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UPDATED: March 18, 2015
China's National Image Global Survey 2014
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Part 2: China's National Image and Image of Its State Leader

China's image is steadily improving internationally.

Compared with 2013, China's image was recognized in 2014 by an increasing number of respondents, and the average score was 0.8 of a point higher (ten-point system). Among the eight countries except China, the Russian people scored China the highest (7.6 points), while the Japanese evaluation was the lowest (3.4 points).

China's overall image: Economic development is rapid but the gap between the rich and the poor is wide.

The most accepted image of China is that of "having rapid economic growth with its people enjoying relatively high living standards", according to 46% of the overseas respondents. But 45% of them also believed that China is a country with "a big gap between the rich and the poor".

People overseas are optimistic about China's future development.

Concerning the future development of China, 20% of the respondents believed that "China will overtake the US to become a world superpower"; 37% thought that "China's economy will keep growing at a rapid rate"; 20% thought that "China's economy will grow at a slow rate"; 18% said that "China's future development is uncertain"; and only 6% thought that "China faces an economic recession".

Governance is seen to be the biggest challenge to China's development.

Regarding the challenges to China's future development, "addressing domestic corruption, social injustice and other issues" was selected as the biggest one by the respondents of developed countries (35%), followed by "improving the living standards of the Chinese people" (26%) . The respondents in developing countries regarded "improving the living standards of the Chinese people" (29%) and "maintaining rapid growth of the economy" (29%) as the major problems for China's future development.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has high international renown.

Xi Jinping is the fourth best-known among the leaders of the nine countries, with 70% of the respondents having heard of him. The top three leaders who enjoy high popularity are US President Barack Obama (97%), Russian President Vladimir Putin (91%) and British Prime Minister David Cameron (86%).

Chinese leader's governance capability is widely recognized.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's handling of both domestic and international affairs has won high praise. Among the nine state leaders, Xi ranks second for his capability of handling domestic and international affairs, second only to newly-elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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