Earliest recorded position in this interval.
Rank— → #93National score— → —
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TBF Abundance rank moved down from #27 to #93 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#27 → #93National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#93 → #95National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #93 to #95 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#93 → #95National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#95 → #96National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #95 to #96 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#95 → #96National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
National score changed while rank held.
Rank#96 → #96National score— → -59.17
Held through 9 Oct 2026 · 07:51 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#96 → #93National score-59.17 → -59.17
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 10 Oct 2026 · 15:02 GMT-0500; 4 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #96 to #93 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#96 → #93National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#93 → #129National score-59.17 → -62.31
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500; 8 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from pending to 14.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 14.50 |
| Base category score | — | 14.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 80.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | — | 60.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | — | 20.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | — | -30.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | — | 5.00 |
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +14.50 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived after the change (12)
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from pending to -6. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | -6.00 |
| Base category score | — | -6.00 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 78.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | — | 45.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | — | 20.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | — | -55.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | — | -20.00 |
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived after the change (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Water & Sanitation Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 49.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Basic drinking-water and sanitation reach are high, but the stricter safely-managed sanitation and domestic-wastewater treatment measures are materially lower. The score therefore separates broad basic access from complete safe-cycle return.
Sources archived before (6)
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.25 | 37.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Public cultural, sports and travel capacity is large: 3,253 public libraries, 1.47 billion library visits, 5.004 million sports venues and 6.52 billion domestic trips. These measures show usable public-life capacity but do not directly measure loneliness, subjective peace of mind, free access, or household time available to enjoy it.
Sources archived before (6)
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Mobility & Reachability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.00 | 52.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China has enormous multimodal passenger capacity, including 4.60 billion rail trips in 2025, while road safety and the time/cost burden of everyday movement keep reach below the physical network’s headline scale.
Sources archived before (4)
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 40.00 | 40.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China recorded substantial afforestation and grassland restoration, 91.4% Grade I–III monitored surface water and improved urban air-quality compliance. Environmental friction remains material because 27.4% of monitored prefecture-level-and-above cities did not meet the air-quality standard and coal still represented 51.4% of energy consumption.
Sources archived before (6)
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 22.50 | 22.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China has vast physical territory and continued construction-land allocation, but the available national indicators describe state land supply and urban concentration more clearly than ordinary household access or settlement choice. Reach is therefore scored cautiously instead of converting national land capacity into assumed spatial freedom.
Sources archived before (4)
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 26.00 | 26.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Physical-safety indicators improved in 2025: serious violent prosecutions and work-accident deaths declined. Institutional-friction evidence is more mixed: the independent 2025 World Justice Project index scored China at 0.48 and ranked it 92 of 143. The score keeps those evidence types separate instead of treating either official safety data or an external institutional index as the whole category.
Sources archived before (7)
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Human Time & Burden Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.00 | 8.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China has very large productive and employment capacity, but the NBS-reported 48.6-hour average enterprise workweek is a substantial time burden. Formal maternity-insurance coverage provides some return, while this release does not assume that GDP or employment volume equals household time abundance.
Sources archived before (4)
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 30.50 | 30.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China has very large housing-production capacity and substantial completed/unsold residential floor space. Household residence expenditure averaged 21.7% of consumption expenditure, while broad 2025 price declines and large unsold inventories show a significant capacity-to-reach mismatch rather than simple physical scarcity.
Sources archived before (6)
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Health & Care Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 49.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China has more than 1.1 million health institutions, very broad medical-insurance participation and more than 90% reported 15-minute local facility reach. Remaining access/quality variation and measurable maternal mortality keep the score below a pure capacity reading.
Sources archived before (7)
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Sources archived after the change (8)
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.75 | 52.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Food production capacity is exceptionally large and UN indicators show low undernourishment and relatively low child stunting. Household food expenditure still absorbs 29.3% of consumption, and this pass does not yet claim broad free-food/public-edible-landscape reach, limiting the return rail.
Sources archived before (4)
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 6.25 | 6.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
The physical and institutional capacity to support families exists, but current continuity indicators are severe: 7.92 million births, a 5.63‰ crude birth rate, negative natural population growth and an estimated fertility rate near 1.02 births per woman. The score records continuity conditions rather than treating population size itself as family abundance.
Sources archived before (9)
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (10)
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Energy & Household Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 54.25 | 54.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China has exceptional energy and electricity capacity and rapidly expanding clean-energy generation/consumption. Coal still supplied 51.4% of total energy consumption in 2025, so the friction and regenerative-return rails do not simply mirror production scale.
Sources archived before (6)
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Education & Human Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 57.00 | 57.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Compulsory and senior-secondary reach are high, higher-education capacity is large, and average schooling has continued to rise. The friction rail remains below neutral because national enrollment figures do not prove equal quality, household time burden, or equal practical capability across regions.
Sources archived before (5)
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Durability, Repair & Material Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 48.75 | 48.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
China has very large circular-material capacity: 417 million tonnes of major recycled resources recovered in 2025, bulk-solid-waste utilization above 60%, and substantial recycled feedstock shares. National repairability and product-life extension are less directly measured, so the rails do not convert recycling scale into a full durability score.
Sources archived before (6)
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate) changed from 3.4 to 1.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 3.40 | 1.75 |
| Food / 4 | — | 0.50 |
| Housing / Land / 4 | — | 0.00 |
| Healthcare / 4 | — | 1.00 |
| Transportation / 4 | — | 0.00 |
| Water / Energy / 4 | — | 0.25 |
Category point adjustment: -1.65 category points
Updated reasoning
- Food
- The rural compulsory-education nutrition program provides subsidized or free institutional meals, not ordinary free food for all households.
- Housing / Land
- Housing is commercially purchased or rented; the national expenditure survey documents paid housing rather than a general free-land or free-home pathway.
- Healthcare
- Basic medical insurance covers most residents but the governing health statute expressly includes insurance contributions and patient out-of-pocket expenditure.
- Transport
- City transport remains fare-based and regulated; published 2026 municipal price schedules do not establish free ordinary transit nationwide.
- Water / Energy
- Targeted water/electricity price waivers for hardship exist; utility bills and regulated tariffs remain ordinary household obligations.
Earlier reasoning
Transitional proxy or benchmark; no invented five-part direct audit.
Sources archived after the change (5)
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
TBF points-59.17 → -62.31
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #93 to #129 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#93 → #129National score-59.17 → -62.31
Countries that moved ahead of this country (36)
- North Macedonia #94 → #93; points -59.19 → -59.19
- Taiwan #95 → #94; points -59.23 → -59.23
- Azerbaijan #96 → #95; points -59.27 → -59.27
- French Guiana #97 → #96; points -59.30 → -59.30
- Bosnia and Herzegovina #98 → #97; points -59.34 → -59.34
- Antigua and Barbuda #99 → #98; points -59.42 → -59.42
- Malaysia #100 → #99; points -59.44 → -59.44
- Georgia #101 → #100; points -59.46 → -59.46
- Türkiye #102 → #101; points -59.72 → -59.72
- Anguilla #103 → #102; points -59.73 → -59.73
- Germany #104 → #103; points -59.98 → -59.98
- Trinidad and Tobago #105 → #104; points -60.05 → -60.05
- Samoa #106 → #105; points -60.15 → -60.15
- United Kingdom #107 → #106; points -60.21 → -60.21
- Guyana #108 → #107; points -60.30 → -60.30
- Dominican Republic #109 → #108; points -60.39 → -60.39
- Turks and Caicos Islands #110 → #109; points -60.39 → -60.39
- Fiji #111 → #110; points -60.41 → -60.41
- Brazil #112 → #111; points -60.50 → -60.50
- Sri Lanka #113 → #112; points -60.54 → -60.54
- Belize #114 → #113; points -60.77 → -60.77
- Algeria #115 → #114; points -60.96 → -60.96
- Suriname #116 → #115; points -61.00 → -61.00
- British Virgin Islands #117 → #116; points -61.03 → -61.03
- Moldova #118 → #117; points -61.09 → -61.09
- Finland #119 → #118; points -61.29 → -61.29
- Panama #120 → #119; points -61.39 → -61.39
- Bolivia #121 → #120; points -61.43 → -61.43
- Poland #122 → #121; points -61.60 → -61.60
- India #123 → #122; points -61.80 → -61.80
- Sint Maarten #124 → #123; points -61.82 → -61.82
- Paraguay #125 → #124; points -61.88 → -61.88
- Tunisia #126 → #125; points -61.97 → -61.97
- Cabo Verde #127 → #126; points -62.15 → -62.15
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines #128 → #127; points -62.25 → -62.25
- Botswana #129 → #128; points -62.29 → -62.29
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#129 → #130National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500; 11 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #129 to #130 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#129 → #130National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- Mexico #141 → #126; points -63.85 → -61.98
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#130 → #129National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#129 → #130National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 10 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #129 to #130 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#129 → #130National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- Philippines #138 → #117; points -63.27 → -63.27
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#130 → #131National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#131 → #130National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #131 to #130 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#131 → #130National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Kazakhstan #92 → #133; points -58.99 → -58.99
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#130 → #129National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #130 to #129 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#130 → #129National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Finland #117 → #141; points -61.29 → -64.05
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#129 → #128National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 15 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #129 to #128 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#129 → #128National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Algeria #111 → #136; points -60.96 → -63.33
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#128 → #127National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #128 to #127 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#128 → #127National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Poland #118 → #129; points -61.60 → -61.60
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#127 → #126National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 18 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #127 to #126 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#127 → #126National score-62.31 → -62.31
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Taiwan #123 → #140; points -62.10 → -62.10
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#126 → #131National score-62.31 → -63.75
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:03 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #126 to #131 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#126 → #131National score-62.31 → -63.75
Countries that moved ahead of this country (6)
- Poland #128 → #119; points -62.64 → -62.64
- Kazakhstan #129 → #121; points -62.73 → -62.73
- Algeria #134 → #126; points -63.33 → -63.33
- Belarus #131 → #127; points -62.78 → -63.58
- Qatar #137 → #129; points -63.65 → -63.65
- Rwanda #133 → #130; points -63.07 → -63.72
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #136 to #131 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#136 → #131National score-62.31 → -63.75
Countries that fell below this country (5)
- Sint Maarten #115 → #133; points -61.82 → -61.82
- Malaysia #123 → #136; points -62.64 → -64.10
- Mayotte #131 → #138; points -63.38 → -64.29
- Saint Kitts and Nevis #127 → #150; points -62.90 → -65.71
- Estonia #132 → #152; points -63.52 → -65.97
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Rank#125 → #130National score-62.31 → -63.75
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#131 → #130National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #130 to #129 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#130 → #129National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #131 to #130 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#131 → #130National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#130 → #129National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #131 to #130 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#131 → #130National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #129 to #130 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#129 → #130National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #129 to #131 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#129 → #131National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#129 → #130National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 3 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#130 → #129National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 3 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#129 → #130National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 5 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#130 → #129National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 4 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#129 → #128National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #128 to #127 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#128 → #127National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#128 → #127National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #127 to #128 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#127 → #128National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#127 → #128National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 06:17 GMT-0500; 1292 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#128 → #127National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #128 to #127 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#128 → #127National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Panama #115 → #142; points -62.15 → -64.97
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#127 → #126National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #127 to #126 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#127 → #126National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Azerbaijan #91 → #142; points -60.06 → -60.06
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#126 → #125National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #126 to #125 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#126 → #125National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tunisia #118 → #141; points -62.67 → -62.67
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#125 → #124National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #125 to #124 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#125 → #124National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina #92 → #125; points -60.12 → -63.76
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#124 → #123National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #124 to #123 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#124 → #123National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Albania #85 → #126; points -59.70 → -63.80
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#123 → #122National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #123 to #122 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#123 → #122National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Sri Lanka #119 → #170; points -63.30 → -68.27
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#122 → #172National score-63.75 → -68.85
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from -6 to 8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Research coverage (%) | 78.00 | 100.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | 20.00 | 25.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | -55.00 | -50.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | -20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: +14.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. External Footprint 3.1: contribution 25%, mutuality 25%, other harm/repair 20%, exporter 15%, importer 15%. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Water & Sanitation Abundance changed from 49.75 to 27.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 49.75 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 80.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 45.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Basic drinking-water and sanitation reach are high, but the stricter safely-managed sanitation and domestic-wastewater treatment measures are materially lower. The score therefore separates broad basic access from complete safe-cycle return.
