China is now one of the top 50 economies in the world for ease of doing business, due to a record number of reforms carried out last year, according to the World Bank Group in its annual doing business report released last Wednesday.

世界银行集团上周三发布的年度营商环境报告称，由于去年中国为改善营商环境实施的改革数量创下纪录，中国现已成为营商环境排名前50的经济体之一。

"China advanced to a global ranking of 46 this year, up from 78 last year, as the country implemented¹ the largest number of reforms in the East Asia and Pacific region," the report said.

该报告称：“中国实施的改革数量居东亚太平洋地区之首，其全球排名从去年的第78位大幅跃升至今年的第46位。”

Bert Hofman, World Bank country director for China, said: "China has made rapid progress in improving its business climate for domestic small and medium enterprises in the past year. The progress signals the value the government places on nurturing² entrepreneurship and private enterprise."

世界银行中国局局长郝福满表示：“过去一年中国在为国内中小企业改善营商环境方面取得了快速进展，这体现出中国政府对培育创新和民营企业的高度重视。”

世界银行报告显示 中国营商环境得到大幅改善

China's reforms in areas including cutting administrative³ red-tape earned the country a spot in this year's top 10 global improvers, according to the report.

该报告称，中国在减少行政繁文缛节等方面的改革，使其跻身今年全球十大改善者之列。

Progress made in the areas of starting a business and getting electricity was particularly impressive.

在开办企业和获得电力方面取得的进展尤其令人印象深刻。

Since last year, three procedures were removed and consequently it now takes 9 days to start a business, on par⁴ with most OECD high-income countries.

自去年以来，有三项程序被取消，因此如今开办企业只需要9天时间，与大多数经合组织高收入国家持平。

Getting an electricity connection is also entirely⁵ free in China. Japan and the United Arab Emirates are the only two other countries in the world to have this distinction.

而在电力接入方面，目前在中国也是全免费的。日本和阿联酋是世界上仅有的另外两个具有这一特点的国家。