China News Service, Beijing, June 17 (Reporter Zhou Rui) Meng Wei, spokesperson for China’s National Development and Reform Commission, said in response to a question from a reporter from China News Agency on the 17th that in electronic information, petrochemical, new energy, automobile manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, etc. Some new large-scale foreign investment projects in the field are under negotiation and signing.

　　Meng Wei said that in recent times, Chinese officials have done a good job in stabilizing foreign investment, actively exerting the demonstration effects of major foreign investment projects, and providing policy support in industrial planning, land use, environmental impact assessment, energy use, etc. Huizhou ExxonMobil, Zhanjiang BASF, Major foreign investment projects such as Wuxi SK Hynix are proceeding in an orderly manner.

　　She introduced that since 2021, China has maintained a steady and positive trend in attracting foreign investment, and foreign investment confidence has been further strengthened.

From January to May, China attracted 481 billion yuan of foreign investment, a year-on-year increase of 35.4% and a year-on-year increase of 30.3%.

　　Meng Wei pointed out that a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China shows that nearly two-thirds of companies plan to increase investment in China in 2021; a survey by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China shows that 60% of companies said they would expand their business in China, compared with the previous year. Increase by 8 percentage points.

　　Meng Wei revealed that in the next step, Chinese officials will promote the implementation of wider, broader, and deeper opening to the outside world, and accelerate the construction of a new higher-level open economic system.

Focus on three areas of work.

　　The first is to speed up the revision of the negative list of foreign investment access.

At present, the National Development and Reform Commission is working with relevant departments to study and formulate the 2021 version of the negative list for foreign investment access, which will further reduce the negative list, promote the expansion of the service industry and other fields, and promote high-quality economic development with high-level opening.

　　The second is to continue to promote the implementation of major foreign-funded projects.

Regard advanced manufacturing, high-tech and other fields as the main direction of support for major foreign investment projects, and encourage foreign investment to participate in the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry, new infrastructure construction, and innovation-driven development.

　　The third is to promote the implementation of post-access national treatment.

In terms of government procurement, qualification licensing, standard setting, etc., domestic and foreign companies are treated equally in accordance with the law, and a more fair, transparent, and predictable market environment is provided for foreign companies.

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