China’s 2017 Foreign Investment Catalogue: Liberalization, Control, and both

On 28 June 2017, China’s Ministry of Commerce released the long-expected Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Amended in 2017) [《外商投资产业指导目录（2017年修订）》], which is the seventh revision of the catalogue, a positive list of economic sectors in which foreign investors are allowed to invest, with various degrees of restrictions and incentives.  Below are a few online discussions on the new catalogue:

• China Briefing: China’s 2017 Foreign Investment Catalogue Opens Access to New Industries
• Practical Law: 2017 foreign investment catalogue: the debut of nationwide negative list in China
• EU Chamber of Commerce in China: Revised foreign investment catalogue falls short of expectations
• China Business Review: Revised catalogue brings few changes to China’s foreign investment regime
• Pillsbury Law: PRC produces regulatory procedures for foreign investments following its 2016 reforms