Spoiling of Liaoning's business environment is a case in point

NORTHEAST CHINA'S LIAONING PROVINCE recently publicized a list of the "spoilers" of the business environment, on which appeared several local government departments. For example, the bureau of law enforcement in the Heping district of Shenyang, Liaoning's capital, "rented" offices from an enterprise and refused to pay the rent. China Youth Daily comments:

It was in 2001 that the World Bank first proposed evaluating the ease of doing business in an economy with an index system. In 2016, it released its flagship report on the business environment in 190 economies, Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, according to which China's business environment ranks 78th in the world, well behind developed economies.

The central leadership has been paying much attention to China's business environment. In this month alone, Premier Li Keqiang has said several times that China will continue improving its business environment to attract investment.