Nation retains top position in global trust index

China has for a second consecutive year topped the trust index survey among 27 markets, with people's trust in institutions rising by five points to 79, said a recent report.

The report, jointly issued by Edelman China and the National Image Research Center under Tsinghua University, showed that China's trust scores were the best among all the four key different types of public institutions surveyed - government, media, non-governmental organizations and businesses.

The report also showed that trust changed profoundly in the past year with "my employer" becoming the most trusted institution globally. In China, "my employer" has gained the same level of trust as the government, which is higher than the global average and ranks second among all the markets surveyed.