Announcement
08 Apr 2025
In April 2025, the State Council approved the expansion of comprehensive pilot programs to accelerate the opening up of the service sector to nine additional cities. The added cities will be able to carry out comprehensive pilot programs related to the removal of foreign ownership and investment restrictions in various service sectors.
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Number of interventions
1
0 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
1 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
08 Apr 2025
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 08 Apr 2025
FDI: Entry and ownership rule
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On 8 April 2025, the State Council approved, through Guohan 2025/39, the expansion of comprehensive pilot programs to accelerate the opening up of the service sector to nine additional cities. The add...
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