This challenge is not a new one, as powerful World Bank shareholders have been trying to sink the project since its inception in 2002. Now China, the world’s second-largest economy and increasingly influential within the Bank, is seeking to water down the report by eliminating, among other things, its country rankings.
如此挑战并不新鲜，自该报告2002年开始发布以来，世界银行的权势股东就一直在试图取消它。如今，身为世界第二大经济体、在世行影响力与日俱增的中国也在寻求取消该报告的国家排名和其他内容。（今年的《营商环境报告》将中国排在185个考察经济体的第91位。）