November 28th, Public Governance Index Report of 30 Capital Cities in China 2015 was released at Unirule Beijing Office. This Index measures the quality of public governance of China’s 30 provincial capitals. The Index was built upon 14 factors: political barriers, administrative cost, non-tax income percentage, financial investment percentage, private economy percentage, administrative licensing amount, number of NGOs, government disclosure, government integrity, and public service level. The result was obtained from wide range survey, and the total remarks is 10. 
The report shows, Hangzhou ranks first at 5.9, and Guiyang ranks last at 4. The top 10 cities are Hangzhou, Beijing, Jinan, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hohhot, Kunming, Shijiazhuang, Haikou, and Shanghai. Those following the top 10 are Changchun, Changsha, Xining, Nanjing, Shenyang, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Nanchang, Wuhan, and Chongqing. And the last 10 are Fuzhou, Xi’an, Hefei, Zhengzhou, Lanzhou, Harbin, Yinchuan, Nanjing, Urumqi, and Guiyang. The report holds that the proper boundary between government and market is the foundation for good public governance which provides the optimal public good of service and public good of institution for the society. 
The person in charge of this report is Mr. ZHANG Lin, Project Researcher of Unirule Institute of Economics. Present at the meeting include Professor SHENG Hong, Director of Unirule; Associate Professor ZHAO Wenzhe, Central University of Finance and Economics; Dr. SONG Xuezeng, Central Compilation & Translation Bureau; Mr. CAO Zhanzhong, Deputy Director of China Index Academy; and Ms. Helena Ou, British Embassy to China. Mr. JIANG Hao, Director of Unirule Law and Public Governance Centre hosted this meeting. Mr. JIANG Jianjian, Deputy General Manager of Horizon Key attended this meeting as a representative of the partner of the project. 
Chinese edition available here.
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