BritCham China Policy Insights Aug 2019 | Página 3

Since the Negative Lists’ inception, the number of restricted sectors has been
gradually reduced to 40 on this year’s Foreign Investment (FI) National Negative
List, and 37 in the FI FTZ List, compared to 48 and 37 respectively in 2018.
Earlier in the year at the March Boao Forum, Li Keqiang alluded to reductions
in specific sectors in the Negative List, which was followed by openings-up in
the services, agriculture, mining and manufacturing sectors in the List’s next
iteration. The main changes to the national Negative List are as follows:
Sector 2018 Negative List 2019 Negative List
Petrochemicals Exploration and
development of oil and
natural gas limited to joint
ventures and cooperation. Removed.
Mining Foreign investment in the
exploration and mining of
certain minerals including
rare earths and radioactive
materials prohibited. Restrictions removed in
the exploration and
mining of molybdenum,
tin, antimony and fluorite.
Manufacturing Foreign investment in the
production of Xuan paper
and ink ingot prohibited. Removed.
Production and
supply of
electricity,
heat, gas and
water For cities with a population
over 500,000, construction
and operation to be
controlled by the Chinese
side. Restrictions in the
construction and
operation of gas and heat
in cities with a population
over 500,000 removed.
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