Taiyuan city, capital of North China's Shanxi province, ranked number one among cities in Shanxi province for its comprehensive performance in the business environment, according to the recent 2019 Shanxi annual business environment report. 

The report showed that Taiyuan ranked top among seven indicators and ranked second in two indicators.

In addition, in the business environment assessment conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission on 41 cities, including municipalities and provincial capitals, Taiyuan's business environment was rated as being excellent.

Officials said that in the past year, Taiyuan has enacted and implemented a plan to optimize the local business environment.

It has implemented 25 reforms to improve the government services environment, investment and trade environment, innovation and entrepreneurship environment and legal environment.

They said it has also streamlined processes to establish companies, also on real estate registrations and approval of engineering construction projects.

The city will implement another 18 special reform measures to further optimize its local business environment by the end of June, officials added.