Handing down authority for foreign investment

April 16, 2009 | BY

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Two new sets of guidelines will further streamline the process for approval of foreign investments, but some additional restrictions have been added. By Jonathan Z Zhou, Jessica Xu and Kevin Troy, Fangda Partners.

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On March 5 and 6 2009, the Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) issued two circulars which further delegate approval authority for foreign investment to provincial and quasi-provincial authorities. Taken together, the Circular on Further Improving the Examination and Approval of Foreign Investment