Sources archived before (7)
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight changed from 37.25 to 27.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.25 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 37.25 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 80.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -35.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Delight (15%) | 45.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -9.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Public cultural, sports and travel capacity is large: 3,253 public libraries, 1.47 billion library visits, 5.004 million sports venues and 6.52 billion domestic trips. These measures show usable public-life capacity but do not directly measure loneliness, subjective peace of mind, free access, or household time available to enjoy it.
Sources archived before (7)
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Mobility & Reachability changed from 52 to 37.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.00 | 37.50 |
| Base category score | 52.00 | 37.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 75.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Time (15%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -14.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has enormous multimodal passenger capacity, including 4.60 billion rail trips in 2025, while road safety and the time/cost burden of everyday movement keep reach below the physical network’s headline scale.
Sources archived before (5)
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience changed from 40 to 31.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 40.00 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 40.00 | 31.25 |
| Reach / Ecological Function (35%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -35.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -8.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China recorded substantial afforestation and grassland restoration, 91.4% Grade I–III monitored surface water and improved urban air-quality compliance. Environmental friction remains material because 27.4% of monitored prefecture-level-and-above cities did not meet the air-quality standard and coal still represented 51.4% of energy consumption.
Sources archived before (7)
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom changed from 22.5 to -8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 22.50 | -8.75 |
| Base category score | 22.50 | -8.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 90.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | -25.00 |
| Friction / Concentration (25%) | -50.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Productive Ground (15%) | 25.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -31.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has vast physical territory and continued construction-land allocation, but the available national indicators describe state land supply and urban concentration more clearly than ordinary household access or settlement choice. Reach is therefore scored cautiously instead of converting national land capacity into assumed spatial freedom.
Sources archived before (5)
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction changed from 26 to -15. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 26.00 | -15.00 |
| Base category score | 26.00 | -15.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 65.00 | 50.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 45.00 | -25.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Reliability (15%) | 35.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -41.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Physical-safety indicators improved in 2025: serious violent prosecutions and work-accident deaths declined. Institutional-friction evidence is more mixed: the independent 2025 World Justice Project index scored China at 0.48 and ranked it 92 of 143. The score keeps those evidence types separate instead of treating either official safety data or an external institutional index as the whole category.
Sources archived before (8)
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Sources archived after the change (16)
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from 14.5 to -7.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 14.50 | -7.50 |
| Base category score | 14.50 | -7.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | 80.00 | 100.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | 20.00 | -25.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | 5.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +14.50 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Human Time & Burden Return changed from 8 to 1.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.00 | 1.25 |
| Base category score | 8.00 | 1.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 70.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 35.00 | 25.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -6.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large productive and employment capacity, but the NBS-reported 48.6-hour average enterprise workweek is a substantial time burden. Formal maternity-insurance coverage provides some return, while this release does not assume that GDP or employment volume equals household time abundance.
Sources archived before (6)
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Sources archived after the change (14)
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach changed from 30.5 to 8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 30.50 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | 30.50 | 8.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 25.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Durability (15%) | 20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -21.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large housing-production capacity and substantial completed/unsold residential floor space. Household residence expenditure averaged 21.7% of consumption expenditure, while broad 2025 price declines and large unsold inventories show a significant capacity-to-reach mismatch rather than simple physical scarcity.
Sources archived before (7)
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Health & Care Reach changed from 49.75 to 31.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 49.75 | 31.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -25.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Prevention (15%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -18.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has more than 1.1 million health institutions, very broad medical-insurance participation and more than 90% reported 15-minute local facility reach. Remaining access/quality variation and measurable maternal mortality keep the score below a pure capacity reading.
Sources archived before (8)
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Sources archived after the change (16)
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance changed from 52.75 to 27.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.75 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 52.75 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 95.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Multiplication (15%) | 40.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -25.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Food production capacity is exceptionally large and UN indicators show low undernourishment and relatively low child stunting. Household food expenditure still absorbs 29.3% of consumption, and this pass does not yet claim broad free-food/public-edible-landscape reach, limiting the return rail.
Sources archived before (5)
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability changed from 6.25 to -13.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 6.25 | -13.75 |
| Base category score | 6.25 | -13.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 30.00 | 0.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -60.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Continuity (15%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -20.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
The physical and institutional capacity to support families exists, but current continuity indicators are severe: 7.92 million births, a 5.63‰ crude birth rate, negative natural population growth and an estimated fertility rate near 1.02 births per woman. The score records continuity conditions rather than treating population size itself as family abundance.
Sources archived before (10)
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (18)
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from -6 to 8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Research coverage (%) | 78.00 | 100.00 |
| Useful Contribution Abroad (25%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
| Mutual Benefit Retained (25%) | 20.00 | 25.00 |
| Other Harm & Repair (20%) | -55.00 | -50.00 |
| Material Transfers (export/import roles) (30%) | -20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: +14.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. External Footprint 3.1: contribution 25%, mutuality 25%, other harm/repair 20%, exporter 15%, importer 15%. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Energy & Household Capability changed from 54.25 to 37.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 54.25 | 37.50 |
| Base category score | 54.25 | 37.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 90.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Burden Removed (15%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -16.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has exceptional energy and electricity capacity and rapidly expanding clean-energy generation/consumption. Coal still supplied 51.4% of total energy consumption in 2025, so the friction and regenerative-return rails do not simply mirror production scale.
Sources archived before (7)
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Education & Human Capability changed from 57 to 31.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 57.00 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 57.00 | 31.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 90.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 85.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Capability (15%) | 65.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -25.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Compulsory and senior-secondary reach are high, higher-education capacity is large, and average schooling has continued to rise. The friction rail remains below neutral because national enrollment figures do not prove equal quality, household time burden, or equal practical capability across regions.
Sources archived before (6)
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (14)
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Durability, Repair & Material Return changed from 48.75 to 22.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 48.75 | 22.50 |
| Base category score | 48.75 | 22.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 70.00 | 25.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Circularity (15%) | 70.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -26.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large circular-material capacity: 417 million tonnes of major recycled resources recovered in 2025, bulk-solid-waste utilization above 60%, and substantial recycled feedstock shares. National repairability and product-life extension are less directly measured, so the rails do not convert recycling scale into a full durability score.
Sources archived before (7)
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate) supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 1.75 | 1.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
- Food
- The rural compulsory-education nutrition program provides subsidized or free institutional meals, not ordinary free food for all households.
- Healthcare
- Basic medical insurance covers most residents but the governing health statute expressly includes insurance contributions and patient out-of-pocket expenditure.
- Housing / Land
- Housing is commercially purchased or rented; the national expenditure survey documents paid housing rather than a general free-land or free-home pathway.
- Transport
- City transport remains fare-based and regulated; published 2026 municipal price schedules do not establish free ordinary transit nationwide.
- Water / Energy
- Targeted water/electricity price waivers for hardship exist; utility bills and regulated tariffs remain ordinary household obligations.
Earlier reasoning
- Food
- The rural compulsory-education nutrition program provides subsidized or free institutional meals, not ordinary free food for all households.
- Housing / Land
- Housing is commercially purchased or rented; the national expenditure survey documents paid housing rather than a general free-land or free-home pathway.
- Healthcare
- Basic medical insurance covers most residents but the governing health statute expressly includes insurance contributions and patient out-of-pocket expenditure.
- Transport
- City transport remains fare-based and regulated; published 2026 municipal price schedules do not establish free ordinary transit nationwide.
- Water / Energy
- Targeted water/electricity price waivers for hardship exist; utility bills and regulated tariffs remain ordinary household obligations.
