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Foreign investment

Entry rules, negative lists, incentives and treatment of foreign-invested firms.

Summary

Rules for foreign investment: entry, the negative list, incentives, and the treatment of foreign-invested firms once established.

China's stance

Formally open: pre-establishment national treatment with a negative list, and repeated pledges of equal treatment in procurement, standards and subsidies (2017, 2019, 2023). In practice sensitive sectors stay closed, and security reviews, export controls and data rules have expanded beside the opening measures.

62
Documents in the tree
2017–2026
55
Local documents
in 21 provinces
13%
Favouring provisions
8 documents
48
Cite a root directly
9 at two hops · 2 at three

Local documents in the tree per province (lighter = more): Shanghai 13 · Fujian 7 · Anhui 5 · Beijing 3 · Jiangsu 3 · Chongqing 3 · Shaanxi 3 · Guangdong 2 · …

Roots

Central document the tree starts fromNumberDate
国务院关于促进外资增长若干措施的通知国发〔2017〕39号2017-08-08
中华人民共和国外商投资法实施条例国务院令第723号2019-12-26
国务院关于进一步优化外商投资环境 加大吸引外商投资力度的意见国发〔2023〕11号2023-07-25

How it spread

CentralProvincialCityCounty
051015201720182019202020212022202320242025202663

Most cited inside the tree

Measures and reasons

MeasureDocuments
Foreign investment rule24
Capital grant24
Tax relief18
Import duty relief on inputs4
Interest subsidy3
Stated rationaleDocuments
Opening up & foreign investment1
Industrial upgrading & strategic competitiveness1
Innovation & R&D1
Attracting investment to the locality1
National security & defence1

Provisions that favour some firms

ProvisionHowDisadvantages
“取消信息服务业务(仅限应用商店,不含网络出版服务)、互联网接入服务业务(仅限为用户提供互联网接入服务)等增值电信业务的外资股比限制。” Ownership, own-brand or own-IP testforeign-owned firms
“外资股比%,。” Ownership, own-brand or own-IP testforeign-owned firms
“稳妥增加国内互联网虚拟专用网业务(外资股比不超过50%)、信息服务业务(仅限应用商店,不含网络出版服务)、互联网接入服务业务(仅限为用户提供互联网接入服务)等增值电信业务开放试点地区。” Ownership, own-brand or own-IP testforeign-owned firms
“本办法所称的外商投资培训机构,是指由符合条件的外国企业或者其他组织(以下简称“外国投资者”)单独,或与中国国家机构以外的社会组织(以下简称“本国投资者”)联合举办的,以中国公民为主要招生对象,在本市行政区域范围内开展非学制类职业技能培训的线下营利性教育机构。” SOE or private-firm preferenceprivate firms
“支持外资在广东设立合资证券公司、证券投资基金管理公司、期货公司、寿险公司,外资股比不超过51%。” Ownership, own-brand or own-IP testforeign-owned firms

Keyword and model screens: leads to check against the document, not findings. Newest first, one per document.

Latest in the tree

DateLevelDocumentIssuer
2026-08-23City西安市人民政府办公厅关于公布行政许可事项清单(2026年版)的通知西安市人民政府办公厅
General Office of the Xi'an Municipal People's Government
2026-05-07Provincial市商务委关于印发《上海市鼓励设立外资研发中心的规定》的通知 沪商规〔2025〕4号上海市人民政府
Shanghai Municipal People's Government
2026-04-30City呼和浩特经济技术开发区管理委员会关于印发《呼和浩特经济技术开发区进一步优化外商投资环境更大力度吸引和利用外资支持措施》的通知呼和浩特市人民政府
Huhehaote Municipal People's Government
2025-12-30Provincial上海市人民政府办公厅关于印发《上海市进一步支持外资研发中心提升能级的政策措施》的通知 沪府办规〔2025〕22号上海市人民政府
Shanghai Municipal People's Government
2025-09-13Provincial安徽省人民政府关于公布一批省政府文件清理结果的决定 皖政〔2025〕76号安徽省人民政府
Anhui Provincial People's Government
2025-05-12City西安市人民政府办公厅关于公布行政许可事项清单(2024年版)的通知西安市政府办公厅
2025-03-01Provincial关于向社会公开征求《新疆维吾尔自治区合格境外有限合伙人(QFLP)境内投资试点管理办法(公开征求意见稿)》意见建议的通知新疆维吾尔自治区人民政府
Xinjiang Autonomous Region People's Government
2024-07-30City青岛市人民政府关于印发青岛市进一步优化外商投资环境加大吸引外商投资力度若干措施的通知青岛市人民政府
Qingdao Municipal People's Government
2024-07-11Provincial市商务委等印发《关于进一步优化外商投资环境加大吸引外商投资力度的实施方案》的通知 沪商外资〔2024〕157号上海市商务委
Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce
2024-06-07Provincial关于印发《内蒙古自治区关于进一步优化外商投资环境更大力度吸引和利用外资的行动方案》的通知内蒙古自治区内商外资字〔2024〕393号