China’s foreign-investment negative list has been shortened in every major revision since 2013, with entries falling from over 100 to about 30.中国外资负面清单自 2013 年起历次重大修订持续缩减，条目由百余项降至约 30 项。 The 2024 version deleted the entire manufacturing category, making manufacturing fully open to foreign … How China’s Negative List Has Cut Sector RestrictionsRead more
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Sector Restrictions on Foreign Investment in China
Sector restrictions on foreign investment in China are organized through the foreign-investment negative list, not a scattered set of laws.中国对外资的分行业限制通过外资负面清单组织，而非分散于各法律。 The 2024 negative list removed the entire manufacturing category, leaving restrictions concentrated in services and a few sensitive fields.2024 年版负面清单删除了整个制造业类别，限制集中于服务业及少数敏感领域。 … Sector Restrictions on Foreign Investment in ChinaRead more
Foreign Investment Approval Reform: From Case-by-Case Approval to Filing
The 2020 Foreign Investment Law replaced case-by-case approval with pre-establishment national treatment plus a negative list.《外商投资法》（2020 年）以”准入前国民待遇加负面清单”取代了逐案审批。 The default foreign-investment pathway is now filing and information reporting, not commerce-department approval.外资准入的默认路径如今是备案与信息报告，而非商务部门审批。 Only items on the negative list and certain controlling transactions … Foreign Investment Approval Reform: From Case-by-Case Approval to FilingRead more