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
Issued new Negative List for Foreign Direct Investment
01 Jan 2022On 27 December 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the 2021 Negative List for Foreign Investment Access, which replaced the 2020 edition and took effect on 1 January 2022. FDI in China is subject to a Negative List which “prohibits” or “restricts” certain industries for foreign investment purposes.
The new list reduces the number of sectors restricted or prohibited to foreign investors from 33 to 31. The two sectors removed from the earlier edition include:
1) Automobile Manufacturing: foreign companies are no longer subject to a 50% investment cap on the manufacture of all complete passenger vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles, and they are no longer required to cap the number of joint ventures in China for the same production line at two.
2) Satellite Television Broadcast Ground Receiving Facilities: while this sector no longer appears on the FDI Negative List, it remains on the Negative List, and both Chinese and foreign investors are required to receive regulatory approval to invest in this sector.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
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Industry:
- Manufacturing (Manufacture of transport equipment)
- Services (Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities)
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Sources:
- china-briefing, China’s Negative List for Foreign Investment Access (New Edition), https://www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-foreign-investment-negative-list-2021-edition-english-version/, 28 Dec 2021
- lexology, China’s new Negative List for Foreign Direct Investment, https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=44a28f39-a976-4854-89f8-759c15c1034c&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2022-01-13&utm_term=, 11 Jan 2022
- wongpartnership, China Issues 2021 Negative List for Foreign Direct Investment, https://www.wongpartnership.com/upload/medias/KnowledgeInsight/document/15706/ChinaWatch_ChinaIssues2021NegativeListforForeignDirectInvestment.PDF, 01 Jan 2022
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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.