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
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
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
Foreign personnel in China may send their children to *schools for children of foreign personnel* — separate institutions that use a foreign curriculum and admit only foreign, HK/Macau/Taiwan, and...
2026-08-28
A foreign-invested enterprise (FIE) in China can now complete its incorporation plus its first cluster of post-setup steps through a single integrated "FIE Opening One-Thing" (外资企业开办一件事) service covering licence,...
2026-08-28
The six-agency 2025 Revised Enterprise Deregistration Guide aligns exit procedures with the 2024 Company Law, offering three routes: ordinary, simplified and "one-thing" joint deregistration.六部门《企业注销指引（2025年修订）》与2024年新《公司法》衔接，提供普通注销、简易注销与"一件事"联动注销三类路径。A foreign-invested company may use simplified...
2026-08-28
When an FIE is insolvent or clearly lacks the ability to pay, judicial bankruptcy under the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law is the formal path distinct from administrative simple/compulsory deregistration. ...
2026-08-28
The 2023 Company Law caps a limited-liability company's subscribed capital at five years from incorporation, effective 1 July 2024.新《公司法》规定有限责任公司股东认缴的出资额须自公司成立之日起五年内缴足，自 2024 年 7 月 1 日起施行。 Legacy FIEs incorporated before 1...
2026-08-28
Since 1 January 2020, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) are no longer carved into CJV/EJV/WFOE types; they take the same company or partnership forms as domestic firms under the Company Law...