2026-08-28
As of the 2024 negative list, manufacturing is fully open to foreign investment with no remaining restricted entries.自 2024 年版负面清单起，制造业全面向外资产开放，已无残留受限条目。Foreign investors may wholly own manufacturing WFOEs in China without...
2026-08-28
Most financial sub-sectors are now fully open to foreign ownership after caps were removed in 2020–2021.随着 2020—2021 年股比上限取消，多数金融子行业已全面向外资产开放。Value-added telecom services have been further opened in designated pilot areas rather...
2026-08-28
China's foreign-investment negative list has been shortened in every major revision since 2013, with entries falling from over 100 to about 30.中国外资负面清单自 2013 年起历次重大修订持续缩减，条目由百余项降至约 30 项。The 2024 version deleted...
2026-08-28
Sector restrictions on foreign investment in China are organized through the foreign-investment negative list, not a scattered set of laws.中国对外资的分行业限制通过外资负面清单组织，而非分散于各法律。The 2024 negative list removed the entire manufacturing category, leaving...
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...