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National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Amended in 2007)
国家发展和改革委员会、商务部外商投资产业指导目录 (2007年修订)

China closes the gate to mining of important mineral resources by foreign investors but opens the door to investment in futures companies

外商投资产业指导目录重新界定了外国投资企业的投资范畴, 那些是被鼓励, 被制约, 或被禁止的。同时更新了外国投资企业税项优惠和批准规程。

Date: December 2007

CLP Reference: 2100/07.10.31

Promulgated: 31 October 2007

Effective: 01 December 2007

Keywords (click to search): [Foreign investment enterprise] [FIE] [foreign investment company] [inbound investment in China] [National Development and Reform Commission] [NDRC] [Ministry of Commerce] [MOFCOM] [industrial guidance catalogue]

Promulgated: October 31 2007

Effective: December 1 2007

Main Contents: Compared to the 2004 Catalogue, the 2007 Catalogue removes the exploration for, and mining of, copper, lead, zinc and aluminium ores from the encouraged category. Mining and dressing of chemical ores of sulphur, phosphorus and potassium are also removed from the encouraged category. The exploration for, and mining of, tungsten, molybdenum, tin, antimony and fluorspar are moved from the restricted category to the prohibited category. The following items in the encouraged category are now limited to equity or cooperative joint ventures:

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