On the morning of January 17, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade held a press conference. At the press conference, the Council for the Promotion of International Trade released the "2024 China Business Environment Research Report".

The report shows that China's overall business environment is constantly being optimized, and Chinese and foreign companies are highly satisfied. The surveyed companies evaluated China's business environment in 2024 at 4.37 points (out of 5 points), and nearly 90% of the surveyed companies evaluated China's business environment as "very satisfied" or "relatively satisfied", an increase of 2.1 percentage points from 2023.

From the sub-item indicators, most people have risen steadily. Among them, the interviewed enterprises have a high evaluation of three indicators, including customs services, enterprise establishment and exit, and social rule of law. The evaluation of seven indicators, including fair competition and social rule of law, has been improved, among which the evaluation of policy and government affairs and human resources indicators has increased the largest, with an increase of 4%.

Spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Yang Fan: Judging from market expectations, it is relatively optimistic. In 2024, more than 70% of the companies surveyed remained stable or increased, and their share was basically the same as in 2023. More than 60% of the surveyed companies have good expectations for China's prospects.

There are also interviewed companies that hope that the government will increase its efforts to reduce taxes and fees, strengthen the publicity and interpretation of policies that benefit enterprises, and continuously optimize the business environment.

(CCTV reporter Zheng Xiaoming)