| 10 | Business environment dynamics ξ3 | Drivers. 2 | Number of all legal companies in the three industries X10 | Companies | Statistical Yearbook of China’s Tertiary Industry |
| 11 | Total number of retail chain stores X11 | chain | China Commerce Yearbook | ||
| 12 | Export of foreign-invested enterprises X12 | export | China Commerce Yearbook | ||
| 13 | Number of grassroots trade unions establishing labor dispute mediation committee X13 | trade union | China Labour Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 14 | Number of workers insured at the end of the year X14 | insure | China Labour Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 15 | Market index X15 | marketization | China Marketization Index Database | ||
| 16 | Business environment damping ξ4 | Damping. 2 | Rural population/Urban population X16 | population | China Statistical Yearbook |
| 17 | Urban-rural income gap X17 | income gap | China Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 18 | Variation of retail sales of social consumer goods X18 | Consumer goods | Almanac of China’s Finance and Banking | ||
| 19 | Comprehensive level of the coupling system η | Level | Per capita GDP X19 | GDP | China Statistical Yearbook |
| 20 | Per capita disposable income of all residents X20 | income | China Statistical Yearbook | ||
| 21 | Tax revenue X21 | taxation | Tax Yearbook of China |