{"id":204720,"date":"2025-12-26T09:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/204720\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T09:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:51:12","slug":"china-sharpens-sales-pitch-for-overseas-investment-with-new-list-of-sought-after-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/204720\/","title":{"rendered":"China sharpens sales pitch for overseas investment with new list of sought-after sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China is taking steps to reshape the direction of its foreign investment, unveiling a revised catalogue of encouraged industries that steers overseas capital towards the advanced and technologically complex sectors Beijing\u2019s policymakers view as future growth drivers.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The revised catalogue, which takes effect in February 2026, covers 1,679 industries \u2013 205 more than the current version, which was released in 2022.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Commerce said the changes are aimed at \u201cstrengthening China\u2019s appeal to foreign investors, improving support services for foreign-funded firms and creating a more transparent, stable and predictable business environment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The revised catalogue widens the scope of incentives for overseas investment in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3337577\/chinas-xi-urges-state-giants-be-pillars-national-development?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">advanced manufacturing<\/a>, adding new fields to its coverage umbrella. Among others, these include nucleic acid drugs, high-end medical equipment, intelligent testing instruments, smart energy systems and deep-sea robots.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Yuan Qian, a lead researcher at the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, was quoted by state broadcaster CCTV as saying the catalogue is a core policy tool for promoting foreign investment and optimising the country\u2019s industrial mix.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He said the catalogue helps China \u201cbetter counter an adverse external environment by offsetting external uncertainty with the certainty of its own development, while providing global investors with clear, stable and transparent investment expectations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Greater emphasis has also been placed on modern services, with high-end shipping, virtual power plants, pet healthcare, sports tourism, camping, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3324500\/homestay-heartache-hits-china-operators-lament-business-downturn?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">homestays<\/a>, property services, internet-enabled healthcare and other sectors added to the catalogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China is taking steps to reshape the direction of its foreign investment, unveiling a revised catalogue of encouraged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5560,114,14108,1657,114897,114893,114894,184,30127,98988,114895,114901,114896,85,46,46646,114899,114898,114900],"class_list":["post-204720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-beijing","tag-business","tag-cctv","tag-china","tag-chinese-academy-of-macroeconomic-research","tag-cruise-tourism","tag-deep-sea-robots","tag-economy","tag-foreign-investment","tag-hainan","tag-high-end-medical-equipment","tag-homestays","tag-ice-and-snow-equipment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-ministry-of-commerce","tag-nucleic-acid-drugs","tag-pet-healthcare","tag-yuan-qian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}