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Licences, approvals and dealing with regulators. In China, that means local law, local regulators and local practice, handled by a qualified professional who practises there.
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Essentials guide · Source-checked research100% of statements checked against a source25 checked against an official source25 checked against a secondary sourceChecked 2026-10-19Not yet professionally reviewed
The Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2024 Edition) took effect on 1 November 2024, contain 29 items and remove all remaining restrictions on foreign investment in manufacturing.
Nationwide list; a separate pilot free trade zone list applies in those zones (see cn-regulatory-003).Shanghai Municipal People's Government (english.shanghai.gov.cn) · checked 2026-10-19Sectors not on the foreign investment negative list are governed by the principle of equal treatment for domestic and foreign investment.
Subject to the Negative List for Market Access, which applies to domestic and foreign investors alike.Shanghai Municipal People's Government (english.shanghai.gov.cn) · checked 2026-10-19Authorities must refuse licences, registrations or approvals for foreign investments that do not comply with the negative list, and overseas investors may not form foreign-invested partnerships in sectors that carry equity requirements.
Restricted sectors on the negative list.Shanghai Municipal People's Government (english.shanghai.gov.cn) · checked 2026-10-19The access rules in the Negative List for Market Access apply equally to domestic and foreign investors.
Separate from the foreign investment negative list.Shanghai Municipal People's Government (english.shanghai.gov.cn) · checked 2026-10-19Where treaties or preferential measures in special zones are more favourable to overseas investors than the negative list, they take precedence.
Applies to treaty-protected investors and special zones such as pilot free trade zones.Shanghai Municipal People's Government (english.shanghai.gov.cn) · checked 2026-10-19Pilot free trade zones apply their own negative list (2021 edition) with 27 items, under which manufacturing restrictions were removed.
Pilot free trade zones only.Shanghai Municipal People's Government (english.shanghai.gov.cn) · checked 2026-10-19A revised Foreign Trade Law was adopted on 27 December 2025 and took effect on 1 March 2026.
Goods, technology and services trade.NPC Observer · checked 2026-10-19Read the full guide: Entry, investment and company formation · Licensing, incentives and sector rules
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Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).
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