Meeting with Institute of Economic System and Management of the NDRC

2017-10-19 | Beijing

The Government Affairs Forum invited Director Guo Guannan from Institute of Economic System and Management of the NDRC to talk about the negative list system for market access in China. At the Forum meeting, Ms Guo  briefed the development of China’s negative list system for market access, its relations with existing laws and regulations and implementation progress of the (draft) Document on Market Access Negative List (Pilot). According to Ms Guo, due to various interest in local governments and various departments, it is a very complicated process to work on the list. There is still ongoing effort to coordinate different authorities to work on the nationwide negative list. It may not be able to rolled out in due time on 1 January 2018. As for the one for foreign businesses, there is still no specific timetable for its release and implementation. But eventually it will replace the existing Foreign Investment Catalogue. Members recommended to Ms Guo that the FIEs would like to take part in the drafting process by voicing their concerns and providing recommendations.