69
3.05 Country credit rating, 0100 (best)* ...................... 77.0 ............26 9.04 Individuals using Internet, %* ............................... 49.3 ............70
9.05 Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* 13.6 ............57
4th pillar: Health and primary education 9.06 Intl Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user* .................. 5.0 ..........119
4.01 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* ................................. 0.5 ............15 9.07 Mobile-broadband subscriptions/100 pop.* ......... 41.8 ............71
4.02 Business impact of malaria .................................... 5.0 ............32
4.03 Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.* ....................... 70.0 ............81 10th pillar: Market size
4.04 Business impact of tuberculosis ............................. 4.9 ............93 10.01 Domestic market size index, 17 (best)*................. 7.0 ..............2
4.05 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* ............................. <0.1 ..............1 10.02 Foreign market size index, 17 (best)* .................... 7.0 ..............1
4.06 Business impact of HIV/AIDS ................................. 5.0 ............86 10.03 GDP (PPP$ billions)* ..................................... 17,617.3 ..............1
4.07 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* .............. 10.9 ............59 10.04 Exports as a percentage of GDP* ........................ 24.8 ..........110
4.08 Life expectancy, years*......................................... 75.4 ............53
4.09 Quality of primary education ................................... 4.2 ............55 11th pillar: Business sophistication
4.10 Primary education enrollment, net %* .................. 98.3 ............20 11.01 Local supplier quantity ........................................... 5.2 ............15
11.02 Local supplier quality.............................................. 4.3 ............63
5th pillar: Higher education and training 11.03 State of cluster development.................................. 4.5 ............24
5.01 Secondary education enrollment, gross %* .......... 89.0 ............74 11.04 Nature of competitive advantage ............................ 3.8 ............48
5.02 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %*................ 26.7 ............83 11.05 Value chain breadth................................................ 4.2 ............43
5.03 Quality of the education system ............................. 3.9 ............56 11.06 Control of international distribution ......................... 4.3 ............29
5.04 Quality of math and science education .................. 4.4 ............49 11.07 Production process sophistication.......................... 4.1 ............49
5.05 Quality of management schools ............................. 3.9 ............85 11.08 Extent of marketing ................................................ 4.4 ............64
5.06 Internet access in schools ...................................... 4.8 ............47 11.09 Willingness to delegate authority ............................ 3.9 ............48
5.07 Availability of specialized training services .............. 4.2 ............63
5.08 Extent of staff training ............................................ 4.2 ............50 12th pillar: Innovation
12.01 Capacity for innovation........................................... 4.2 ............49
6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 12.02 Quality of scientific research institutions ................. 4.2 ............42
6.01 Intensity of local competition .................................. 5.4 ............36 12.03 Company spending on R&D................................... 4.2 ............23
6.02 Extent of market dominance .................................. 4.2 ............28 12.04 University-industry collaboration in R&D ................. 4.4 ............32
6.03 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy ..................... 4.2 ............36 12.05 Govt procurement of advanced tech products ...... 4.3 ..............9
6.04 Effect of taxation on incentives to invest................. 3.8 ............50 12.06 Availability of scientists and engineers .................... 4.5 ............36
6.05 Total tax rate, % profits* ....................................... 64.6 ..........128 12.07 PCT patents, applications/million pop.* ................ 13.4 ............32

Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). For further details and explanation, please refer to the section How to Read
the Country/Economy Profiles on page 89.

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