China Plans to Implement National Unified Negative List System for Market Access in 2018

article| 28 September 2015

The Chinese government recently passed the Opinions on Implementing the Negative List System for Market Access, which clarifies that China will officially implement the national unified negative list system for market access in 2018, and the negative list of market access will be developed and released by the State Council in a unified manner.

According to the Opinions, the negative list of market access is divided into two categories – access prohibited and access restricted, which will be applied to initial investment, expanded investment, M&A investment and other market access behaviours.

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