China News Service, July 29. According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce on the 29th, the Ministry of Commerce held a special press conference on "Commercial Work and Operation in the First Half of 2022".
Chen Chunjiang, Director-General of the Department of Foreign Investment Management of the Ministry of Commerce, said that at present, the changes in the century and the epidemic of the century are intertwined, and stabilizing foreign investment still faces great challenges.
However, we must see that my country is effectively coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, the economy continues to stabilize and rebound, and multinational companies have good investment prospects and broad opportunities in China.
The first is the market opportunity. China is the second largest consumer market in the world, with a population of more than 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of more than 400 million. The market growth potential will continue to be released.
The second is the opportunity for opening up. China's door to opening is wider and wider, the negative list for foreign investment access is getting shorter and shorter, the restrictions on access are less and less, and there are more investment opportunities for multinational companies.
The third is the opportunity of the environment. China has perfect infrastructure, complete industrial facilities, abundant human resources, and a stable society. China will continue to create a market-oriented, law-based and international business environment to create better conditions for the development of enterprises in various countries.
Chen Chunjiang said that the Ministry of Commerce will adhere to both promoting growth and stabilizing stock, doing a good job in attracting, securing and stabilizing business, giving full play to China's comprehensive advantages in attracting investment, and attracting more multinational companies to invest in China and share dividends.
In the second half of the year, we will focus on five areas of work:
The first is to promptly introduce new policies and measures to stabilize foreign investment.
Speed up the revision and promulgation of special policies such as the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraged for Foreign Investment" and "Measures for the Administration of Strategic Investment in Listed Companies by Foreign Investors", and strengthen the publicity and implementation of policies to ensure effective implementation.
The second is to increase investment promotion.
The 22nd China International Investment and Trade Fair and other key exhibitions will be successfully held, and the industrial chain will be actively promoted to attract investment, and strive to introduce a batch of new foreign investment projects.
Organize local trips of multinational companies to guide foreign-funded enterprises to go to the central, western and northeastern regions to inspect the environment and expand investment. In the middle of this month, we just organized a “Chongqing trip” for multinational companies, and will also organize a “Longjiang trip” in the future. " and other activities.
The third is to improve the level of foreign investment services.
Continue to give full play to the role of foreign-funded special classes, strengthen regular exchanges with foreign-funded enterprises and foreign business associations by holding symposiums, video conferences, etc., interpret policies in a timely manner, and actively respond to foreign-funded enterprises' appeals for convenience in doing business in China.
Improve the dynamic update mechanism for the list of key foreign investment projects, and launch a new batch of national key foreign investment projects.
The fourth is to promote the establishment of comprehensive pilot areas for expanding the opening up of the service industry.
In accordance with the deployment of the State Council, we will promote the establishment of a number of pilot areas and introduce more pilot measures for reform and innovation in the service industry.
Copy and promote a new batch of pilot results, and promote the institutional opening of the national service industry.
Fifth, continue to optimize the business environment.
Cooperate with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to carry out inspections of foreign investment law enforcement, and urge all parties to fully and thoroughly implement the foreign investment law and its implementing regulations.
The 2022 version of the "Guidelines for Foreign Investment in China" was released to provide more convenience for foreign investment.
Guide all localities to make good use of the complaint mechanism of foreign-funded enterprises, and further improve the level of investment protection.
(Zhongxin Finance)
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