20 18 The first topic of the first executive meeting in the State Council was to deploy and further optimize the business environment. The meeting pointed out that reforming and innovating institutional mechanisms and further optimizing the business environment is an important foundation for building a modern economic system and promoting high-quality development, and it is also an important part of the government's provision of public services, and clearly stated that "we should learn from international experience and promptly establish a business environment evaluation mechanism and gradually implement it throughout the country."

"It is very necessary to establish a business environment evaluation mechanism," said Zhao Ping, director of the International Trade Research Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, which can objectively evaluate the current business environment in China and the progress made in improving the business environment in China. Zhao Ping said: "The establishment of an evaluation mechanism for business environment can reflect the current situation of business environment in China more objectively and accurately, and convey correct evaluation information to all investors around the world, thus providing strong support for these investors to correctly choose their own investment countries. At the same time, it can also give a strong response to those acts that deliberately discredit and distort the business environment in China. "

Estimates show that a good business environment will increase the investment rate by 0.3% and the GDP growth rate by 0.36 percentage points. The insiders believe that building a business environment evaluation mechanism according to international standards is in line with the needs of China's economic transformation and development, and can better break down the institutional and institutional obstacles that restrict development and enhance its attractiveness to domestic and foreign investors. At the same time, it is also conducive to timely feedback and correction of problems in the reform, and promote the deepening of the reform.

At present, there are several sets of index systems to evaluate the regional business environment in the world, and the Business Environment Report issued by the World Bank every year is more representative. According to the Doing Business Report released by the World Bank, the business environment of China has increased by 18 in the global rankings in the past five years, especially in the rankings of other international organizations such as the World Economic Forum.