Sources archived before (5)
Sources archived after the change (5)
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
TBF points-63.75 → -68.85
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #122 to #172 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#122 → #172National score-63.75 → -68.85
Countries that moved ahead of this country (50)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina #123 → #122; points -63.76 → -63.76
- South Africa #124 → #123; points -63.77 → -63.77
- Albania #125 → #124; points -63.80 → -63.80
- Sint Maarten #126 → #125; points -63.99 → -63.99
- Taiwan #127 → #126; points -64.04 → -64.04
- Finland #128 → #127; points -64.05 → -64.05
- Malaysia #129 → #128; points -64.10 → -64.10
- Czech Republic #130 → #129; points -64.16 → -64.16
- Mayotte #131 → #130; points -64.29 → -64.29
- Qatar #132 → #131; points -64.60 → -64.60
- Mongolia #133 → #132; points -64.72 → -64.72
- Namibia #134 → #133; points -64.74 → -64.74
- Ecuador #135 → #134; points -64.78 → -64.78
- Kyrgyzstan #136 → #135; points -64.80 → -64.80
- Panama #137 → #136; points -64.97 → -64.97
- Azerbaijan #138 → #137; points -65.05 → -65.05
- Tunisia #139 → #138; points -65.10 → -65.10
- Croatia #140 → #139; points -65.30 → -65.30
- Indonesia #141 → #140; points -65.30 → -65.30
- Saint Kitts and Nevis #142 → #141; points -65.71 → -65.71
- Laos #143 → #142; points -65.76 → -65.76
- Estonia #144 → #143; points -65.95 → -65.95
- Zambia #145 → #144; points -65.97 → -65.97
- Nepal #146 → #145; points -65.98 → -65.98
- Jordan #147 → #146; points -66.22 → -66.22
- Senegal #148 → #147; points -66.29 → -66.29
- Kenya #149 → #148; points -66.31 → -66.31
- Dominica #150 → #149; points -66.51 → -66.51
- Ghana #151 → #150; points -66.84 → -66.84
- Cambodia #152 → #151; points -66.86 → -66.86
- Kiribati #153 → #152; points -66.91 → -66.91
- New Zealand #154 → #153; points -66.94 → -66.94
- Uzbekistan #155 → #154; points -67.20 → -67.20
- Benin #156 → #155; points -67.23 → -67.23
- Aruba #157 → #156; points -67.27 → -67.27
- Tuvalu #158 → #157; points -67.30 → -67.30
- Eswatini #159 → #158; points -67.32 → -67.32
- Federated States of Micronesia #160 → #159; points -67.46 → -67.46
- Bangladesh #161 → #160; points -67.58 → -67.58
- Hungary #162 → #161; points -67.72 → -67.72
- Grenada #163 → #162; points -67.83 → -67.83
- Lebanon #164 → #163; points -67.94 → -67.94
- Guatemala #165 → #164; points -67.99 → -67.99
- Tonga #166 → #165; points -68.15 → -68.15
- Côte d’Ivoire #167 → #166; points -68.16 → -68.16
- Kuwait #168 → #167; points -68.22 → -68.22
- Togo #169 → #168; points -68.40 → -68.40
- The Gambia #170 → #169; points -68.46 → -68.46
- Lesotho #171 → #170; points -68.54 → -68.54
- Cuba #172 → #171; points -68.75 → -68.75
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#172 → #240National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
Water & Sanitation Abundance changed from 27.5 to 42.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 27.50 | 42.75 |
| Base category score | 27.50 | 42.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 70.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -50.00 | -35.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 25.00 | 30.00 |
Category point adjustment: +15.25 category points
Updated reasoning
Basic water reach is extremely high and rural tap-water coverage reached about 96% by the end of 2025. The deeper pass also counts the sanitation gap: national reporting places rural domestic-sewage treatment around 55%, while stricter safely-managed sanitation measures remain well below basic access. Strong infrastructure therefore earns substantial credit without treating basic connection as complete water intelligence.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight changed from 27.5 to 21.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 27.50 | 21.50 |
| Base category score | 27.50 | 21.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 80.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 35.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -55.00 |
| Return / Delight (15%) | 25.00 | 20.00 |
Category point adjustment: -6.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China has enormous public-life capacity: thousands of libraries, billions of library visits, millions of sports venues, major domestic tourism and substantial urban green space. The deeper pass does not assume those counts equal free everyday peace, beauty or returned family time. Public assets remain a strong positive while the TBF delight standard asks how routinely those assets become ordinary lived life.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Mobility & Reachability changed from 37.5 to 48.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.50 | 48.50 |
| Base category score | 37.50 | 48.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 75.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -35.00 |
| Return / Time (15%) | 50.00 | 40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +11.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China’s mobility capacity remains exceptional, with 17.12 billion passenger trips and 4.6 billion rail passenger trips in 2025. That infrastructure receives strong credit. Safety, time burden and genuine door-to-door family reach remain separate questions, so very large transport volume is not treated as complete mobility abundance.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (13)
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience changed from 31.25 to 36.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.25 | 36.25 |
| Base category score | 31.25 | 36.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 80.00 |
| Reach / Ecological Function (35%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -50.00 | -45.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
Category point adjustment: +5.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China shows major ecological-repair capacity: 3.56 million hectares of afforestation, 4.93 million hectares of grassland restoration, improving surface-water quality and a 2025 national PM2.5 average of 28 μg/m³. The score preserves those gains while still counting air-quality failures in a significant minority of cities and the ecological pressure associated with continued coal dependence.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom changed from -8.75 to -17. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -8.75 | -17.00 |
| Base category score | -8.75 | -17.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | -25.00 | -45.00 |
| Friction / Concentration (25%) | -75.00 | -80.00 |
| Return / Productive Ground (15%) | 0.00 | -25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -8.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China has immense physical territory and state capacity to allocate land, but the national indicators available here mainly measure state construction supply, urbanization and real-estate allocation rather than ordinary household access to productive living ground. Under the TBF spatial-freedom standard, state-scale land capacity therefore receives strong physical credit but little credit for family-authored settlement freedom.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (13)
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction changed from -15 to 26. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -15.00 | 26.00 |
| Base category score | -15.00 | 26.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 50.00 | 65.00 |
| Reach (35%) | -25.00 | 45.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -45.00 |
| Return / Reliability (15%) | 0.00 | 35.00 |
Category point adjustment: +41.00 category points
Updated reasoning
Physical-safety indicators improved in 2025: serious violent prosecutions and work-accident deaths declined. Institutional-friction evidence is more mixed: the independent 2025 World Justice Project index scored China at 0.48 and ranked it 92 of 143. The score keeps those evidence types separate instead of treating either official safety data or an external institutional index as the whole category.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (16)
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from -7.5 to 14.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -7.50 | 14.50 |
| Base category score | -7.50 | 14.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | 100.00 | 80.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | 50.00 | 60.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | -25.00 | 20.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | -50.00 | -30.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | 0.00 | 5.00 |
Category point adjustment: +22.00 category points
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +14.50 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (20)
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Sources archived after the change (12)
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Human Time & Burden Return changed from 1.25 to -19.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 1.25 | -19.50 |
| Base category score | 1.25 | -19.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 70.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | -20.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -90.00 |
Category point adjustment: -20.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China retains enormous productive capacity, but the life-reach reading is heavily reduced by time burden. NBS reported a 48.6-hour average enterprise workweek in 2025, while China’s own court and labour authorities have treated 996-style 9-to-9, six-day schedules as exceeding legal overtime limits. Under the TBF standard, production that consumes family time does not count as returned abundance.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (14)
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach changed from 8.75 to -14. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.75 | -14.00 |
| Base category score | 8.75 | -14.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 85.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | -35.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -80.00 |
| Return / Durability (15%) | 0.00 | -20.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has built housing at extraordinary physical scale, yet physical inventory is not the same as ordinary family reach. In 2025 residence absorbed 21.7% of household consumption, 402.36 million square metres of commercial residential floor space remained for sale, and peer-reviewed research links higher housing costs to delayed marriage. Capacity therefore receives strong credit while access, burden return and family use are scored much lower.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Health & Care Reach changed from 31.25 to 42.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.25 | 42.75 |
| Base category score | 31.25 | 42.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 65.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +11.50 category points
Updated reasoning
Health reach is broad: more than 90% of residents can reach nearby care within 15 minutes, basic medical insurance covers about 1.33 billion people, and life expectancy reached 79.25 years. The deeper pass separates that reach from friction: average hospital-stay and outpatient costs remain meaningful household burdens, so medical capacity is not treated as effortless care abundance.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (16)
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Sources archived after the change (8)
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance changed from 27.5 to 37.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 27.50 | 37.75 |
| Base category score | 27.50 | 37.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 95.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -50.00 | -30.00 |
| Return / Multiplication (15%) | 25.00 | 15.00 |
Category point adjustment: +10.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China’s food-production capacity remains very strong: grain output reached 714.88 million tonnes and undernourishment is low. The deeper pass separates that achievement from household reach and free-food abundance: food, tobacco and liquor still represented 29.3% of household consumption expenditure in 2025, so national production does not receive the same score as food that reaches families with little money friction.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (13)
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability changed from -13.75 to -19. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -13.75 | -19.00 |
| Base category score | -13.75 | -19.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -90.00 |
| Return / Continuity (15%) | -50.00 | -80.00 |
Category point adjustment: -5.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China retains strong cultural and institutional signals around marriage, and marriage registrations rose to 6.76 million in 2025 after registration barriers were eased. The family outcome is nevertheless severe: 7.92 million births, a 5.63‰ birth rate, -2.41‰ natural population growth, household size around 2.52 and very low fertility. The historical one-child policy is retained as context, not treated as the sole cause; current housing and time pressures also matter.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (18)
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (10)
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from 8.75 to -6. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.75 | -6.00 |
| Base category score | 8.75 | -6.00 |
| Research coverage (%) | 100.00 | 78.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | 50.00 | 45.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | 25.00 | 20.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | -50.00 | -55.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | 0.00 | -20.00 |
Category point adjustment: -14.75 category points
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. External Footprint 3.1: contribution 25%, mutuality 25%, other harm/repair 20%, exporter 15%, importer 15%. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (20)
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Sources archived after the change (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Energy & Household Capability changed from 37.5 to 45.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.50 | 45.25 |
| Base category score | 37.50 | 45.25 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 80.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -55.00 |
| Return / Burden Removed (15%) | 50.00 | 40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +7.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has exceptional energy-system capability and renewable build-out: renewable installed capacity reached about 2.337 billion kW in 2025 and renewable generation supplied roughly 38.5% of electricity use. Coal nevertheless remained 51.4% of primary energy consumption. The score preserves the extraordinary physical capacity while reducing regeneration and burden-return credit for continued fossil dependence.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Education & Human Capability changed from 31.25 to 39.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.25 | 39.75 |
| Base category score | 31.25 | 39.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 70.00 |
| Return / Capability (15%) | 50.00 | 35.00 |
Category point adjustment: +8.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China has broad formal education reach, including 96.1% nine-year compulsory retention and 61.3% gross higher-education enrollment. The deeper TBF capability reading gives less automatic credit to enrollment volume because attendance is not itself proof of practical mastery, youth time abundance or family-integrated capability. Physical and institutional reach remain strong; human-return rails are more cautious.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (14)
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Durability, Repair & Material Return changed from 22.5 to 43.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 22.50 | 43.25 |
| Base category score | 22.50 | 43.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 85.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | 60.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -50.00 | -35.00 |
| Return / Circularity (15%) | 50.00 | 65.00 |
Category point adjustment: +20.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has very large circular-material capacity: more than 400 million tonnes of major renewable resources are reused annually, bulk-solid-waste utilization is around 60%, and a large national collection/sorting network supports recovery. The deeper pass preserves that strength but does not infer household repairability, product longevity or right-to-repair from industrial recycling volume alone.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #172 to #240 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#172 → #240National score-68.85 → —
Countries that moved ahead of this country (68)
- El Salvador #173 → #172; points -68.95 → -68.95
- Timor-Leste #174 → #173; points -69.09 → -69.09
- Mauritania #175 → #174; points -69.16 → -69.16
- Nicaragua #176 → #175; points -69.27 → -69.27
- Venezuela #177 → #176; points -69.40 → -69.40
- Saint Lucia #178 → #177; points -69.67 → -69.67
- Comoros #179 → #178; points -69.77 → -69.77
- Tajikistan #180 → #179; points -69.98 → -69.98
- São Tomé and Príncipe #181 → #180; points -70.26 → -70.26
- Greece #182 → #181; points -70.36 → -70.36
- Vanuatu #183 → #182; points -70.36 → -70.36
- Hong Kong #184 → #183; points -70.62 → -70.62
- Sri Lanka #185 → #184; points -70.85 → -70.85
- Kosovo #186 → #185; points -70.90 → -70.90
- Uganda #187 → #186; points -71.17 → -71.17
- Nauru #188 → #187; points -71.28 → -71.28
- Romania #189 → #188; points -71.47 → -71.47
- Sierra Leone #190 → #189; points -71.47 → -71.47
- Burundi #191 → #190; points -71.64 → -71.64
- Solomon Islands #192 → #191; points -71.64 → -71.64
- Liberia #193 → #192; points -71.98 → -71.98
- Morocco #194 → #193; points -72.08 → -72.08
- Madagascar #195 → #194; points -72.13 → -72.13
- Malawi #196 → #195; points -72.43 → -72.43
- Guinea-Bissau #197 → #196; points -72.72 → -72.72
