China cannot rest on its laurels, it must continue to make doing business easier

ON THURSDAY, the World Bank released a report Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform, which ranks China 46th worldwide on its "ease of doing business" list. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

A comparison with the past will give a clearer picture: China ranked 78th in last year's report, and 96th in 2013; Now it is among the top 50, marking a giant step forward. It had an Ease of Doing Business (EODB) score of 73.64 this year, 8.64 higher than that of last year, which is among the biggest improvements an economy has achieved within the year.

China was listed among the world's top 10 countries for its improvement.