RCEP services commitments run on two tracks: seven of the fifteen members scheduled on a negative list, while China and the other seven used a positive list and must convert within six years of entry into force. RCEP服务贸易承诺采用两种模式并行：15个成员中7个以负面清单方式承诺，中国等其余8个成员采用正面清单，并须在协定生效后6年内转化为负面清单。 China’s services … RCEP beyond tariffs: services commitments, investment negative lists and natural-person mobilityRead more
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Online education and EdTech in China: 2026 regulatory landscape for foreign investors
The “double reduction” (双减) policy keeps a hard red line on for-profit, subject-based tutoring for compulsory-education students, and that line applies equally to online delivery. “双减”政策对义务教育阶段学科类培训维持营利性禁止的硬红线，且该红线同样适用于线上形式。 The 2026 national online-education narrative reframes the sector as a public-service-oriented, digital and lifelong-learning … Online education and EdTech in China: 2026 regulatory landscape for foreign investorsRead more
China’s Unified Market Access Negative List System and Foreign Investment: The 2025 Edition, Barrier Clean-up, and the Shift from Manufacturing to Services
China’s unified market-access negative list was cut to 106 items in the 2025 edition, down from 117 in 2022, extending the “national single list” model and enforcing the “non-prohibited-is-open” principle.2025年版市场准入负面清单由2022年版117项缩减至106项，全国统一清单模式持续拓宽，”非禁即入”原则刚性落地。 The 2025 version deletes or relaxes measures across seal-engraving, TV-production … China’s Unified Market Access Negative List System and Foreign Investment: The 2025 Edition, Barrier Clean-up, and the Shift from Manufacturing to ServicesRead more
China’s 2026 Services Opening: Telecom, Finance, Healthcare and Education Pilots
Services now account for about 70% of actual utilised foreign capital, making the services sector the main battleground for 2026 opening. 服务业现已占实际使用外资约七成，成为2026年开放的主战场。 Value-added telecom pilots had approved 90-plus foreign-invested firms by end-2025, with foreign equity above the standard 50% cap … China’s 2026 Services Opening: Telecom, Finance, Healthcare and Education PilotsRead more
China’s 2026 Manufacturing Liberalization: Full Market Access for Foreign Investors
Every manufacturing sub-sector is open to foreign investors at 100% ownership in 2026, after the 2024 list removed the last two restrictions. 2026年制造业所有细分领域均向外开开放、可100%持股，2024年版清单删除了最后两项限制。 The 2024 revision deleted the publication-printing Chinese-control rule and the traditional-Chinese-medicine secret-formula production ban. 2024年修订删除了出版物印刷须中方控股的规定，以及中成药保密处方产品生产禁令。 With “access” … China’s 2026 Manufacturing Liberalization: Full Market Access for Foreign InvestorsRead more
China’s 2026 Free Trade Zone Negative List: Pilot Openings and Regional Advantages
The FTZ negative list stands at 27 items in 2026, two fewer than the 29-item national list, giving pilot zones a wider opening. 2026年自贸试验区负面清单为27条，比29条全国版少2条，使试点区域开放更宽。 Free-trade zones and the Hainan Free Trade Port serve as the “testing ground” where opening measures … China’s 2026 Free Trade Zone Negative List: Pilot Openings and Regional AdvantagesRead more
China’s 2026 Foreign Investment Negative List: Structure, Scope and Market-Entry Implications
China’s nationwide foreign investment negative list stands at 29 items in 2026, its shortest version ever, after manufacturing restrictions were fully removed. 中国2026年全国版外商投资准入负面清单已缩减至29条，为史上最短版本，制造业限制措施已全面取消。 The negative-list-plus-pre-establishment-national-treatment regime remains the default gateway for every foreign investor entering the Chinese market. “准入前国民待遇加负面清单”管理制度仍是每一位进入中国市场的外国投资者的默认准入通道。 All … China’s 2026 Foreign Investment Negative List: Structure, Scope and Market-Entry ImplicationsRead more
2026 Negative List for foreign investment: what changed
As of 2026, the operative negative list is still the 2024 edition (NDRC/MOFCOM Order No. 23, effective 1 November 2024), not a newer “2026 list” — screen your sector against it. 截至 2026 年，现行有效的负面清单仍是 2024 年版（发改委、商务部第 23 号令，2024 年 11 … 2026 Negative List for foreign investment: what changedRead more
Decoding China’s 2026 Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising Foreign Investment
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 approved by the State Council. 2026年6月16日，商务部、国家发展改革委、财政部联合印发《利用外资固稳促优行动方案》（商资发〔2026〕97号），经国务院同意，围绕五大维度推出15条举措。 The Plan shifts the policy … Decoding China’s 2026 Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising Foreign InvestmentRead more
Sector Restrictions After Manufacturing Zeroing: Where Foreign Capital Can (and Cannot) Go in 2026
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 manufacturing fully zeroed.中国统一市场准入负面清单（2025版）由2022版117项减至106项，外资准入负面清单全国版保留29项、制造业全面清零。 The 2026 policy emphasis has shifted from manufacturing … Sector Restrictions After Manufacturing Zeroing: Where Foreign Capital Can (and Cannot) Go in 2026Read more