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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Tests the selective opening of tourism to foreign investment in Tianjin, Shanghai, Hainan, and Chongqing
08 Oct 2022On 8 October 2022, the State Council issued a notice stating that service sectors including tourism and elderly care will be open to foreign investment in some of China’s largest cities, effective from the same day. The measures are part of a pilot project that will run until April 2024 and affect companies in Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin, as well as the island province of Hainan. They form part of a wider plan announced in April 2021 to relax the rules on foreign investment for three years. It contained 203 pilot projects and covered 12 key service industries, including technological services, financial services, healthcare, education and e-commerce.
According to the authority, qualified foreign-invested travel agencies in Shanghai and Chongqing will be allowed to offer overseas tours, excluding Taiwan. Market access will also be relaxed for private entities funded by foreign donors running non-profit nursing homes for the elderly in Tianjin, Chongqing and Hainan.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Ownership and control)
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Industry:
- Services (Human health activities, Other service activities)
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Sources:
- china-briefing, China Relaxes Provisions on Foreign-Invested Travel Agencies and Care Homes, https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-relaxes-provisions-on-outbound-chinese-tourism-and-care-homes/, 08 Oct 2022
- Government of China, Travel agency regulations, http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2009-02/26/content_1244055.htm, 08 Oct 2022
- thestandard, China further opens doors to investors, https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/2/246192/China-further-opens-doors-to-investors, 10 Oct 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 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.
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