Investment Policy Monitor
-
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.
Share
Latest publications
International investment agreements trends: the increasing dichotomy between new and old treaties
Read more- Home >
- Investment Policy Monitor >
- China - Removes all access restrictions to manufacturing sector from the ‘negative list’ for foreign investment
China
Removes all access restrictions to manufacturing sector from the ‘negative list’ for foreign investment
06 Sep 2024China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the 2024 "negative list" for foreign investment access, as part of the country's latest efforts to promote wider opening-up to the outside world. The number of restricted sectors for foreign investment was reduced from 31 in the 2021 version to 29 in the latest version. The two sectors removed from the list are the publishing or printing industry, and industries such as steaming, frying, roasting, and calcining, which are common in the traditional Chinese medicine sector. The latest negative list also constitutes the first time that restrictions on foreign investment in the manufacturing sector have been completely removed.
-
Type:
- Entry and establishment (Ownership and control)
-
Sources:
- Ministry of Commerce of The People's Republic of China, 国家发展改革委 商务部令2024年第23号 外商投资准入特别管理措施(负面清单)(2024年版), https://wzs.mofcom.gov.cn/zcfb/art/2024/art_811693a8bc4a41cea0d4a4520c0f6ac3.html, 06 Sep 2024
- Wall Street Journal, China Opens More Sectors to Foreign Investment, https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-opens-more-sectors-to-foreign-investment-403363e2, 09 Sep 2024
- Global Times, China’s new ‘negative list’ for foreign investment removes all access restrictions to manufacturing sector, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202409/1319443.shtml, 08 Sep 2024
-
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.
Share
Latest publications
International investment agreements trends: the increasing dichotomy between new and old treaties
Read more