Portulans Institute

China

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 1,425,887,337
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 21,291

Performance Overview

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CHN

Country

China

Score

67.31

Rank

20

Technology

57.89

People

70.46

Governance

71.96

Impact

68.92

Pillar: Technology Score: 57.89 Rank: 20
SCORERANK

Access

89.25 1

1. Mobile tariffs

75.27 40

2. Handset prices

66.69 37

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

100.001

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.97 28

5. International Internet bandwidth

94.98 3

6. Internet access in schools

98.56 32

Content

35.29 39

1. GitHub commits

1.76 106

2. Internet domain registrations

4.10 63

3. Mobile apps development

n/a

4. AI scientific publications

100.001

Future technologies

49.15 26

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

n/a

2. Investment in emerging technologies

59.75 33

3. Robot density

53.67 5

4. Computer software spending

34.02 27
Pillar: People Score: 70.46 Rank: 5
SCORERANK

Individuals

68.41 6

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

100.001

2. ICT skills in the education system

n/a

3. Use of virtual social networks

67.74 61

4. Tertiary enrollment

41.09 49

5. Adult literacy rate

96.11 36

6. AI talent concentration

37.12 8

Businesses

76.81 6

1. Firms with website

65.39 42

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

95.82 3

3. Knowledge intensive employment

n/a

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

98.94 2

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

47.11 13

Governments

66.15 16

1. Government online services

87.58 15

2. Publication and use of open data

33.82 49

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

100.001

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

43.21 14
Pillar: Governance Score: 71.96 Rank: 35
SCORERANK

Trust

73.82 27

1. Secure internet servers

54.70 64

2. Cybersecurity

92.40 40

3. Online access to financial account

55.81 28

4. Internet shopping

92.37 3

Regulation

61.91 84

1. Regulatory quality

42.52 87

2. ICT regulatory environment

57.65 120

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

83.90 7

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

25.49 123

Inclusion

80.15 19

1. E-Participation

86.04 13

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

83.52 51

3. Availability of local online content

97.12 3

4. Gender gap in Internet use

69.81 42

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

64.25 64
Pillar: Impact Score: 68.92 Rank: 21
SCORERANK

Economy

64.44 4

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

60.86 13

2. High-tech exports

54.10 10

3. PCT patent applications

52.81 14

4. Domestic market size

100.001

5. Prevalence of gig economy

100.001

6. ICT services exports

18.90 52

Quality of life

73.05 51

1. Happiness

65.29 68

2. Freedom to make life choices

83.25 37

3. Income inequality

62.31 68

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

81.36 41

SDG Contribution

69.25 57

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

88.24 27

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

100.001

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

69.03 93

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

54.48 109

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

34.51 120

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