Chinese Investment Slump Prompts New Effort to Woo Foreign Firms
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Chinese Investment Slump Prompts New Effort to Woo Foreign Firms

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-- China is renewing its efforts to attract foreign businesses, pledging more engagement and unveiling an action plan to ease restrictions after inbound investment tumbled last year to its lowest in over three decades. The plan released by the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday is looking to stabilize foreign investment by vowing to remove all market access restrictions in the manufacturing sector, ensure equal treatment of goods produced by both local and foreign firms, and improve access to credit. “The continued rollouts of pilot programs, and other kinds of regulatory tinkering at the margins, aren’t going to be enough to restore confidence, particularly given persistent economic headwinds and darkening geopolitical storm clouds.” Adjusted for the effect of firms repatriating profits from China, the picture improves somewhat, but still shows how corporate willingness to commit capital to China has weakened over the past few years. “Foreign firms are repatriating their China-derived earnings because of higher yields offshore,” Marro said, adding that the worsening economic outlook in China is also making it harder to justify new spending.

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China stocks getting back into investors’ good books
6 hours, 17 minutes ago

China stocks getting back into investors’ good books

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China to further stabilize foreign investment in 2025: commerce ministry
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China to further stabilize foreign investment in 2025: commerce ministry

China Daily  

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Internationalization of capital market gathers pace with plan
1 month ago

Internationalization of capital market gathers pace with plan

China Daily  

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China’s cabinet pledges to boost spending, attract foreign investment

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China's foreign investment, cooperation remain stable in 2024: official
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China's foreign investment, cooperation remain stable in 2024: official

China Daily  

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Inviting policies whet investment appetites

China Daily  

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High-tech sectors to attract more FDI

China Daily  

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Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth

China Daily  

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Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth
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Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth

China Daily  

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Foreign financial firms beef up China investment

China Daily  

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Foreign financial firms beef up China investment
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Foreign financial firms beef up China investment

China Daily  

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Foreign financial firms beef up China investment
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign financial firms beef up China investment

China Daily  

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Beijing boosts foreign investment via business environment optimization
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Beijing boosts foreign investment via business environment optimization

China Daily  

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China Daily  

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Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
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Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

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Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

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Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
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Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

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Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Door opened wider for foreign-invested businesses

China Daily  

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CIIE showcases nation's enormous market potential
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China Daily  

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China sees steady expansion in number of business entities

China Daily  

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China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses
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China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses

China Daily  

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China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses

China Daily  

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Revised Rules Ease Foreign Strategic Investment in Listed Firms in China
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Revised Rules Ease Foreign Strategic Investment in Listed Firms in China

China Daily  

Chinese authorities have revised rules to ease foreign strategic investment in listed firms. The revised rules allow foreign natural persons to make strategic investment in listed companies, including tender offers and share placements. The capital requirement is also lowered for foreign investors that do not become the controlling shareholders in listed firms. The new rules also ease requirements on the …

Foreign Firms Embracing China's Openness: A Strategic Playground for Investment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign Firms Embracing China's Openness: A Strategic Playground for Investment

China Daily  

Foreign companies are expressing strong interest in investing in China, with 90% of surveyed firms rating the business environment as satisfactory or higher. The country's economic growth and institutional openness are key drivers of this interest, with foreign companies planning to increase their investment in China by 2.07 percentage points from the previous quarter. The primary areas of investment include …

Survey: Foreign firms willing to invest
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Survey: Foreign firms willing to invest

China Daily  

A view of CBD area in Beijing on June 20, 2023. China's ongoing progress in market openness, product innovation and business model transformation will secure its position as a strategic priority for multinational corporations, creating long-term financial returns, said market watchers and corporate executives on Thursday. According to a report released on Thursday by the China Council for the Promotion …

Trade, opening-up surging over years
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trade, opening-up surging over years

China Daily  

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Trade, opening-up surging over years
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trade, opening-up surging over years

China Daily  

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Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 1 week ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

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Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 1 week ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

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Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress
6 months, 1 week ago

Foreign firms enthusiastic about opening-up progress

China Daily  

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Pruning of negative list will boost high-level opening-up
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pruning of negative list will boost high-level opening-up

China Daily  

The skyline of Beijing. China's latest negative list on foreign investment access, jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce on Sunday, has reduced the number of restrictive measures from 31 to 29. Amid the rising trend of anti-globalization sentiment, China's updating of its negative list demonstrates its commitment to cooperation with countries in …

Japan Inc. Sours on China After Long Years of Brushing Off Risks
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Japan Inc. Sours on China After Long Years of Brushing Off Risks

Live Mint  

Japanese companies are increasingly abandoning an approach to business in China that once seemed immune to politics, a stark shift after years when they were the biggest single investors in their neighbor’s economy. It’s a turnaround for Japanese companies that had built up an FDI stock of almost $130 billion in China through the end of last year. China took …