- United States of America #198 → #197; points -72.80 → -72.80
- Jamaica #199 → #198; points -72.81 → -72.81
- Mozambique #200 → #199; points -72.82 → -72.82
- Burkina Faso #201 → #200; points -73.07 → -73.07
- Western Sahara #202 → #201; points -73.29 → -73.29
- Egypt #203 → #202; points -73.57 → -73.57
- Marshall Islands #204 → #203; points -73.68 → -73.68
- Puerto Rico #205 → #204; points -74.42 → -74.42
- Zimbabwe #206 → #205; points -74.56 → -74.56
- Gabon #207 → #206; points -75.85 → -75.85
- Honduras #208 → #207; points -76.90 → -76.90
- Turkmenistan #209 → #208; points -76.99 → -76.99
- Libya #210 → #209; points -77.22 → -77.22
- Djibouti #211 → #210; points -78.04 → -78.04
- Iran #212 → #211; points -78.37 → -78.37
- Nigeria #213 → #212; points -78.63 → -78.63
- Equatorial Guinea #214 → #213; points -79.80 → -79.80
- Iraq #215 → #214; points -80.27 → -80.27
- Pakistan #216 → #215; points -80.46 → -80.46
- Tanzania #217 → #216; points -80.51 → -80.51
- Angola #218 → #217; points -80.62 → -80.62
- Mali #219 → #218; points -80.95 → -80.95
- Cameroon #220 → #219; points -81.23 → -81.23
- Republic of the Congo #221 → #220; points -81.30 → -81.30
- Ethiopia #222 → #221; points -81.64 → -81.64
- Guinea #223 → #222; points -81.75 → -81.75
- Papua New Guinea #224 → #223; points -82.18 → -82.18
- Chad #225 → #224; points -82.87 → -82.87
- DR Congo #226 → #225; points -83.57 → -83.57
- Eritrea #227 → #226; points -84.07 → -84.07
- Ukraine #228 → #227; points -84.24 → -84.24
- Niger #229 → #228; points -85.59 → -85.59
- Syria #230 → #229; points -87.91 → -87.91
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea #231 → #230; points -88.20 → -88.20
- Somalia #232 → #231; points -88.51 → -88.51
- Myanmar #233 → #232; points -88.69 → -88.69
- Central African Republic #234 → #233; points -90.25 → -90.25
- Yemen #235 → #234; points -90.39 → -90.39
- Haiti #236 → #235; points -90.52 → -90.52
- Afghanistan #237 → #236; points -90.75 → -90.75
- South Sudan #238 → #237; points -90.79 → -90.79
- Sudan #239 → #238; points -93.37 → -93.37
- Palestine #240 → #239; points -94.71 → -94.71
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#240 → #239National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
Water & Sanitation Abundance changed from 27.5 to 42.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 27.50 | 42.75 |
| Base category score | 27.50 | 42.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 70.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -50.00 | -35.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 25.00 | 30.00 |
Category point adjustment: +15.25 category points
Updated reasoning
Basic water reach is extremely high and rural tap-water coverage reached about 96% by the end of 2025. The deeper pass also counts the sanitation gap: national reporting places rural domestic-sewage treatment around 55%, while stricter safely-managed sanitation measures remain well below basic access. Strong infrastructure therefore earns substantial credit without treating basic connection as complete water intelligence.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight changed from 27.5 to 21.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 27.50 | 21.50 |
| Base category score | 27.50 | 21.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 80.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 35.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -55.00 |
| Return / Delight (15%) | 25.00 | 20.00 |
Category point adjustment: -6.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China has enormous public-life capacity: thousands of libraries, billions of library visits, millions of sports venues, major domestic tourism and substantial urban green space. The deeper pass does not assume those counts equal free everyday peace, beauty or returned family time. Public assets remain a strong positive while the TBF delight standard asks how routinely those assets become ordinary lived life.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Mobility & Reachability changed from 37.5 to 48.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.50 | 48.50 |
| Base category score | 37.50 | 48.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 75.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -35.00 |
| Return / Time (15%) | 50.00 | 40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +11.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China’s mobility capacity remains exceptional, with 17.12 billion passenger trips and 4.6 billion rail passenger trips in 2025. That infrastructure receives strong credit. Safety, time burden and genuine door-to-door family reach remain separate questions, so very large transport volume is not treated as complete mobility abundance.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (13)
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience changed from 31.25 to 36.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.25 | 36.25 |
| Base category score | 31.25 | 36.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 80.00 |
| Reach / Ecological Function (35%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -50.00 | -45.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
Category point adjustment: +5.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China shows major ecological-repair capacity: 3.56 million hectares of afforestation, 4.93 million hectares of grassland restoration, improving surface-water quality and a 2025 national PM2.5 average of 28 μg/m³. The score preserves those gains while still counting air-quality failures in a significant minority of cities and the ecological pressure associated with continued coal dependence.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom changed from -8.75 to -17. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -8.75 | -17.00 |
| Base category score | -8.75 | -17.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | -25.00 | -45.00 |
| Friction / Concentration (25%) | -75.00 | -80.00 |
| Return / Productive Ground (15%) | 0.00 | -25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -8.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China has immense physical territory and state capacity to allocate land, but the national indicators available here mainly measure state construction supply, urbanization and real-estate allocation rather than ordinary household access to productive living ground. Under the TBF spatial-freedom standard, state-scale land capacity therefore receives strong physical credit but little credit for family-authored settlement freedom.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (13)
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction changed from -15 to 26. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -15.00 | 26.00 |
| Base category score | -15.00 | 26.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 50.00 | 65.00 |
| Reach (35%) | -25.00 | 45.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -45.00 |
| Return / Reliability (15%) | 0.00 | 35.00 |
Category point adjustment: +41.00 category points
Updated reasoning
Physical-safety indicators improved in 2025: serious violent prosecutions and work-accident deaths declined. Institutional-friction evidence is more mixed: the independent 2025 World Justice Project index scored China at 0.48 and ranked it 92 of 143. The score keeps those evidence types separate instead of treating either official safety data or an external institutional index as the whole category.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (16)
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Sources archived after the change (8)
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from -7.5 to 14.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -7.50 | 14.50 |
| Base category score | -7.50 | 14.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | 100.00 | 80.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | 50.00 | 60.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | -25.00 | 20.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | -50.00 | -30.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | 0.00 | 5.00 |
Category point adjustment: +22.00 category points
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +14.50 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (20)
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Sources archived after the change (12)
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Human Time & Burden Return changed from 1.25 to -19.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 1.25 | -19.50 |
| Base category score | 1.25 | -19.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 70.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | -20.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -90.00 |
Category point adjustment: -20.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China retains enormous productive capacity, but the life-reach reading is heavily reduced by time burden. NBS reported a 48.6-hour average enterprise workweek in 2025, while China’s own court and labour authorities have treated 996-style 9-to-9, six-day schedules as exceeding legal overtime limits. Under the TBF standard, production that consumes family time does not count as returned abundance.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (14)
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach changed from 8.75 to -14. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.75 | -14.00 |
| Base category score | 8.75 | -14.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 85.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | -35.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -80.00 |
| Return / Durability (15%) | 0.00 | -20.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has built housing at extraordinary physical scale, yet physical inventory is not the same as ordinary family reach. In 2025 residence absorbed 21.7% of household consumption, 402.36 million square metres of commercial residential floor space remained for sale, and peer-reviewed research links higher housing costs to delayed marriage. Capacity therefore receives strong credit while access, burden return and family use are scored much lower.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Health & Care Reach changed from 31.25 to 42.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.25 | 42.75 |
| Base category score | 31.25 | 42.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 65.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +11.50 category points
Updated reasoning
Health reach is broad: more than 90% of residents can reach nearby care within 15 minutes, basic medical insurance covers about 1.33 billion people, and life expectancy reached 79.25 years. The deeper pass separates that reach from friction: average hospital-stay and outpatient costs remain meaningful household burdens, so medical capacity is not treated as effortless care abundance.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (16)
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Sources archived after the change (8)
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance changed from 27.5 to 37.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 27.50 | 37.75 |
| Base category score | 27.50 | 37.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 95.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -50.00 | -30.00 |
| Return / Multiplication (15%) | 25.00 | 15.00 |
Category point adjustment: +10.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China’s food-production capacity remains very strong: grain output reached 714.88 million tonnes and undernourishment is low. The deeper pass separates that achievement from household reach and free-food abundance: food, tobacco and liquor still represented 29.3% of household consumption expenditure in 2025, so national production does not receive the same score as food that reaches families with little money friction.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (13)
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Sources archived after the change (5)
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability changed from -13.75 to -19. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -13.75 | -19.00 |
| Base category score | -13.75 | -19.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 50.00 | 55.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -75.00 | -90.00 |
| Return / Continuity (15%) | -50.00 | -80.00 |
Category point adjustment: -5.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China retains strong cultural and institutional signals around marriage, and marriage registrations rose to 6.76 million in 2025 after registration barriers were eased. The family outcome is nevertheless severe: 7.92 million births, a 5.63‰ birth rate, -2.41‰ natural population growth, household size around 2.52 and very low fertility. The historical one-child policy is retained as context, not treated as the sole cause; current housing and time pressures also matter.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (18)
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (10)
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from 8.75 to -6. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.75 | -6.00 |
| Base category score | 8.75 | -6.00 |
| Research coverage (%) | 100.00 | 78.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | 50.00 | 45.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | 25.00 | 20.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | -50.00 | -55.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | 0.00 | -20.00 |
Category point adjustment: -14.75 category points
Updated reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. External Footprint 3.1: contribution 25%, mutuality 25%, other harm/repair 20%, exporter 15%, importer 15%. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (20)
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Sources archived after the change (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Energy & Household Capability changed from 37.5 to 45.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.50 | 45.25 |
| Base category score | 37.50 | 45.25 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 80.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -55.00 |
| Return / Burden Removed (15%) | 50.00 | 40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +7.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has exceptional energy-system capability and renewable build-out: renewable installed capacity reached about 2.337 billion kW in 2025 and renewable generation supplied roughly 38.5% of electricity use. Coal nevertheless remained 51.4% of primary energy consumption. The score preserves the extraordinary physical capacity while reducing regeneration and burden-return credit for continued fossil dependence.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Education & Human Capability changed from 31.25 to 39.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.25 | 39.75 |
| Base category score | 31.25 | 39.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 70.00 |
| Return / Capability (15%) | 50.00 | 35.00 |
Category point adjustment: +8.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China has broad formal education reach, including 96.1% nine-year compulsory retention and 61.3% gross higher-education enrollment. The deeper TBF capability reading gives less automatic credit to enrollment volume because attendance is not itself proof of practical mastery, youth time abundance or family-integrated capability. Physical and institutional reach remain strong; human-return rails are more cautious.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (14)
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Durability, Repair & Material Return changed from 22.5 to 43.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 22.50 | 43.25 |
| Base category score | 22.50 | 43.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 85.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | 60.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -50.00 | -35.00 |
| Return / Circularity (15%) | 50.00 | 65.00 |
Category point adjustment: +20.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has very large circular-material capacity: more than 400 million tonnes of major renewable resources are reused annually, bulk-solid-waste utilization is around 60%, and a large national collection/sorting network supports recovery. The deeper pass preserves that strength but does not infer household repairability, product longevity or right-to-repair from industrial recycling volume alone.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #240 to #239 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#240 → #239National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Japan #105 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#239 → #238National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #239 to #238 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#239 → #238National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- South Korea #116 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#238 → #237National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #238 to #237 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#238 → #237National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Russia #147 → #239
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#237 → #236National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #237 to #236 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#237 → #236National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mongolia #129 → #238; points -64.72 → -64.72
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#236 → #235National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #236 to #235 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#236 → #235National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Niger #223 → #238; points -85.59 → -85.59
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#235 → #234National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #235 to #234 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#235 → #234National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Kyrgyzstan #131 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#234 → #233National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #234 to #233 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#234 → #233National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Gabon #200 → #234; points -75.85 → -75.85
