2026-08-28
Incorporation and operating-licence approval are two separate tracks, and foreign investors must budget for both.设立登记与经营许可审批是两条独立轨道，外资投资者须为二者分别预留时间与资源。Most post-incorporation licences apply equally to domestic and foreign firms and are not foreign-access restrictions.多数设立后许可对内资外资企业一体适用，并非外资准入限制。The...
2026-08-28
Free-trade zones operate a shorter foreign-investment negative list than the nationwide list, opening more sectors to foreign capital.自由贸易试验区施行比全国版更短的外资负面清单，向外资开放更多行业。FTZs pilot "inform-and-commit" (告知承诺制) and one-window admission, compressing the time from application...
2026-08-28
The 2020 Foreign Investment Law replaced case-by-case approval with pre-establishment national treatment plus a negative list.《外商投资法》（2020 年）以"准入前国民待遇加负面清单"取代了逐案审批。The default foreign-investment pathway is now filing and information reporting, not commerce-department approval.外资准入的默认路径如今是备案与信息报告，而非商务部门审批。Only...
2026-08-28
China's admission-approval regime now operates on pre-establishment national treatment plus a negative list, not case-by-case approval.中国的准入审批制度目前实行"准入前国民待遇加负面清单"管理，而非逐案审批。The nationwide "separating licences from permits" (证照分离) reform removes or relaxes redundant pre-opening approvals...
2026-08-28
The Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising Foreign Investment Utilisation (Shang Zi Fa No. 97), approved by the State Council and released in June 2026, shifts foreign investment...
2026-08-28
China has removed foreign-equity caps on a defined set of value-added telecom (VAT) services in four pilot zones, and the pilot is now being scaled up.中国在四个试点区域取消了特定增值电信业务的外资股比限制，试点正在有序扩围。As of early June...
2026-08-28
Since 1 January 2020, the default is "non-prohibited, free to enter" — an FIE forms like a domestic company and MOFCOM no longer issues approval certificates. 自 2020...