Publications & Documents

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index Country Note: China

A two-page OECD summary and analysis of the Services Trade Restrictiveness Index results for China.

OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook national policy profiles

As part of the STI Outlook 2016, the OECD has released policy profiles by country. These include cross-country analyses that draw on the first joint EC-OECD survey on STI policies. They focus on major STI policy areas, instruments and trends.

PISA 2015 high performer: China

With over 1.36 billion people, the People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous country and has the world’s largest education system. China is a high performer in the 2015 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment.

PISA 2015 key findings for China

This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in China. The interactive charts allow you to compare results with other countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

Education in China - a snapshot

In 2015, three economies in China participated in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, for the first time: Beijing, a municipality, Jiangsu, a province on the eastern coast of the country, and Guangdong, a southern coastal province. Shanghai, which, like Beijing, is also a Chinese megacity of over 20 million people, has participated in PISA since 2009.

G20 Innovation Report 2016

Report prepared for the G20 Science, Technology and Innovation Ministers Meeting in Beijing, China, 4 November 2016

Enabling China's Transition towards a Knowledge-based Economy

G20 Seminar on Corruption and Economic Growth: Highlights

17 October 2016, Paris: The G20 Chinese Presidency, the UK and the OECD jointly organised a Seminar on “Corruption and Economic Growth”. Expert panellists recognised the negative impact of corruption on economic growth and society at both the macro and micro level, and stressed the importance of strong political leadership in fighting corruption.

La tarification du carbone n’est pas à la hauteur des enjeux, mais un effort collectif même modeste peut entraîner des avancées significatives

Les prix du carbone actuels ne sont pas au niveau qui devrait être le leur pour faire baisser les émissions de gaz à effet de serre responsables du changement climatique. Pourtant, même des hausses de prix modérées pourraient avoir un impact notable, comme le souligne une nouvelle étude de l’OCDE.

Environmental taxes: Key findings for China

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for China. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.