2026-08-28
Hainan FTP launched island-wide customs operation on 18 December 2025, implementing the "open the first line, control the second line, free within the island" (一线放开、二线管住、岛内自由) model. 海南自贸港于2025年12月18日启动全岛封关运作，实施"一线放开、二线管住、岛内自由"的监管模式。The "first...
2026-08-28
All equity caps on passenger-car manufacturing were lifted on 1 January 2022, fully opening the vehicle and parts chain to foreign investment. 2022年1月1日全面取消乘用车制造外资股比上限，整车与零部件全链条对外资开放。The opening covers manufacturing equity, but...
2026-08-28
On 12 August 2026, the MIIT published Announcement No. 21 of 2026, releasing Batch 409 of the catalogue of road motor-vehicle manufacturers and products together with the NEV catalogues...
2026-08-28
All manufacturing foreign-investment access restrictions are now abolished; the 2024 negative list cleared the last manufacturing items, including passenger-vehicle equity caps.制造业外资准入限制已全部取消；2024 年负面清单清除了最后制造业条目，包括乘用车股比限制。The 2025 Catalogue of Encouraged Foreign Investment (in...
2026-08-28
China's auto-parts market is fully open to foreign investment, but the competitive battleground in 2026 has flipped: domestic suppliers are displacing foreign Tier-1s on cost, speed and local R&D,...
2026-08-28
China issued its first production-intent L3 conditional-automation access licences in late 2025 (Changan in Chongqing, BAIC Arcfox in Beijing), with 2026 described by analysts as the "mass-production start year"...
2026-08-28
China's power-battery manufacturing is fully open to foreign investment, but the 2024 MIIT "Comprehensive Utilisation of End-of-Life NEV Power Batteries (2024 Edition)" norm tightens recycling, traceability and technical thresholds....
2026-08-28
China's entire vehicle and parts manufacturing chain has been open to foreign investment without equity caps since 1 January 2022, and the 2024 negative list went further by clearing...
2026-08-28
Foreign investment in compulsory-education institutions (grades 1–9) is prohibited, and the ban reaches participating in or actually controlling such schools, including via VIE. 禁止外商投资义务教育机构（1–9年级），且禁令及于参与举办或实际控制，包括通过VIE协议控制。Under the "double reduction" policy,...
2026-08-28
China's education opening is scaling up fast: in May 2026 the Ministry of Education approved 219 new Sino-foreign cooperative education units (86 new institutions and 133 new programmes), the...