Foreign Direct Investment

Record filing is generally applied to foreign-invested projects while check and approval is now applied only in a certain scope.

The new 2014 Measures have replaced the approval system for most foreign investment projects with record filing and delegated more authority to local departments. But investors are still waiting for clearer guidelines for criteria and procedure

The new 2014 Measures have replaced the approval system for most foreign investment projects with record filing and delegated more authority to local departments. But investors are still waiting for clearer guidelines for criteria and procedure

The Measures observe the principle of consistency in the regulatory criteria for Chinese and foreign-funded banks.

Wholly foreign-owned hospitals permitted in seven municipalities and provinces.

More foreign-invested projects have been removed from the Shanghai FTZ negative list.

The Provisions allow multinational corporations to centrally manage the foreign exchange funds of their member enterprises.

The Shanghai FTZ's first wholly foreign-owned hospital faces the same restrictions as in the rest of the nation. What the authorities will do to simplify the process, and the project's fate, will determine global access to this industry

The Shanghai FTZ's first wholly foreign-owned hospital faces the same restrictions as in the rest of the nation. What the authorities will do to simplify the process, and the project's fate, will determine global access to this industry