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Doing Business 2017: Summary of Taiwan, China

Core Content

The Doing Business 2017 report by the World Bank provides an analysis of the regulatory environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Taiwan, China. It measures and tracks changes in regulations across 11 key areas in the business life cycle, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and labor market regulation. The report also introduces a gender dimension in several indicators, highlighting the differences in procedures, time, and costs for men and women entrepreneurs.

The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) ranking or the Distance to Frontier (DTF) score, but it presents the data in the economy profile for further analysis.

Key Indicators and Performance

Ease of Doing Business Ranking (2017)

• Taiwan, China: Rank 11
• Change in Rank (2016): -1
• DTF Score (2017): 81.09
• DTF Score (2016): 81.08
• Change in DTF: +0.01

Comparison with Other Economies

The report compares Taiwan, China with selected comparator economies (e.g., Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore) and the best performers globally (e.g., New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, Iceland, Finland). These comparisons help assess the relative ease of doing business and identify areas for improvement.

Main Topics and Key Findings

1. Starting a Business

• Rank (2017): 19
• DTF Score (2017): 94.42
• Procedures (Men/Women): 3
• Time (Men/Women): 10.0 days
• Cost (Men/Women): 2.1% of income per capita
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (2017): 3
• DTF Score (2017): 86.30
• Procedures: 10
• Time: 93.0 days
• Cost: 0.4% of warehouse value
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 87.40)

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank (2017): 2
• DTF Score (2017): 99.44
• Procedures: 3
• Time: 22.0 days
• Cost: 41.3% of income per capita
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

4. Registering Property

• Rank (2017): 17
• DTF Score (2017): 83.89
• Procedures: 3
• Time: 4.0 days
• Cost: 6.2% of property value
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

5. Getting Credit

• Rank (2017): 62
• DTF Score (2017): 60.00
• Procedures: 8.0 (Strength of legal rights index)
• Time: 221.0 hours per year
• Cost: 34.5% of profit
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (2017): 22
• DTF Score (2017): 70.00
• Strength of minority investor protection index: 7.0
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index: 6.7
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank (2017): 30
• DTF Score (2017): 84.78
• Payments per year: 11
• Time: 221.0 hours per year
• Cost: 34.5% of profit
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank (2017): 68
• DTF Score (2017): 80.11
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 17 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $335
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 31 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $84
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 47 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $389
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 41 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $90
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (DTF 100.00)

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (2017): 14
• DTF Score (2017): 73.49
• Time: 510.0 days
• Cost: 17.7% of claim
• Quality of judicial processes index: 13.0
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 84.15)

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (2017): 22
• DTF Score (2017): 78.46
• Recovery rate: 81.9 cents per dollar
• Time: 1.9 years
• Cost: 4.0% of estate
• Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.89)

Methodology and Limitations

• The report includes a gender dimension in four indicators: starting a business, registering property, enforcing contracts, and labor market regulation.
• Paying taxes now includes postfiling processes such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals.
• Somalia is included for the first time, bringing the total number of economies to 190.
• The report does not include labor market regulation in the EoDB ranking, nor does it affect the DTF score.
• The methodology focuses on local limited liability companies in the largest business city, and the data reflect standard assumptions for comparisons across economies.

Key Takeaways

• Taiwan, China has a high ease of doing business ranking (11th) and a high DTF score (81.09), indicating it is close to the best practices.
• Getting electricity and dealing with construction permits are among the strongest indicators, with high DTF scores.
• Paying taxes is the weakest indicator in the EoDB ranking, but the DTF score is relatively high (84.78).
• Gender differences are measured in several areas, revealing that while procedures and time are similar for men and women, costs are comparable.
• Comparisons with comparator economies and the best performers highlight areas where Taiwan, China can improve, particularly in trading across borders and resolving insolvency.

Additional Resources

• The full report and data are available on the Doing Business website: http://www.doingbusiness.org
• For more details on the methodology, refer to the "Data Notes" chapter starting on page 114.
• For more details on the distance to frontier metric, see the "Distance to Frontier and Ease of Doing Business Ranking" chapter in this profile.