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#233 → #232National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #233 to #232 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#233 → #232National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Jamaica #192 → #234; points -72.81 → -72.81
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#232 → #231National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #232 to #231 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#232 → #231National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Moldova #103 → #236; points -61.81 → -61.81
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#231 → #230National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #231 to #230 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#231 → #230National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- North Macedonia #86 → #238; points -59.97 → -59.97
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#230 → #229National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #230 to #229 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#230 → #229National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Madagascar #185 → #234; points -72.13 → -72.13
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#229 → #228National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #229 to #228 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#229 → #228National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Italy #34 → #230
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#228 → #227National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #228 to #227 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#228 → #227National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tajikistan #169 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#227 → #226National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 19 Oct 2026 · 11:19 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #228 to #226 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#228 → #226National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- Laos #133 → #232; points -65.76 → -65.76
- Tajikistan #169 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#226 → #225National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #226 to #225 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#226 → #225National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Malawi #182 → #233
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#225 → #224National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 19 Oct 2026 · 11:19 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #225 to #224 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#225 → #224National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Rwanda #113 → #238; points -63.72 → -63.72
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#224 → #223National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #224 to #223 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#224 → #223National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Namibia #124 → #234
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#223 → #222National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #223 to #222 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#223 → #222National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mauritius #74 → #231
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#222 → #221National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #222 to #221 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#222 → #221National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Republic of the Congo #201 → #236; points -81.30 → -81.30
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#221 → #220National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 19 Oct 2026 · 11:19 GMT-0500; 4 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #221 to #220 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#221 → #220National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mauritania #159 → #229
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#220 → #219National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #220 to #219 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#220 → #219National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Somalia #208 → #238
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#219 → #218National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #219 to #218 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#219 → #218National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#218 → #217National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #218 to #217 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#218 → #217National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- San Marino #3 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #219 to #217 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#219 → #217National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- San Marino #4 → #236; points -47.91 → -47.91
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#217 → #216National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #217 to #216 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#217 → #216National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #3 → #217
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#216 → #215National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #216 to #215 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#216 → #215National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liechtenstein #3 → #223; points -48.73 → -48.73
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#215 → #214National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #215 to #214 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#215 → #214National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon #6 → #235
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#214 → #213National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #214 to #213 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#214 → #213National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Kosovo #163 → #219
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#213 → #212National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #213 to #212 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#213 → #212National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Equatorial Guinea #186 → #213; points -79.80 → -79.80
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#212 → #211National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #212 to #211 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#212 → #211National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Togo #148 → #240; points -68.40 → -68.40
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#211 → #210National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #211 to #210 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#211 → #210National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Montenegro #48 → #227; points -57.74 → -57.74
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#210 → #209National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #210 to #209 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#210 → #209National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Sierra Leone #163 → #235; points -71.47 → -71.47
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#209 → #208National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #209 to #208 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#209 → #208National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Maldives #44 → #221
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#208 → #207National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #208 to #207 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#208 → #207National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Yemen #197 → #241; points -90.39 → -90.39
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#207 → #206National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #207 to #206 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#207 → #206National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Fiji #85 → #209
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#206 → #205National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #206 to #205 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#206 → #205National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- South Sudan #198 → #236; points -90.79 → -90.79
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#205 → #204National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #205 to #204 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#205 → #204National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Suriname #89 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#204 → #203National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #204 to #203 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#204 → #203National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Eswatini #133 → #205; points -67.32 → -67.32
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#203 → #202National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #203 to #202 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#203 → #202National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liberia #160 → #214
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#202 → #201National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #202 to #201 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#202 → #201National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Djibouti #172 → #202
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#201 → #200National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #201 to #200 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#201 → #200National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Serbia #52 → #231
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#200 → #199National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #201 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#201 → #199National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- Guinea-Bissau #157 → #206; points -72.72 → -72.72
- Serbia #52 → #231
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #200 to #199 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#200 → #199National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Guinea-Bissau #156 → #206
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#199 → #198National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #198 to #197 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#198 → #197National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Slovenia #64 → #232
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #199 to #198 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #198National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Latvia #52 → #212
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#198 → #196National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #199 to #196 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#199 → #196National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (3)
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #197 to #196 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#197 → #196National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Georgia #95 → #203
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#196 → #195National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #195 to #194 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#195 → #194National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Lithuania #49 → #213
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #196 to #195 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#196 → #195National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Guyana #72 → #204
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#195 → #193National score-68.85 → -68.85
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 16:49 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #194 to #193 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#194 → #193National score— → —
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Senegal #113 → #229
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#193 → #143National score-68.85 → -68.02
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#143 → #155National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #143 to #155 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#143 → #155National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (12)
- Lithuania First recorded here at #46; earlier position unavailable
- Montenegro First recorded here at #47; earlier position unavailable
- South Korea First recorded here at #48; earlier position unavailable
- Latvia First recorded here at #54; earlier position unavailable
- Barbados First recorded here at #57; earlier position unavailable
- Slovenia First recorded here at #68; earlier position unavailable
- Serbia First recorded here at #73; earlier position unavailable
- Armenia First recorded here at #86; earlier position unavailable
- North Macedonia First recorded here at #90; earlier position unavailable
- Kyrgyzstan First recorded here at #128; earlier position unavailable
- Cambodia First recorded here at #141; earlier position unavailable
- Aruba First recorded here at #145; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#155 → #158National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #155 to #165 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#155 → #165National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (10)
- Tokelau First recorded here at #2; earlier position unavailable
- San Marino First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Falkland Islands First recorded here at #5; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #6; earlier position unavailable
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon First recorded here at #10; earlier position unavailable
- Andorra First recorded here at #14; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #15; earlier position unavailable
- Italy First recorded here at #36; earlier position unavailable
- Maldives First recorded here at #51; earlier position unavailable
- Russia First recorded here at #75; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #155 to #158 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#155 → #158National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (3)
- San Marino First recorded here at #3; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #11; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#158 → #166National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #165 to #166 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#165 → #166National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#166 → #167National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #166 to #167 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#166 → #167National score-68.02 → -68.02
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer crossing can be confirmed from the two archived ranking snapshots.
Every recorded change
Each archived event is preserved. Category details and sources begin from the first detailed country snapshot; older records remain visible without invented comparisons.
Energy & Household Capability changed from 37.5 to 45.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.50 | 45.25 |
| Base category score | 37.50 | 45.25 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 80.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -50.00 | -55.00 |
| Return / Burden Removed (15%) | 50.00 | 40.00 |
Category point adjustment: +7.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has exceptional energy-system capability and renewable build-out: renewable installed capacity reached about 2.337 billion kW in 2025 and renewable generation supplied roughly 38.5% of electricity use. Coal nevertheless remained 51.4% of primary energy consumption. The score preserves the extraordinary physical capacity while reducing regeneration and burden-return credit for continued fossil dependence.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Education & Human Capability changed from 31.25 to 39.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.25 | 39.75 |
| Base category score | 31.25 | 39.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 90.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 70.00 |
| Return / Capability (15%) | 50.00 | 35.00 |
Category point adjustment: +8.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China has broad formal education reach, including 96.1% nine-year compulsory retention and 61.3% gross higher-education enrollment. The deeper TBF capability reading gives less automatic credit to enrollment volume because attendance is not itself proof of practical mastery, youth time abundance or family-integrated capability. Physical and institutional reach remain strong; human-return rails are more cautious.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (14)
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (6)
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Durability, Repair & Material Return changed from 22.5 to 43.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 22.50 | 43.25 |
| Base category score | 22.50 | 43.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 75.00 | 85.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | 60.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -50.00 | -35.00 |
| Return / Circularity (15%) | 50.00 | 65.00 |
Category point adjustment: +20.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China has very large circular-material capacity: more than 400 million tonnes of major renewable resources are reused annually, bulk-solid-waste utilization is around 60%, and a large national collection/sorting network supports recovery. The deeper pass preserves that strength but does not infer household repairability, product longevity or right-to-repair from industrial recycling volume alone.
