National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Amended in 2017)

Main contents: The amended Catalogue further shrinks the scope of the establishment of, and changes to, foreign-invested enterprises that require examination and approval. Other than “the acquisition by domestic companies, enterprises or natural persons through their lawfully established or controlled offshore companies of domestic companies with which they have an affiliated relationship”, the establishment of enterprises through acquisition by foreign investors and changes thereto, where special administrative measures for access are not involved, including the bringing in of foreign investors by listed companies as strategic investors, will be subject to administration by means of record filing.