Following the Reform and Opening-up, China transitioned significantly from a planned economy to a market economy. On one hand, coastal cities implemented more relaxed policies to attract foreign investment for establishing factories and enterprises. On the other hand, the relaxation of household registration management systems increased government tax revenue, promoted employment, and facilitated the acquisition of relevant experience and technology from foreign-funded or joint ventures, thereby driving the development of local enterprises and related industries.
Against this backdrop, a large number of new companies were established, survived, and achieved sustained growth. However, risks also emerged, as some enterprises engaged in fraudulent activities under various guises. Due to information asymmetry, it was challenging to distinguish between genuinely sound enterprises and high-risk ones with issues. To address this, the State Administration for Market Regulation chose to publicly disclose enterprise information, substantially enhancing corporate transparency. Such information includes not only primary business classifications, registered addresses, registered capital(注册资本), registration dates, but also extensive details on intellectual property, discredited entities(失信人), and risk warnings. This provides excellent research data support for studying Chinese enterprises' survival, industry coverage, and market vitality.
CnOpenData now presents highly valuable and comprehensive information on industrial and commercial registered enterprises in China, with a total dataset exceeding 170 million records. Centered on enterprises registered over the years, it contains over a hundred fields of information, including Unified Social Credit Code(统一社会信用代码), registration time, registered capital, corporate patents, and judicial documents. The enterprise information covers five key aspects: Basic Information, Key Focus Areas, Intellectual Property, Enterprise Development, and Operational Status. These five aspects include but are not limited to the displayed tables and field indicators, achieving full coverage of enterprise operational information.
Given the data's multi-table structure, CnOpenData illustrates the hierarchical relationships and dependencies within the dataset in the data structure presentation section for easier comprehension.
Articles Citing This Dataset
Time Period
Partial tables extend until December 31, 2025.
Data Scale
Data Structure Presentation
Table Structure Presentation
Due to the complex hierarchical structure with numerous sub-tables, only table names are displayed here. Detailed field indicators and sample data can be accessed via the module branch pages on the right.
Basic Information Module
Key Focus Areas Module
Intellectual Property Module
Enterprise Development Module
Operational Status Module
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- Zhao Ying, Lu Yuanping, Wang Xi et al., 2023: "Taxpayer Status Choice and Employment Opportunities—Evidence from Matched National Industrial, Commercial, and Tax Data," Economic Research Journal, No. 9.
- Panle Jia Barwick, Luming Chen, Shanjun Li, Xiaobo Zhang, 2025: "Entry Deregulation, Market Turnover, and Efficiency: China's Business Registration Reform," The Review of Economics and Statistics.
Data Update Frequency
Annual Updates