Regulatory quality during each General Secretary's tenure

Every General Secretary since 1991, ranked by how the regulatory quality changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	General Secretary	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Hu Jintao	15 Nov 2002 – 15 Nov 2012	+7.3 points 2002 → 2012	+0.7 points/yr
2	Xi Jinping	15 Nov 2012 – now	+2.3 points 2012 → 2025	+0.2 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RQ.SC): perceptions of the government's ability to make and carry out sound rules that let private business form and compete, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval · China data · as of Sep 2026.