Negative List / 负面清单, Policy Updates / 政策动态
2026-09-20
China's national foreign-investment negative list stands at 29 items and the free-trade-zone version at 27 items, with all manufacturing access restrictions eliminated — including the removal of the "publication...
2026-09-20
On 14 September 2026, the China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone Zhengding Area released a Filing Guide for Foreign-Investment Security Review that establishes a four-tier process: enterprise filing, zone...
Foreign M&A / 外资并购, Policy Updates / 政策动态
2026-09-20
China's 2026 foreign-investment agenda puts foreign M&A management at the centre: the Action Plan (Shang Zi Fa No. 97) commits to revising the rules on foreign investors' acquisition...
Policy Updates / 政策动态, VIE Structure / VIE架构
2026-09-20
China applies a substance-over-form principle to red-chip and VIE structures: the architecture cannot be used to circumvent foreign-investment admission, technology-export control, data-export and outbound-investment requirements.中国对红筹与 VIE 架构适用实质重于形式的穿透原则：架构设计不得用于规避外商投资准入、技术出口管制、数据出境与对外投资管理的要求。 The Ministry of...
Supplier Due Diligence / 供应商尽调
2026-09-17
On 7 September 2026 the Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 37 of 2026, giving a preliminary determination that imports of dichlorosilane (DCS) originating in Japan are dumped and...
2026-09-17
Eight central departments led by the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Action Plan for Promoting Smart Home Consumption" (商消费发〔2026〕148号, dated 2 September 2026, published 14 September), a seven-part...
Education & Training / 教育培训, Policy Updates / 政策动态
2026-09-01
Hainan's Lingshui Li'an International Education Innovation Pilot Zone has attracted 30 well-known domestic and foreign universities and obtained approval for 24 Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions and programmes, with over...
2026-09-01
China's foreign-investment security review, governed by the Security Review Measures (NDRC & MOFCOM Order No. 37, effective January 2021), applies to investments in defence-related fields and to investments that...
Foreign M&A / 外资并购, Policy Updates / 政策动态
2026-09-01
The June 2026 "Action Plan for Stabilising and Improving Foreign Investment" opens the door for eligible foreign equity investment institutions to participate as strategic investors in securities issuance by...
2026-09-01
Six central ministries jointly issued the "Enterprise Deregistration Guidelines (2025 Revision)" (Announcement No. 52 of 2025), systematically consolidating dissolution, liquidation and deregistration rules scattered across the Company Law and...