Variables	ASEAN countries		China
Variables	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Cost of business start-up	54.0⁺	84.6	8.2	5.5
Cost of property registration	4.4⁺	2.8	3.8	0.2
Cost of import	519.7	240.8	521⁺	74.5
Cost of export	484.1⁺	283.0	481	67.0
Time for contract enforcement	53.2⁺	41.0	11	0.0
Voice and accountability	27.4⁺	13.9	10	8.6
Political stability and no violence	33.2⁺	27.2	32	5.8
Government effectiveness	48.4⁺	24.2	57	2.0
Regulatory quality	42.9	23.4	48⁺	3.5
Rule of law	38.1	22.5	42⁺	3.5
Control of corruption	31.4	26.8	36⁺	3.3