Foreign direct investment in China optimizes, upgrades
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign direct investment in China optimizes, upgrades

China Daily  

A clerk counts yuan bank notes and US dollar bills at a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, East China's Anhui province. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Global Investment Trends Monitor, excluding higher values in a few European conduit economies, global FDI flows had dropped by 18 percent in 2023, …

Foreign investors pull record money from China. Here's why
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreign investors pull record money from China. Here's why

Hindustan Times  

Foreign investors pulled a record amount of money from China last quarter, likely reflecting deep pessimism about the world’s second-largest economy. China’s direct investment liabilities in its balance of payments dropped almost $15 billion in the April-June period, marking only the second time this figure has turned negative, according to data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange released Friday. …

China taking steps to expand market access
7 months, 3 weeks ago

China taking steps to expand market access

China Daily  

Large ships under construction at a shipyard in Rongcheng, Shandong province. LI XINJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY China is taking significant steps to expand market access and encourage foreign investment across a wide range of industries such as finance, manufacturing and services, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday. China is revising and will publish the regulations for strategic investments by foreign …

Policies to expand foreign trade will give competitiveness a boost
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Policies to expand foreign trade will give competitiveness a boost

China Daily  

Automated cranes deliver containers at Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in February. As external demand and supportive policies improve, China's trade in goods reached a new high in the first half of 2024, with overall foreign trade exceeding 21 trillion yuan, and export growth in June of 10.7 percent year-on-year, exceeding all expectations. China's exports …

China's appeal belies business exodus: China Daily editorial
8 months ago

China's appeal belies business exodus: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Given the rising geopolitical tensions between China and the United States, and the "de-risking" strategy being pushed ahead by some Western countries to reduce dependence on China in terms of technologies and trade, it is not surprising that reports about foreign businesses cutting investment or shifting production out of China should have emerged. Yet it is the foreign business communities …

Policies set to boost foreign investment
8 months ago

Policies set to boost foreign investment

China Daily  

China's continuous reform measures and high-level opening-up will inject fresh momentum into its economic growth, creating more opportunities for multinational corporations to invest and thrive in the country, said market observers and business executives on Sunday. They added that China's accelerated cultivation of new quality productive forces, along with its industrial transformation and upgrading, will further facilitate trade and investment …

Country will open door wider as it remains committed to higher standard opening-up: China Daily editorial
8 months ago

Country will open door wider as it remains committed to higher standard opening-up: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

The Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization approved by the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee upon its conclusion in Beijing on Thursday sends a clear message that China will not give up eating for fear of choking. As set out in the …

Nation's opening to further intensify
8 months, 1 week ago

Nation's opening to further intensify

China Daily  

A foreign tourist takes pictures of a child wearing traditional Chinese apparel in Changsha, Hunan province, on May 14. "We will turn China's vast market into a major opportunity for the world," he said, adding that Beijing will continue to make life more convenient for foreign travelers in terms of accommodation, medical services and payments. Mu Hong, deputy director of …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-07-17 Policies aim to boost confidence as complex global landscape hinders inflow of capital China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

Policies aim to boost confidence as complex global landscape hinders inflow of capital China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer base and technological …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

Policies aim to boost confidence as complex global landscape hinders inflow of capital China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer base and technological …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer base and technological advancements are strong incentives for foreign businesses seeking opportunities to …

New advantages, new challenges
8 months, 3 weeks ago

New advantages, new challenges

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY As more Chinese enterprises go global and invest in developed economies, they should be prepared to encounter more barriers and face fiercer competition Data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange show that China's outbound direct investment amounted to $185.3 billion in 2023, and the importance of ODI is expected to grow in the coming years. As …

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up

China Daily  

An aerial view of Canton Tower in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. China will intensify efforts to further attract foreign investment, in order to drive the growth of the world's second-largest economy in the new development paradigm, according to an executive meeting of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, on Wednesday. The meeting, which was chaired by Premier Li Qiang, …

Chinese firms in US upbeat amid dropoff
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese firms in US upbeat amid dropoff

China Daily  

Despite facing a "significant performance downturn" last year, Chinese companies operating in the United States expect rising revenue trends in the long term, according to a survey. According to Hu Wei, the chairman of the CGCC, who is also the CEO of Bank of China USA, the survey shows the following key trends: "Surveyed companies' negative perceptions of the business …

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up

China Daily  

An aerial view of Canton Tower in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. YANG HE/FOR CHINA DAILY China will intensify efforts to further attract foreign investment, in order to drive the growth of the world's second-largest economy in the new development paradigm, according to an executive meeting of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, on Wednesday. The meeting, which was chaired …

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