According to the results of nationwide survey showed that entrepreneur confidence index (ECI) gained 127.7 in the fourth quarter, promoted 7.6 points over previous quarter.

The majority of entrepreneurs hold a positive attitude towards enterprise development. In the fourth quarter, the ECIs of industry, construction, transport, storage and postal industry, wholesale and retail trade, real estate, information transmission and computer services and software industry, accommodation and catering industry stood at 125.5, 136.5, 120.6, 131.3, 138.2, 151.7 and 121.3 respectively, which increased to some extent, quarter-on-quarter; of which, the ECIs of social services stood at 117.7, remained the general level quarter-on-quarter.

The majority of entrepreneurs’ confidence of registered enterprises picked up. The ECIs of state-owned enterprises, collective enterprise, joint-stock cooperative enterprises, limited liability company, Co. Ltd. private enterprises, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and foreign-invested enterprises stood at above the critical point threshold, respectively was 124.3, 111.6, 122.6, 126.1, 132.9, 120.2 and 131.8, promoted some extent quarter-on-quarter.

The ECIs of large, medium and small sized enterprises stood at 140.5, 128.2 and 115.9, with a rise of 6.7, 7.7 and 7.9 points respectively.

The ECIs of eastern, central and western regions has picked up. In the fourth quarter, the ECIs of eastern, central and western regions stood at 127.7, 128.7 and 126.7, went up by 9.8, 5.6 and 5.3 points quarter-on-quarter.