Earlier reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Sources archived before (15)
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Sources archived after the change (7)
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Published evidence, observations or country data changed. The headline score did not materially change in this update.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #172 to #240 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#172 → #240National score-68.85 → —
Countries that moved ahead of this country (68)
- El Salvador #173 → #172; points -68.95 → -68.95
- Timor-Leste #174 → #173; points -69.09 → -69.09
- Mauritania #175 → #174; points -69.16 → -69.16
- Nicaragua #176 → #175; points -69.27 → -69.27
- Venezuela #177 → #176; points -69.40 → -69.40
- Saint Lucia #178 → #177; points -69.67 → -69.67
- Comoros #179 → #178; points -69.77 → -69.77
- Tajikistan #180 → #179; points -69.98 → -69.98
- São Tomé and Príncipe #181 → #180; points -70.26 → -70.26
- Greece #182 → #181; points -70.36 → -70.36
- Vanuatu #183 → #182; points -70.36 → -70.36
- Hong Kong #184 → #183; points -70.62 → -70.62
- Sri Lanka #185 → #184; points -70.85 → -70.85
- Kosovo #186 → #185; points -70.90 → -70.90
- Uganda #187 → #186; points -71.17 → -71.17
- Nauru #188 → #187; points -71.28 → -71.28
- Romania #189 → #188; points -71.47 → -71.47
- Sierra Leone #190 → #189; points -71.47 → -71.47
- Burundi #191 → #190; points -71.64 → -71.64
- Solomon Islands #192 → #191; points -71.64 → -71.64
- Liberia #193 → #192; points -71.98 → -71.98
- Morocco #194 → #193; points -72.08 → -72.08
- Madagascar #195 → #194; points -72.13 → -72.13
- Malawi #196 → #195; points -72.43 → -72.43
- Guinea-Bissau #197 → #196; points -72.72 → -72.72
- United States of America #198 → #197; points -72.80 → -72.80
- Jamaica #199 → #198; points -72.81 → -72.81
- Mozambique #200 → #199; points -72.82 → -72.82
- Burkina Faso #201 → #200; points -73.07 → -73.07
- Western Sahara #202 → #201; points -73.29 → -73.29
- Egypt #203 → #202; points -73.57 → -73.57
- Marshall Islands #204 → #203; points -73.68 → -73.68
- Puerto Rico #205 → #204; points -74.42 → -74.42
- Zimbabwe #206 → #205; points -74.56 → -74.56
- Gabon #207 → #206; points -75.85 → -75.85
- Honduras #208 → #207; points -76.90 → -76.90
- Turkmenistan #209 → #208; points -76.99 → -76.99
- Libya #210 → #209; points -77.22 → -77.22
- Djibouti #211 → #210; points -78.04 → -78.04
- Iran #212 → #211; points -78.37 → -78.37
- Nigeria #213 → #212; points -78.63 → -78.63
- Equatorial Guinea #214 → #213; points -79.80 → -79.80
- Iraq #215 → #214; points -80.27 → -80.27
- Pakistan #216 → #215; points -80.46 → -80.46
- Tanzania #217 → #216; points -80.51 → -80.51
- Angola #218 → #217; points -80.62 → -80.62
- Mali #219 → #218; points -80.95 → -80.95
- Cameroon #220 → #219; points -81.23 → -81.23
- Republic of the Congo #221 → #220; points -81.30 → -81.30
- Ethiopia #222 → #221; points -81.64 → -81.64
- Guinea #223 → #222; points -81.75 → -81.75
- Papua New Guinea #224 → #223; points -82.18 → -82.18
- Chad #225 → #224; points -82.87 → -82.87
- DR Congo #226 → #225; points -83.57 → -83.57
- Eritrea #227 → #226; points -84.07 → -84.07
- Ukraine #228 → #227; points -84.24 → -84.24
- Niger #229 → #228; points -85.59 → -85.59
- Syria #230 → #229; points -87.91 → -87.91
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea #231 → #230; points -88.20 → -88.20
- Somalia #232 → #231; points -88.51 → -88.51
- Myanmar #233 → #232; points -88.69 → -88.69
- Central African Republic #234 → #233; points -90.25 → -90.25
- Yemen #235 → #234; points -90.39 → -90.39
- Haiti #236 → #235; points -90.52 → -90.52
- Afghanistan #237 → #236; points -90.75 → -90.75
- South Sudan #238 → #237; points -90.79 → -90.79
- Sudan #239 → #238; points -93.37 → -93.37
- Palestine #240 → #239; points -94.71 → -94.71
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recovery of documented 2026-10-18 16-category, 64-beleshky re-audit from v11.10.53 with original rank history retained. This installation replays archived scoring decisions and package-source context; it is not the byte-identical missing ZIP.
National points: -63.75 → -68.85; Rank: #122 → #172
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 48.75 | 22.50 |
| Base category score | 48.75 | 22.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 70.00 | 25.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Circularity (15%) | 70.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -26.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large circular-material capacity: 417 million tonnes of major recycled resources recovered in 2025, bulk-solid-waste utilization above 60%, and substantial recycled feedstock shares. National repairability and product-life extension are less directly measured, so the rails do not convert recycling scale into a full durability score.
Sources archived before (7)
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 57.00 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 57.00 | 31.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 90.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 85.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Capability (15%) | 65.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -25.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Compulsory and senior-secondary reach are high, higher-education capacity is large, and average schooling has continued to rise. The friction rail remains below neutral because national enrollment figures do not prove equal quality, household time burden, or equal practical capability across regions.
Sources archived before (6)
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (14)
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 54.25 | 37.50 |
| Base category score | 54.25 | 37.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 90.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Burden Removed (15%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -16.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has exceptional energy and electricity capacity and rapidly expanding clean-energy generation/consumption. Coal still supplied 51.4% of total energy consumption in 2025, so the friction and regenerative-return rails do not simply mirror production scale.
Sources archived before (7)
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Research coverage (%) | 78.00 | 100.00 |
| Useful Contribution Abroad (25%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
| Mutual Benefit Retained (25%) | 20.00 | 25.00 |
| Other Harm & Repair (20%) | -55.00 | -50.00 |
| Material Transfers (export/import roles) (30%) | -20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: +14.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. External Footprint 3.1: contribution 25%, mutuality 25%, other harm/repair 20%, exporter 15%, importer 15%. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 6.25 | -13.75 |
| Base category score | 6.25 | -13.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 30.00 | 0.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -60.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Continuity (15%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -20.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
The physical and institutional capacity to support families exists, but current continuity indicators are severe: 7.92 million births, a 5.63‰ crude birth rate, negative natural population growth and an estimated fertility rate near 1.02 births per woman. The score records continuity conditions rather than treating population size itself as family abundance.
Sources archived before (10)
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (18)
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.75 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 52.75 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 95.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Multiplication (15%) | 40.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -25.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Food production capacity is exceptionally large and UN indicators show low undernourishment and relatively low child stunting. Household food expenditure still absorbs 29.3% of consumption, and this pass does not yet claim broad free-food/public-edible-landscape reach, limiting the return rail.
Sources archived before (5)
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 49.75 | 31.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -25.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Prevention (15%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -18.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has more than 1.1 million health institutions, very broad medical-insurance participation and more than 90% reported 15-minute local facility reach. Remaining access/quality variation and measurable maternal mortality keep the score below a pure capacity reading.
Sources archived before (8)
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Sources archived after the change (16)
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 30.50 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | 30.50 | 8.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 25.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Durability (15%) | 20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -21.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large housing-production capacity and substantial completed/unsold residential floor space. Household residence expenditure averaged 21.7% of consumption expenditure, while broad 2025 price declines and large unsold inventories show a significant capacity-to-reach mismatch rather than simple physical scarcity.
Sources archived before (7)
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.00 | 1.25 |
| Base category score | 8.00 | 1.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 70.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 35.00 | 25.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -6.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large productive and employment capacity, but the NBS-reported 48.6-hour average enterprise workweek is a substantial time burden. Formal maternity-insurance coverage provides some return, while this release does not assume that GDP or employment volume equals household time abundance.
Sources archived before (6)
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Sources archived after the change (14)
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 14.50 | -7.50 |
| Base category score | 14.50 | -7.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | 80.00 | 100.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | 20.00 | -25.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | 5.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +14.50 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 26.00 | -15.00 |
| Base category score | 26.00 | -15.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 65.00 | 50.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 45.00 | -25.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Reliability (15%) | 35.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -41.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Physical-safety indicators improved in 2025: serious violent prosecutions and work-accident deaths declined. Institutional-friction evidence is more mixed: the independent 2025 World Justice Project index scored China at 0.48 and ranked it 92 of 143. The score keeps those evidence types separate instead of treating either official safety data or an external institutional index as the whole category.
Sources archived before (8)
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Sources archived after the change (16)
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 22.50 | -8.75 |
| Base category score | 22.50 | -8.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 90.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | -25.00 |
| Friction / Concentration (25%) | -50.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Productive Ground (15%) | 25.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -31.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has vast physical territory and continued construction-land allocation, but the available national indicators describe state land supply and urban concentration more clearly than ordinary household access or settlement choice. Reach is therefore scored cautiously instead of converting national land capacity into assumed spatial freedom.
Sources archived before (5)
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 40.00 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 40.00 | 31.25 |
| Reach / Ecological Function (35%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -35.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -8.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China recorded substantial afforestation and grassland restoration, 91.4% Grade I–III monitored surface water and improved urban air-quality compliance. Environmental friction remains material because 27.4% of monitored prefecture-level-and-above cities did not meet the air-quality standard and coal still represented 51.4% of energy consumption.
Sources archived before (7)
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.00 | 37.50 |
| Base category score | 52.00 | 37.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 75.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Time (15%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -14.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has enormous multimodal passenger capacity, including 4.60 billion rail trips in 2025, while road safety and the time/cost burden of everyday movement keep reach below the physical network’s headline scale.
Sources archived before (5)
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.25 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 37.25 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 80.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -35.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Delight (15%) | 45.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -9.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Public cultural, sports and travel capacity is large: 3,253 public libraries, 1.47 billion library visits, 5.004 million sports venues and 6.52 billion domestic trips. These measures show usable public-life capacity but do not directly measure loneliness, subjective peace of mind, free access, or household time available to enjoy it.
Sources archived before (7)
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 49.75 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 80.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 45.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Basic drinking-water and sanitation reach are high, but the stricter safely-managed sanitation and domestic-wastewater treatment measures are materially lower. The score therefore separates broad basic access from complete safe-cycle return.
Sources archived before (7)
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Verified Direct Money Gate: 1.75 → 1.75/20
Sources archived with this rescan (17)
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from -6 to 8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Research coverage (%) | 78.00 | 100.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | 20.00 | 25.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | -55.00 | -50.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | -20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: +14.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. External Footprint 3.1: contribution 25%, mutuality 25%, other harm/repair 20%, exporter 15%, importer 15%. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Water & Sanitation Abundance changed from 49.75 to 27.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 49.75 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 80.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 45.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Basic drinking-water and sanitation reach are high, but the stricter safely-managed sanitation and domestic-wastewater treatment measures are materially lower. The score therefore separates broad basic access from complete safe-cycle return.
Sources archived before (7)
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 4, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
UN SDG profile measure of at least basic drinking-water services; it is not the stricter safely-managed service indicator.
Rural domestic sewage treatment rate: 55.00000000
Rural tap-water coverage: 96.00000000
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows: 64.00000000
Population using safely managed sanitation services: 68.90000000
Population using basic sanitation services: 97.30000000
Population using basic drinking water services: 96.10000000
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight changed from 37.25 to 27.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 37.25 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 37.25 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 80.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -35.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Delight (15%) | 45.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -9.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Public cultural, sports and travel capacity is large: 3,253 public libraries, 1.47 billion library visits, 5.004 million sports venues and 6.52 billion domestic trips. These measures show usable public-life capacity but do not directly measure loneliness, subjective peace of mind, free access, or household time available to enjoy it.
