Recently, sponsored by the National Development and Reform Commission, a national experience-sharing meeting for optimizing business environment was held in Suzhou. A list of benchmark cities in terms of national business environment in 2020 was released at the meeting. Xiamen was rated as "National Benchmark" in all the 18 indicators. Among them, 14 indicators made it into the top 10, including tax payment, cross-border trade, construction permit application, contract execution, protection of small and medium investors, property registration, business set-up, market regulation, access to electricity, access to water and gas, access to credit, government procurement, labor market regulation, and inclusive innovation. Tax index was ranked top three among 80 cities.
