China overhauls investor access with negative list fix

November 10, 2015 | BY

Katherine Jo &clp articles

A new market access negative list will be tested in selected regions starting in December. It will be applied nationwide in 2018 along with one just for foreign investment as China further opens its gates

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China's new regime for guiding investment involves a unified negative list for market access, with a separate list specifically for foreign investors expected to be released in 2018.

On October 27, the State Council issued the Opinions on Implementing a Negative List System for Market Access, which present transparency as the running theme and also emphasize market innovation, competition and industry upgrades.