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This page shows summary Doing Business 2008 data for the selected city in China. The first table shows its rank among 30 cities. The other tables summarize the key indicators for starting a business, registering property, getting credit and enforcing contracts, benchmarked against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Note: Doing Business uses data from Shanghai to calculate China's country rankings.

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China - Yinchuan

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Ease of... Rank among 30 cities in China Top city in China
Starting a Business 26 Hangzhou
Registering Property 16 Shanghai
Enforcing Contracts 13 Guangzhou
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Starting a Business

The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
Indicator Yinchuan East Asia & Pacific OECD Average
Procedures (number) 14 8.1 5.7
Time (days) 55 41.0 13.0
Cost (% of income per capita) 12.0 25.8 4.7
Min. capital (% of income per capita) 335.8 21.3 15.5

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Registering Property

The ease with which businesses can secure rights to property is shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost involved in registering property.
Indicator Yinchuan East Asia & Pacific OECD Average
Procedures (number) 10 5.0 4.7
Time (days) 59 97.5 25.0
Cost (% of property value) 4.4 3.9 4.6

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Enforcing Contracts

The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.
Indicator Yinchuan East Asia & Pacific OECD Average
Procedures (number) 31 37.2 30.6
Time (days) 270 538.1 462.4
Cost (% of claim) 28.7 48.5 19.2

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