NOVELTY - A coating forming composition, comprises: metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes as a first component; a polymer compound having a hydroxyl group as a second component; hydroxide containing a group 13 element or a transition metal element, acylate containing a group 13 element or a transition metal element, alkoxide containing a group 13 element or a transition metal element and/or a complex containing a group 13 element or a transition metal element as a third component; and a solvent.    USE - As coating forming composition, useful for forming coating having conductivity, such as for forming transparent conductive film on substrate that is useful in device element (all claimed) for manufacturing devices, such as LCD device, organic electroluminescence device, electronic paper, touch panel device and solar battery device.    ADVANTAGE - The coating forming composition provides material capable of obtaining transparent conductive film having excellent conductivity, optical transmission, pencil hardness, environmental reliability, suitability for process, adhesion and hardness in single application process. It is found that metal nanowires or metal nanotubes are favorably dispersed in coating forming composition containing metal nanowires and metal nanotubes, polysaccharide that is polymer compound having hydroxyl group and derivative of polysaccharides, polymer having hydroxyl group, compound having group 13 element or transition metal element and also solvent. The coating forming composition is excellent in dispersion stability and storage stability of conductive component in solution, and provides composition that can be formed in single application process by crosslinking hydroxyl groups of polymer compound having hydroxyl group with compound having group 13 element or transition metal element. Moreover, obtained transparent conductive film can have both low surface resistance value and good optical characteristics such as good optical transmittance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) a substrate having a transparent conductive film obtained using the coating forming composition, where a thickness of the transparent conductive film is 5-500 nm, a surface electrical resistance of the transparent conductive film is 10-5000 Omega /square, and a total transmittance of the transparent conductive film of greater than or equal to 85%; and    (2) a device element, comprising the substrate.