2026-08-28
China's unified market-access negative list was cut to 106 items in the 2025 edition, down from 117 in 2022, extending the "national single list" model and enforcing the "non-prohibited-is-open"...
2026-08-28
Services now account for about 70% of actual utilised foreign capital, making the services sector the main battleground for 2026 opening. 服务业现已占实际使用外资约七成，成为2026年开放的主战场。Value-added telecom pilots had approved 90-plus foreign-invested...
2026-08-28
Every manufacturing sub-sector is open to foreign investors at 100% ownership in 2026, after the 2024 list removed the last two restrictions. 2026年制造业所有细分领域均向外开开放、可100%持股，2024年版清单删除了最后两项限制。The 2024 revision deleted the publication-printing...
2026-08-28
The FTZ negative list stands at 27 items in 2026, two fewer than the 29-item national list, giving pilot zones a wider opening. 2026年自贸试验区负面清单为27条，比29条全国版少2条，使试点区域开放更宽。Free-trade zones and the Hainan...
2026-08-28
China's nationwide foreign investment negative list stands at 29 items in 2026, its shortest version ever, after manufacturing restrictions were fully removed. 中国2026年全国版外商投资准入负面清单已缩减至29条，为史上最短版本，制造业限制措施已全面取消。The negative-list-plus-pre-establishment-national-treatment regime remains the default...
2026-08-28
As of 2026, the operative negative list is still the 2024 edition (NDRC/MOFCOM Order No. 23, effective 1 November 2024), not a newer "2026 list" — screen your sector...
2026-08-28
Hunan has issued a comprehensive FTZ upgrade plan built around six core tasks to advance institutional opening. 湖南已发布以六大核心任务为支撑、推进制度型开放的自贸试验区全面提升方案。The plan sets 2030 targets across four designated zones covering industry, China–Africa,...
2026-08-28
China is implementing the "FTC upgrading strategy"; Hunan published its implementation plan on 4 August 2026 with targets to 2030.中国正实施「自贸试验区提升战略」；湖南于 2026 年 8 月 4 日发布实施方案，目标至 2030 年。The plans...
2026-08-28
China's FTZs pilot openness before nationwide roll-out; the Lin-gang Special Area (announced 6 Aug 2019, Guofa No. 15) is explicitly built as a "special economic function zone" with...
2026-08-28
The 2025 edition of the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment added a net 205 encouraged items, focusing on advanced manufacturing, modern services, high-tech and energy conservation. ...