2026-08-28
On 16 June 2026, MOFCOM, NDRC and MOF issued the *Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising Foreign Investment* (Document No. 97 of 2026), a 15-measure package across five dimensions...
2026-08-28
The 2024 edition (Order No. 23, published 8 September 2024) took effect on 1 November 2024, replacing the 2021 edition; as of 2026 it remains the operative list. ...
2026-08-28
The CAC's Action Plan for Promoting High-Quality Development of Internet Enterprises (2026-2030), issued on 21 August 2026, commits to efficient implementation of data-export security assessments, standard contracts and certification,...
2026-08-28
Foreign investments that may affect national security must be self-filed with the working mechanism office before implementation; the office may also require filing.可能影响国家安全的外商投资，须在实施前主动向工作机制办公室申报；办公室亦可要求当事人申报。The mandatory filing scope centres on military/defence-related...
2026-08-28
Security review is a stand-alone ex-ante screening under the Foreign Investment Law (Art. 35) and the 2020 Security Review Measures (Order No. 37, effective 18 January 2021) — it...
2026-08-28
China's Action Plan to Stabilise and Optimise Foreign Investment Utilisation, issued on 16 June 2026, commits to accelerating the revision of the 2006 Measures on M&A of Domestic Enterprises...
2026-08-28
China is revising the rules on foreign investors' acquisition of domestic enterprises to streamline procedure and payment terms, with stronger inter-agency coordination.中国正修订外国投资者并购境内企业的规定，优化并购管理流程与对价支付要求，并强化部门协同。The 2026 "stabilise and optimise foreign investment" action...
2026-08-28
Since 2020, domestic-enterprise M&A is no longer a commerce-department approval event — it runs through the negative list, information reporting, plus merger control and security review where triggered. ...
2026-08-28
Foreign acquisitions, mergers, or acquisitions of control over a Chinese business may trigger a concentration filing to SAMR; the regime is mandatory and suspensory. 外资收购、合并或取得中国企业控制权可能触发向国家市场监督管理总局的经营者集中申报；该制度具有强制性与暂停性。The 2024 thresholds (State...
2026-08-28
From 1 August 2026, the SAMR's refined delegated-review system adds review of certain non-simple concentration cases by the five original provincial bureaus and adds Liaoning, Zhejiang and Sichuan as...