Horizontal bar graph measures the most problematic aspects of doing business in China. More than 14,000 business leaders globally were asked to select the five most problematic aspects of doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the graphic show the responses weighted according to their rankings.

Data for the graphic are as follows:

Factors Percent of responses
Tax rates 18.6%
Corruption 15.5%
Inadequate supply of infrastructure 11.1%
Inefficient government bureaucracy 9.8%
Complexity of tax regulations 8.9%
Access to financing 6.1%
Inadequately educated workforce 5.7%
Crime and theft 4.7%
Restrictive labor regulations 4.5%
Insufficient capacity to innovate 3.8%
Policy instability 3.6%
Poor work ethic in labor force 2.3%
Foreign currency regulations 1.9%
Inflation 1.5%
Poor public health 1.2%
Government instability/coups 0.8%

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