China – NDRC Issues Negative List for Foreign Investment

China – NDRC Issues Negative List for Foreign Investment

On 24 June 2020, CHI NDRC released negative lists for foreign investment access.

  • Special management measures for foreign investment access (negative list) (2020) and for foreign investment access in the free trade pilot zone (negative list) (2020).
  • Negative list of foreign investment access was reduced from 40 to 33, and list of foreign investment access in the pilot free trade zone was reduced from 37 to 30.
  • Main changes include to accelerate opening up key areas of the service industry, relax access to manufacturing and agriculture, continue opening pilots in free trade zone.
  • The lists will take effect on 23 July 2020.