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Time required to start a business (days)

Time required to start a business (days) in China was 8.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 6 years was 34.30 in 2013, while its lowest value was 8.50 in 2018.

Definition: Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Year	Value
2013	34.30
2014	31.30
2015	31.30
2016	28.90
2017	24.90
2018	8.50
2019	8.50

Time required to start a business, female (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, female (days) in China was 8.55 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.35 in 2013 and a minimum value of 8.55 in 2018.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Year	Value
2013	34.35
2014	31.35
2015	31.35
2016	28.90
2017	24.90
2018	8.55
2019	8.55

Time required to start a business, male (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, male (days) in China was 8.55 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.35 in 2013 and a minimum value of 8.55 in 2018.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Year	Value
2013	34.35
2014	31.35
2015	31.35
2016	28.90
2017	24.90
2018	8.55
2019	8.55

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment