Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
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The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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China Publishes Guidelines on Overseas Investments
04 Aug 2017On 4 August 2017, the State Council issued a notice by the NDRC, MOFCOM, MOFA, and PBoC on further guidance and regulation of overseas investment. The notice contains guiding principles for outbound foreign investment and lists fields in which outbound investment is encouraged, limited or prohibited. According to the document, China encourages domestic enterprises to make foreign investment in upgrading national research and manufacturing industries and the energy sector. Moreover, it will support those firms in joining the construction of projects in the “Belt and Road Initiative”. Overseas investments against the peaceful development, win-win cooperation, and China's macro control policies will be restricted and overseas investment that may jeopardize China's national interests and security will be prohibited.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Other)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- Reuters, No gambling, sex please: China widens crackdown on overseas deals, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-odi/no-gambling-sex-please-china-widens-crackdown-on-overseas-deals-idUSKCN1AZ07H, 19 Aug 2017
- THE STATE COUNCIL THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 国务院办公厅转发国家发展改革委商务部 人民银行外交部关于进一步引导和规范境外 投资方向指导意见的通知, http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2017-08/18/content_5218665.htm, 18 Aug 2017
- THE STATE COUNCIL THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, State Council issues guideline on overseas investment, http://english.gov.cn/policies/latest_releases/2017/08/18/content_281475798846134.htm, 18 Aug 2017
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
-
The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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