2026-08-28
A concentration must be notified to SAMR before closing if it meets the turnover thresholds; failing to file or closing early triggers investigation and penalties.达到营业额标准的经营者集中，须在实施前事先向市场监管总局申报；未申报或获批前实施将面临调查与处罚。Current thresholds (raised in the...
2026-08-28
The State Council's National Health 15th Five-Year Plan (Guo Fa No. 23) explicitly calls for expanding the wholly foreign-owned hospital pilot and steadily advancing international medical services pilots....
2026-08-28
China's unified Market Access Negative List (2025 edition) was cut to 106 items, down from 117 in 2022, while the foreign-investment access list stands at 29 national items with...
2026-08-28
At the national level, manufacturing is effectively open, agriculture and mining carry a few hard prohibitions, and services, media, education and healthcare hold most remaining restrictions. 全国层面制造业基本放开；农业与矿业保留少量硬性禁止；服务业、传媒、教育、医疗承载了剩余限制的主要部分。Agriculture bans...
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...
2026-08-28
On 12 August 2026 the Chongqing Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on whole-life-cycle services for foreign-invested projects (Yu Fagai Guifan No. 8), building a closed-loop, tiered...
2026-08-28
The 2026 "Stabilise and Improve Foreign Investment" action plan mandates an "Invest in China" digital comprehensive service platform consolidating information, consultation, professional support and feedback.2026年《利用外资固稳促优行动方案》要求建设"投资中国"数字综合服务平台，整合信息归集、办事咨询、专业支持与互动反馈。Foreign-invested enterprises are promised full...
2026-08-28
Under the "Invest in China" brand, China runs a national multi-channel service network: a digital portal, a key-project task force, a monthly foreign-enterprise roundtable, and an online issue system....