Announcement
17 Jan 2017
17th January 2017 - Following an 'executive meeting' charied by Premier Li Keqiang in December 2016, the State Council of China announced a drive to open up the country to foreign investment, by making it easier for foreign entreprises to list on domestic Chinese markets, amongst other things. The plan is to be achieved through various upcoming policy changes, easing restrictions on various investment activities (see related measure for one such example).
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1 liberalising
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Announced: 17 Jan 2017
FDI: Entry and ownership rule
On the 17th of January 2017, the State Council of the PRC released a plan that shed some light on the announcement in December 2016 that Li Keqiang had chaired a top-level State Council meeting, in wh...
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Announced: 16 Aug 2017
China: Renewed call from the State Council to attract FDI in China
Announced: 13 Jul 2017
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China (Jiangsu/Changzhou): Municipal version of national plan to attract foreign capital to China published
Announced: 09 Jun 2017
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China (Jiangsu/Nanjing): Foreign firms in provincial capital to receive subsidies
Announced: 07 Apr 2017
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Announced: 20 Mar 2017
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