- Assets
- 936of 1,196 records
- Top-100 mean
- 23.58of 25
- Scoring a full 25
- 14
- Leading group
- 19%Space, Aerospace & Defence
Where the top 100 are100 located
A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.
The shape of the register
How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.
Signature
Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.
Energy
Transport
Space, Aerospace & Defence
Financial
Communications & Digital
Resource
Advanced Manufacturing
Water, Sanitation & Waste
Social
Agriculture & Food
18.7%
16.1%
14.6%
10.7%
10.2%
10.0%
9.0%
4.5%
3.6%
2.5%
Assets by capability group
Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.
Score distribution
The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.
Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.
Not yet or no longer operating: 15 under construction, 1 damaged or idle, 5 planned.
National top 100
Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.
| # | Asset | Flow | Reach | Centrality | Substitutability | Throughput | Score | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Gorges DamEnergy · Hydropower · Yichang | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 2 | People's Bank of ChinaFinancial · Currency & Reserves · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 3 | Port of ShanghaiTransport · Seaports & Terminals · Shanghai | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 4 | China Railway High-speed networkTransport · Rail Infrastructure · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 5 | West-East Gas PipelineResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Urumqi | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 6 | China Southern Power GridEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Guangzhou | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 7 | State Grid Corporation of China transmission networkEnergy · System Control & Dispatch · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 8 | Changqing oil fieldResource · Oil & Gas Extraction · Xi'an | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 9 | National Trunk Highway SystemTransport · Roads & Bridges · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 10 | China National Advanced Payment SystemFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 11 | Yangtze Golden WaterwayTransport · Inland Waterways & Ferries · Wuhan | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 12 | ChinaNet and China Telecom CN2 backboneCommunications & Digital · Core & Backbone Networks · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 13 | Pearl River Delta manufacturing clusterAdvanced Manufacturing · Supply Chain & Ecosystem · Shenzhen | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 14 | Shenzhen and Dongguan electronics manufacturing clusterAdvanced Manufacturing · Supply Chain & Ecosystem · Shenzhen | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | medium |
| 15 | Datong-Qinhuangdao railwayTransport · Rail Infrastructure · Datong | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 16 | BeiDou Navigation Satellite SystemSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Satellites & Orbital Systems · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 17 | Central Asia-China gas pipelineResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Horgos | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 18 | Bayan Obo MineResource · Mining & Quarrying · Baotou | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 19 | China TowerCommunications & Digital · Mobile & Wireless Networks · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 20 | Great FirewallCommunications & Digital · Subsea Cables & International Gateways · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 21 | Jiangnan ShipyardSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Manufacturing Facilities · Shanghai | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 22 | Ministry of Public SecuritySocial · Justice & Corrections · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 23 | South-to-North Water Diversion ProjectWater, Sanitation & Waste · Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 24 | South-to-North Water Diversion Project, Middle RouteWater, Sanitation & Waste · Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |
| 25 | State Administration of Foreign ExchangeFinancial · Currency & Reserves · Beijing | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | high |