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 quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 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 growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. 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
New Circular on Building a New Development Pattern and Effectively Stabilizing Foreign Investment
25 Feb 2021On 25 February 2021, the People's Republic of China issued the "Circular on Centering on Building a New Development Pattern and Effectively Stabilizing Foreign Investment". The Circular, which took effect on the same day, demands all trade authorities in the country to fully implement the Foreign Investment Law and its implementing regulations, including pre-entry national treatment and the negative list regime for foreign investors. It also calls for making good use of preferential tax and land policies to attract foreign investment in advanced manufacturing, high-tech technologies, energy-saving and environmental protection industries and emerging industries, as encouraged by the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment (2020 Version).
The Circular also confirms that China will further open up industries of the digital economy in the free trade zones, and encourages foreign investors to establish regional headquarters and functional institutions in China for fund management, procurement and sales.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Ownership and control)
- Promotion and facilitation (Investment facilitation )
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- Lexology, PRC Ministry of Commerce Issues New Notice on Stabilizing Foreign Investment, https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7790587d-72cf-49d4-9649-33c9a2416f1c, 17 Mar 2021
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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 quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 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 growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. 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.