The report said that despite the progress made since last year, China can do better in the area of dealing with construction permits, with a global rank of 121.
The report forecast strong growth in the digital sector in 2018, citing the possible high brand value growth boasted by Chinese technology brands, with Alibaba, Tencent, WeChat, Baidu, JD.com and NetEase going up by an average of 67 percent year-on-year.
The report concluded that the US continued to lead globally in R&D expenditure and in the number of highly cited research publications. But at the same time, other nations, particularly China, are rapidly developing their science and engineering capabilities. As a result, the US is playing a less dominant role in many areas of science and engineering activity.
The report called out the Gates Foundation, where in 2009 approximately 88 percent of employees drove to work alone. In 2016, that figure was reduced to 34 percent. A robust package of transportation benefits helped account for the swing, according to the report:
The report is based on a ratio of the time spent traveling during rush hour compared to time spent with a free flow of traffic. A higher number shows more serious congestion.
The regulation is being amended, and overseen by an eight-member expert team including Chen Mingming, former Chinese ambassador to Sweden and Lynette Shi, an adjunct professor of translation with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the United States.
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The report also found that leading second-tier cities are luring more recent graduates.
The regulator will also strengthen the responsibilities of stock exchanges in establishing and implementing delisting rules to improve the quality of listed companies and protect investor interests.
The regulatory decision also made clear that foreign investors should abide by the current and future basic laws on foreign investment in China. During the process of largely expanding market access to foreign investors, the country’s macroeconomic administrators and financial regulators will keep improving institutional construction, such as promoting the establishment of a prudential regulation mechanism and supplementary measures, to protect international economic safety, the regulator said.
The remarks also came after the MIIT's Vice-Minister Xin Guobin said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the country's industrial economy showed sound recovery since the second quarter of this year.