Manufacturing
Computer and communications
Future technologies equipment
Pharmaceuticals
New materials
Producer services
Business services
Trade circulation
Technical services
Agriculture
Water conservancy and environment
Health and social work
Tourism infrastructure and services
The revisions to the Negative List and Encouraged List represent a step in the
right direction in the ongoing liberalisation and opening-up of the Chinese
economy. However, whilst central government rhetoric at Davos and during
the Two Sessions is encouraging, businesses remain concerned that these
national policy changes will not be met with effective implementation. On
paper, the complete removal of an industry from the Negative List should
imply the elimination of any market access barriers, yet for British businesses
many of the regulatory challenges at a local industry level remain.
Furthermore, guidelines as to the implications of the implications of revisions
to the Negative List or Encouraged List for businesses have yet to be released,
generating uncertainty among foreign businesses who are faced with a
conflicting regulatory landscape at the central and local level.
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