According to the evaluation of business environment in China in 2020 released recently by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Xiamen enjoys a high degree of ease of doing business and a strong sense of access by market players. The NDRC has initiated an evaluation of China's business environment in 80 cities nationwide since September 2020, analyzing the business environment of the participating cities in depth oriented to the satisfaction of market players and the public. In the list of benchmark cities in various indicators of the national business environment evaluation in 2020 announced by the NDRC, Xiamen was awarded "national benchmark" for all 18 indicators. Xiamen has all along highly valued and implemented the continuous optimization of the business environment, to achieve which the Regulations on the Optimization of the Business Environment of Xiamen Special Economic Zone will be developed. The draft regulations are now open for public comments.