Sources archived before (7)
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 11, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Public libraries under national statistical reporting.
The Trott Bailey Family civilization standard treats beauty as public infrastructure for ordinary families rather than decoration reserved for commercial or prestige districts. China’s large library, park, tourism and sports asset base is therefore read through everyday access and use, not asset count alone.
Urban park green space per capita: 15.90000000
Domestic tourism trips: 6.52000000
Sports venues: 5.00400000
Public-library visits: 1469.83000000
Public libraries: 3253.00000000
Mobility & Reachability changed from 52 to 37.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.00 | 37.50 |
| Base category score | 52.00 | 37.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 75.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Time (15%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -14.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has enormous multimodal passenger capacity, including 4.60 billion rail trips in 2025, while road safety and the time/cost burden of everyday movement keep reach below the physical network’s headline scale.
Sources archived before (5)
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 8, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
All-mode passenger traffic; NBS table reports 171.2 hundred-million person-trips.
Passenger transport turnover: 3554.56000000
Road traffic deaths per 10,000 vehicles: 1.25000000
Railway passenger traffic: 4.60000000
Total passenger traffic: 17.12000000
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience changed from 40 to 31.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 40.00 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 40.00 | 31.25 |
| Reach / Ecological Function (35%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Loss (25%) | -35.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -8.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China recorded substantial afforestation and grassland restoration, 91.4% Grade I–III monitored surface water and improved urban air-quality compliance. Environmental friction remains material because 27.4% of monitored prefecture-level-and-above cities did not meet the air-quality standard and coal still represented 51.4% of energy consumption.
Sources archived before (7)
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 12, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: 2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
2025 total afforestation area; 0.83 million hectares were afforested by manpower.
National average PM2.5 concentration: 28.00000000
National parks: 5.00000000
National surface-water sections rated Grade I–III: 91.40000000
Prefecture-level and above cities meeting air-quality standard: 72.60000000
Grassland improved by planting/restoration measures: 4.93000000
Afforestation area: 3.56000000
Land Access & Spatial Freedom changed from 22.5 to -8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 22.50 | -8.75 |
| Base category score | 22.50 | -8.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 90.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 25.00 | -25.00 |
| Friction / Concentration (25%) | -50.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Productive Ground (15%) | 25.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -31.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has vast physical territory and continued construction-land allocation, but the available national indicators describe state land supply and urban concentration more clearly than ordinary household access or settlement choice. Reach is therefore scored cautiously instead of converting national land capacity into assumed spatial freedom.
Sources archived before (5)
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 10, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 permanent-resident urbanization rate; used as settlement concentration context, not as a direct measure of spatial freedom.
The Distributed Founding Nuclei strategy treats land as living productive ground for homes, food, water, workshops and family capability. This authored standard is used to distinguish national territorial scale from ordinary family access to productive ground.
State-owned land supplied for real estate: 62.00000000
State-owned construction land supplied: 471.00000000
Urbanization rate of permanent residents: 67.89000000
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction changed from 26 to -15. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 26.00 | -15.00 |
| Base category score | 26.00 | -15.00 |
| Capacity (25%) | 65.00 | 50.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 45.00 | -25.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Reliability (15%) | 35.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -41.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Physical-safety indicators improved in 2025: serious violent prosecutions and work-accident deaths declined. Institutional-friction evidence is more mixed: the independent 2025 World Justice Project index scored China at 0.48 and ranked it 92 of 143. The score keeps those evidence types separate instead of treating either official safety data or an external institutional index as the whole category.
Sources archived before (8)
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
Sources archived after the change (16)
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 13, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Official 2025 prosecution and work-safety data show falling serious-violent-crime prosecutions and accident deaths. The independent World Justice Project gives China a 2025 Rule of Law Index score around 0.48 and rank 92 of 143. These sources measure different things and are retained side by side rather than converted into a new political judgment score.
Change in serious violent crime prosecutions: -9.90000000
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index overall score: 0.48000000
Work-accident deaths in industrial, mining and commercial companies: 1.04000000
Deaths due to work accidents: 18261.00000000
People prosecuted for serious violent crimes including intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping: 54.00000000
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from 14.5 to -7.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 14.50 | -7.50 |
| Base category score | 14.50 | -7.50 |
| Research coverage (%) | 80.00 | 100.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | 20.00 | -25.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | 5.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -22.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score +14.50 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 2: -25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 15, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Visitor volume is documented; reliable family-reunification and lasting legal continuity are not established by these arrivals.
The refugee-law framework has significant institutional gaps and limited verified asylum pathways.
UNHCR carries refugee-status determination; basic rights and route to ordinary life differ from transit permissions.
Inbound visits and short-stay openings include visa-free entry; short visits alone do not establish settlement rights.
UNHCR’s current China profile reports roughly 1,160 persons of concern, including around 340 refugees, and separately notes 303,106 Indo-Chinese refugees who are de facto integrated pending regularization. Mainland China does not have a domestic asylum law and UNHCR conducts refugee-status determination. These facts are retained without converting refugee protection and short-term visa access into one welcome score.
China recorded 154.50 million inbound visits in 2025, including 35.17 million foreign visits and 30.08 million foreign trips under visa-free policies. As of August 20, 2026, 57 countries were eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit through 65 ports. UNHCR end-2025 data record 230 refugees and 482 pending asylum-seekers in China. These measures describe different travel and protection pathways and are not mechanically combined into a single welcome score.
Pending asylum-seekers in China recorded by UNHCR: 482.00000000
Refugees in China recorded by UNHCR: 230.00000000
Countries eligible for 240-hour visa-free transit: 57.00000000
Foreign inbound trips under visa-free policies: 30.08000000
Inbound visits by foreigners: 35.17000000
Inbound visits to China: 154.50000000
Human Time & Burden Return changed from 8 to 1.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 8.00 | 1.25 |
| Base category score | 8.00 | 1.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 70.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 35.00 | 25.00 |
| Return / Regeneration (15%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -6.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large productive and employment capacity, but the NBS-reported 48.6-hour average enterprise workweek is a substantial time burden. Formal maternity-insurance coverage provides some return, while this release does not assume that GDP or employment volume equals household time abundance.
Sources archived before (6)
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Sources archived after the change (14)
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 1, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Annual 2025 average reported by NBS for employees of enterprises; this is an employed-enterprise measure, not a whole-population time-use measure.
China National Bureau of Statistics reports 48.6 hours weekly for employees of enterprises in 2025, excluding whole-population home labour and lacking a verified share above 55 hours.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China examines 996-style work, long hours and the mismatch between economic production and time available for marriage, children and ordinary family life. It is retained as an explicitly authored interpretation layer beside official work-hour data.
Participants in maternity insurance: 259.66000000
Average urban surveyed unemployment rate: 5.20000000
Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees: 48.60000000
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach changed from 30.5 to 8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 30.50 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | 30.50 | 8.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 50.00 | 25.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Durability (15%) | 20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -21.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large housing-production capacity and substantial completed/unsold residential floor space. Household residence expenditure averaged 21.7% of consumption expenditure, while broad 2025 price declines and large unsold inventories show a significant capacity-to-reach mismatch rather than simple physical scarcity.
Sources archived before (7)
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 2, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National household survey estimate; residence expenditure was 6,397 yuan per person and 21.7% of per-capita consumption expenditure.
Peer-reviewed research on Chinese cities finds that rising housing prices can delay marriage, while later research on migrants also finds higher rents associated with delayed marriage. The evidence supports treating housing as family infrastructure rather than only construction output.
Government-subsidized housing units started or made available: 1.21000000
Large/medium cities with year-on-year new-home price decline: 65.00000000
Commercial residential floor space for sale: 402.36000000
Residential floor space completed: 428.30000000
Residence share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 21.70000000
Health & Care Reach changed from 49.75 to 31.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 49.75 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 49.75 | 31.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -25.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Prevention (15%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -18.50 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has more than 1.1 million health institutions, very broad medical-insurance participation and more than 90% reported 15-minute local facility reach. Remaining access/quality variation and measurable maternal mortality keep the score below a pure capacity reading.
Sources archived before (8)
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Sources archived after the change (16)
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 6, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
End-2025 total, including 38 thousand hospitals and more than one million grass-root institutions.
Average outpatient visit cost: 357.70000000
Average hospital stay cost: 9768.90000000
Maternal mortality ratio: 13.40000000
Average life expectancy: 79.25000000
Residents able to reach nearby healthcare facility within 15 minutes: 90.00000000
Participants in basic medical insurance: 1330.68000000
Medical and health institutions: 1.10700000
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance changed from 52.75 to 27.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 52.75 | 27.50 |
| Base category score | 52.75 | 27.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 95.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 80.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Multiplication (15%) | 40.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: -25.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Food production capacity is exceptionally large and UN indicators show low undernourishment and relatively low child stunting. Household food expenditure still absorbs 29.3% of consumption, and this pass does not yet claim broad free-food/public-edible-landscape reach, limiting the return rail.
Sources archived before (5)
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Sources archived after the change (13)
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 4: +25/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 3, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Nationwide output from survey across all 31 provincial-level regions; up 1.2% from 2024.
Food, tobacco and liquor share of per-capita consumption expenditure: 29.30000000
Children under five moderately or severely stunted: 4.50000000
Prevalence of undernourishment: 2.50000000
Total grain production: 714.88000000
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability changed from 6.25 to -13.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 6.25 | -13.75 |
| Base category score | 6.25 | -13.75 |
| Capacity (25%) | 55.00 | 50.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 30.00 | 0.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -60.00 | -75.00 |
| Return / Continuity (15%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -20.00 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
The physical and institutional capacity to support families exists, but current continuity indicators are severe: 7.92 million births, a 5.63‰ crude birth rate, negative natural population growth and an estimated fertility rate near 1.02 births per woman. The score records continuity conditions rather than treating population size itself as family abundance.
Sources archived before (10)
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (18)
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 4: -50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 3: -75/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 2: +0/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 9, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Trott Bailey Family writing on China argues that industrial and economic capability should be judged partly by whether it returns usable time and practical conditions to marriage, parenting and family formation. This authored reading is shown separately from national statistics.
China’s universal two-child policy took effect in January 2016, ending the one-child-era national policy framework. The historical restriction is relevant to today’s age structure and family history, but the metric does not treat it as the sole cause of current low fertility; housing, work time, marriage timing and other factors are also documented.
