[Explanation] On November 1st, the National Development and Reform Commission and the high-level roundtable of American multinational companies in China with the theme of "focusing on the 20th National Congress to seek new development" were held in Beijing.
Xia Qing, deputy director of the Foreign Investment Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, commented on the recently released "Several Policies and Measures on Focusing on Manufacturing to Promote the Expansion of Foreign Investment, Stabilize the Stock and Improve Quality" (hereinafter referred to as "Several Policies and Measures") and the "Encouraging Foreign Investment". The 2022 edition of the Industry Catalogue has been interpreted.
[Explanation] Xia Qing said that the "2022 Edition of the Catalogue of Industries for Encouraging Foreign Investment" has greatly increased the entries of mid-to-high-end manufacturing industries, and increased the encouragement of foreign investment in advanced manufacturing, modern service industries, high-tech, energy conservation and environmental protection and other industries. to promote the optimization of the industrial structure of foreign investment, and to further improve the quality of foreign capital utilization.
[Concurrent] Xia Qing, Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment Department of the National Development and Reform Commission
The total number of entries in the new version of the catalog is 1,474, a net increase of 239 compared with the previous version, an increase of 19.4%, and the number of entries added is the largest in recent years.
The increase of entries is one aspect, and more importantly, it fully shows that China's attitude to encourage foreign investment is very clear, and China's determination to expand its opening to the outside world is firm.
[Explanation] Xia Qing pointed out that in view of the new situation and new challenges faced by my country's foreign investment utilization, the "Several Policy Measures" mainly focus on three aspects, focus on solving the outstanding difficulties currently faced by foreign-invested enterprises, and focus on increasing the policy of attracting investment in the manufacturing industry. Efforts will be made to support the high-quality development of foreign-funded enterprises.
[Explanation] Xia Qing emphasized that the "Several Policies and Measures" is the key work to promote foreign investment at present and in the future. The next step will be to coordinate with various departments and localities to accelerate the implementation of policies and measures to create more favorable conditions for foreign investment in manufacturing.
[Explanation] According to the deployment of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and local governments, established a special class for major foreign investment projects, opened up green channels, and promoted the implementation of landmark major foreign investment projects.
[Concurrent] Xia Qing, Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment Department of the National Development and Reform Commission
In the process of implementing the policy, if the company encounters any problems, on the one hand, it can report it to the CCPIT, because he has set up a special class to collect the opinions of foreign companies and hand it over to various departments; it can also directly report to us that we We will actively help everyone to research and coordinate within the scope of responsibility and promote solutions.
Liu Chao reports from Beijing
Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]