China – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

CHN

Country

China

Score

57.63

Rank

41

Technology

54.46

People

53.89

Governance

65.42

Impact

56.73

1. Mobile tariffs	79.82	26
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	46.73	63
3. Households with internet acccess	56.86	75
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	99.4	21
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	98.47	7
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	63.98	81
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	96.23	29

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	58.93	68
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0.86	44

1. Availability of latest technologies	44.95	75
2. Company investment in emerging technology	56.31	33
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	74.25	10
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	52.42	22
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	36.36	21
6. Robot density	39.65	21

1. Medium and high-tech industry	52.9	26
2. High-tech exports	58.53	8
3. PCT patent applications	8.48	28
4. Labour productivity per employee	19.71	69

1. Happiness	43.2	86
2. Freedom to make life choices	84.93	30
3. Income inequality	64.21	68
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	72.53	35

1. Access to basic services	84.47	87
2. Pollution	50.99	110
3. Road safety	51.56	83
4. Reading proficiency in schools	82.28	30
5. Maths proficiency in schools	86.18	7
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	58.89	91

1. Internet users	49.53	87
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	36.64	35
3. Use of virtual social networks	70.89	21
5. Tertiary enrolment	36.66	57
5. Adult literacy rate	95.14	38
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	61.66	45
2. Internet shopping	58.06	28
3. Professionals	n/a	n/a
4. Technicians and associate professionals	n/a	n/a
5. Extent of staff training	57.78	33
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	41.92	12

1. Government online services	84.61	34
2. Publication and use of open data	19.64	69
3.ICT use and government efficiency	n/a	n/a
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	42.91	37

1. Rule of law	48.74	69
2. Software piracy rate	31.08	65
3. Secure Internet servers	52.05	68
4. Cybersecurity	88.71	29
5. Online trust and safety	83.56	8

1. Regulatory quality	48.44	80
2. Ease of doing business	84.37	30
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	68.91	23
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	59.37	40
6. ICT regulatory environment	44.02	114

1. E-Participation	89.17	29
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	58.25	76
3. Availability of local online content	60.03	49
4. Gender gap in internet use	n/a	n/a
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	64.25	67