The Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (Revised in 2017) expands the scope of encouraged policies--

Support foreign investment to participate in the "Made in China 2025"

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce Sun Jiwen said on the 29th that the recently released "Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (Revised in 2017)" is another important reform for China to actively open its doors to the world and improve China's investment environment. The new "Catalogue" will be better. Support foreign-invested enterprises to play an important role in the development of the real economy.

據(jù)介紹，2017版《目錄》體現(xiàn)了三個特點: 一是進一步縮小了外商投資企業(yè)設立和變更的審批范圍，除 “內(nèi)資公司，合法設立或控制境外并購境內(nèi)公司與其有關聯(lián)關系的企業(yè)或自然人”，將不涉及外資并購不涉及準入特別管理措施的企業(yè)及變更，包括上市公司引入外國投資者的戰(zhàn)略投資、都包含在記錄管理中。商務部還將同步建立配套辦法，及時修訂出臺《外商投資企業(yè)設立及變更管理辦法》，明確并購及變更的備案程序。這將大大簡化外資并購的程序，有效降低制度性交易成本。

The second is to further relax the restrictions on foreign investment in the service industry, manufacturing industry, and mining industry. Only 63 restrictive measures are retained, which is 30 fewer than the 93 restrictive measures in the 2015 edition of the "Catalog.

Third, the scope of encouraging policies has been further expanded. There are 348 encouraged items in the Catalogue. Compared with the 2015 edition of the Catalogue, there are 6 new items and 35 revised items. The research and development and manufacturing of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) equipment, the research and development and manufacturing of key components of 3D printing equipment, and the construction of urban parking facilities have been added. The new and revised encouragement items will better promote the combination of attracting investment, technology and intelligence, continue to encourage foreign investment in areas that are in line with the direction of my country's industrial transformation and upgrading, and support foreign investment in the "Made in China 2025" strategy and innovation-driven development strategy. (Reporter Feng Qiyu)