Average family household size: 2.52000000
Marriage registrations: 6.76000000
Total fertility rate, UN medium estimate: 1.02090000
Natural population growth rate: -2.41000000
Crude birth rate: 5.63000000
Live births: 7.92000000
China: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The guardianship/partnership mechanism described by some trackers is not civil marriage under the national Marriage and Family Civil Code. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from -6 to 8.75. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Base category score | -6.00 | 8.75 |
| Research coverage (%) | 78.00 | 100.00 |
| Useful Contribution Abroad (25%) | 45.00 | 50.00 |
| Mutual Benefit Retained (25%) | 20.00 | 25.00 |
| Other Harm & Repair (20%) | -55.00 | -50.00 |
| Material Transfers (export/import roles) (30%) | -20.00 | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: +14.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. External Footprint 3.1: contribution 25%, mutuality 25%, other harm/repair 20%, exporter 15%, importer 15%. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
2026-10-10 TBF four-rail full review. External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct. Four source-linked rail findings are recorded separately (capacity/reach/protection/continuity or contribution/mutuality/harm/repair). Score -6.00 is an authored evaluation of verified findings, not an official government, OECD or UN rating. Gaps in causal attribution and lived outcomes are retained; no missing data were invented.
Sources archived before (12)
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Sources archived after the change (20)
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 4: +0/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 16, beleshky 1: +50/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Published footprint statistics do not amount to a complete independent harm-remediation ledger.
Cross-border output and emissions footprint are substantial; financial volume alone cannot establish net non-extraction.
Local overseas employment is measured; independently verified recipient benefit across projects is not complete.
China documents substantial cross-border investment and overseas employment.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China’s full 2025 outbound-investment bulletin reports total outward direct investment flow of about US$213.58 billion, overseas investment stock around US$3.4 trillion, roughly 58,000 overseas enterprises across 189 countries and regions, and 2.965 million local/foreign employees in overseas enterprises. Consumption-based CO2 emissions were about 10.9 billion tonnes in 2023. These establish scale and employment footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual relationships are extractive or reciprocal.
China reported 1,040.4 billion yuan in non-financial outbound direct investment and 1,277.3 billion yuan in overseas contracted engineering revenue in 2025. Global Carbon Budget data report 10.9 billion tonnes of consumption-based CO2 emissions for 2023. These values establish scale and footprint but do not by themselves establish whether individual overseas relationships are extractive, reciprocal, beneficial or harmful.
Consumption-based CO2 emissions: 10.90000000
Share of overseas engineering revenue from Belt and Road countries: 85.40000000
Revenue from contracted overseas engineering projects: 1277.30000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment to Belt and Road countries: 283.40000000
Non-financial outbound direct investment: 1040.40000000
Energy & Household Capability changed from 54.25 to 37.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 54.25 | 37.50 |
| Base category score | 54.25 | 37.50 |
| Reach (35%) | 90.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -45.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Burden Removed (15%) | 60.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -16.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has exceptional energy and electricity capacity and rapidly expanding clean-energy generation/consumption. Coal still supplied 51.4% of total energy consumption in 2025, so the friction and regenerative-return rails do not simply mirror production scale.
Sources archived before (7)
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 5, beleshky 1: +100/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
Preliminary 2025 estimate; up 3.6% from 2024.
Renewable generation share of electricity use: 38.50000000
Renewable installed power capacity: 2.33700000
Coal share of total energy consumption: 51.40000000
Clean energy share of total energy consumption: 30.40000000
Electricity generation: 10575.25000000
Total primary energy output: 5.13000000
Education & Human Capability changed from 57 to 31.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 57.00 | 31.25 |
| Base category score | 57.00 | 31.25 |
| Capacity (25%) | 90.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 85.00 | 50.00 |
| Friction (25%) | -20.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Capability (15%) | 65.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -25.75 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
Compulsory and senior-secondary reach are high, higher-education capacity is large, and average schooling has continued to rise. The friction rail remains below neutral because national enrollment figures do not prove equal quality, household time burden, or equal practical capability across regions.
Sources archived before (6)
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Sources archived after the change (14)
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 2: +50/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 7, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: National 2025 retention rate. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
National 2025 retention rate.
Higher education gross enrollment ratio: 61.30000000
Enrollment in regular and vocational undergraduate programs: 39.54000000
Average years of schooling, population aged 16–59: 11.30000000
Senior secondary gross enrollment ratio: 92.00000000
Nine-year compulsory education retention rate: 96.10000000
Durability, Repair & Material Return changed from 48.75 to 22.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 48.75 | 22.50 |
| Base category score | 48.75 | 22.50 |
| Capacity (25%) | 85.00 | 75.00 |
| Reach (35%) | 70.00 | 25.00 |
| Friction / Waste (25%) | -30.00 | -50.00 |
| Return / Circularity (15%) | 70.00 | 50.00 |
Category point adjustment: -26.25 category points
Updated reasoning
China: documented October 18 2026 64-beleshky reassessment restored from archived audit table. TBF category judgment under the published 25-point anchored scoring method. 100% means 64 scoring decisions, not complete or verified national measurement. Previous historical values are retained in the WordPress event archive.
Earlier reasoning
China has very large circular-material capacity: 417 million tonnes of major recycled resources recovered in 2025, bulk-solid-waste utilization above 60%, and substantial recycled feedstock shares. National repairability and product-life extension are less directly measured, so the rails do not convert recycling scale into a full durability score.
Sources archived before (7)
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Sources archived after the change (15)
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 4: +50/100 for Return / durability of family benefit. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 3: -50/100 for Friction / household burdens. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 2: +25/100 for Reach / real access. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
China, category 14, beleshky 1: +75/100 for Capacity / practical capability. Evidence context: NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan. This is a transparent TBF interpretive rating. The cited context does not establish an independently measured percentage of people receiving complete free service.
NDRC relays the China Association of Circular Economy report: 417 million tonnes recovered in 2025, up 4.1%, with recovery value of 1.39 trillion yuan.
Recycling sorting centers: 1800.00000000
Recycling collection points: 150000.00000000
Scrap steel share of production raw material: 27.00000000
Output value of the resource recycling industry: 5.00000000
Comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste: 60.00000000
Recovery of 11 major recycled-resource categories: 417.00000000
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate) supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 1.75 | 1.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
- Food
- The rural compulsory-education nutrition program provides subsidized or free institutional meals, not ordinary free food for all households.
- Healthcare
- Basic medical insurance covers most residents but the governing health statute expressly includes insurance contributions and patient out-of-pocket expenditure.
- Housing / Land
- Housing is commercially purchased or rented; the national expenditure survey documents paid housing rather than a general free-land or free-home pathway.
- Transport
- City transport remains fare-based and regulated; published 2026 municipal price schedules do not establish free ordinary transit nationwide.
- Water / Energy
- Targeted water/electricity price waivers for hardship exist; utility bills and regulated tariffs remain ordinary household obligations.
Earlier reasoning
- Food
- The rural compulsory-education nutrition program provides subsidized or free institutional meals, not ordinary free food for all households.
- Housing / Land
- Housing is commercially purchased or rented; the national expenditure survey documents paid housing rather than a general free-land or free-home pathway.
- Healthcare
- Basic medical insurance covers most residents but the governing health statute expressly includes insurance contributions and patient out-of-pocket expenditure.
- Transport
- City transport remains fare-based and regulated; published 2026 municipal price schedules do not establish free ordinary transit nationwide.
- Water / Energy
- Targeted water/electricity price waivers for hardship exist; utility bills and regulated tariffs remain ordinary household obligations.
Sources archived before (5)
Sources archived after the change (5)
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
TBF points-63.75 → -68.85
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #122 to #172 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#122 → #172National score-63.75 → -68.85
Countries that moved ahead of this country (50)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina #123 → #122; points -63.76 → -63.76
- South Africa #124 → #123; points -63.77 → -63.77
- Albania #125 → #124; points -63.80 → -63.80
- Sint Maarten #126 → #125; points -63.99 → -63.99
- Taiwan #127 → #126; points -64.04 → -64.04
- Finland #128 → #127; points -64.05 → -64.05
- Malaysia #129 → #128; points -64.10 → -64.10
- Czech Republic #130 → #129; points -64.16 → -64.16
- Mayotte #131 → #130; points -64.29 → -64.29
- Qatar #132 → #131; points -64.60 → -64.60
- Mongolia #133 → #132; points -64.72 → -64.72
- Namibia #134 → #133; points -64.74 → -64.74
- Ecuador #135 → #134; points -64.78 → -64.78
- Kyrgyzstan #136 → #135; points -64.80 → -64.80
- Panama #137 → #136; points -64.97 → -64.97
- Azerbaijan #138 → #137; points -65.05 → -65.05
- Tunisia #139 → #138; points -65.10 → -65.10
- Croatia #140 → #139; points -65.30 → -65.30
- Indonesia #141 → #140; points -65.30 → -65.30
- Saint Kitts and Nevis #142 → #141; points -65.71 → -65.71
- Laos #143 → #142; points -65.76 → -65.76
- Estonia #144 → #143; points -65.95 → -65.95
- Zambia #145 → #144; points -65.97 → -65.97
- Nepal #146 → #145; points -65.98 → -65.98
- Jordan #147 → #146; points -66.22 → -66.22
- Senegal #148 → #147; points -66.29 → -66.29
- Kenya #149 → #148; points -66.31 → -66.31
- Dominica #150 → #149; points -66.51 → -66.51
- Ghana #151 → #150; points -66.84 → -66.84
- Cambodia #152 → #151; points -66.86 → -66.86
- Kiribati #153 → #152; points -66.91 → -66.91
- New Zealand #154 → #153; points -66.94 → -66.94
- Uzbekistan #155 → #154; points -67.20 → -67.20
- Benin #156 → #155; points -67.23 → -67.23
- Aruba #157 → #156; points -67.27 → -67.27
- Tuvalu #158 → #157; points -67.30 → -67.30
- Eswatini #159 → #158; points -67.32 → -67.32
- Federated States of Micronesia #160 → #159; points -67.46 → -67.46
- Bangladesh #161 → #160; points -67.58 → -67.58
- Hungary #162 → #161; points -67.72 → -67.72
- Grenada #163 → #162; points -67.83 → -67.83
- Lebanon #164 → #163; points -67.94 → -67.94
- Guatemala #165 → #164; points -67.99 → -67.99
- Tonga #166 → #165; points -68.15 → -68.15
- Côte d’Ivoire #167 → #166; points -68.16 → -68.16
- Kuwait #168 → #167; points -68.22 → -68.22
- Togo #169 → #168; points -68.40 → -68.40
- The Gambia #170 → #169; points -68.46 → -68.46
- Lesotho #171 → #170; points -68.54 → -68.54
- Cuba #172 → #171; points -68.75 → -68.75
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #123 to #122 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#123 → #122National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Sri Lanka #119 → #170; points -63.30 → -68.27
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #124 to #123 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#124 → #123National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Albania #85 → #126; points -59.70 → -63.80
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #125 to #124 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#125 → #124National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina #92 → #125; points -60.12 → -63.76
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #126 to #125 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#126 → #125National score-63.75 → -63.75
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tunisia #118 → #141; points -62.67 → -62.67
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
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