China unveils action plan to better utilize foreign investment
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The State Council Information Office (SCIO) holds a press conference on policies and measures on stable and optimized utilization of foreign investment in Beijing, capital of China, June 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Pan Xu)
China’s commerce ministry, alongside other government departments, released an action plan on Monday to stabilize and optimize foreign investment utilization.
The action plan details 15 measures to be taken across five areas, which include expanding market access, facilitating investment procedures, enhancing investment promotion, strengthening services and guarantees for foreign investment and improving foreign capital management.
The plan prioritizes expanding market access in services, finance and pharmaceuticals, among other sectors, while streamlining processes for cross-border mergers and acquisitions, data flows, and domestic reinvestment by foreign firms.
It also outlines concrete measures to promote the “Invest China” initiative and fully ensure national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises.
Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20260622/09cabaa029944b6dbbeb8d732cc85edf/c.html
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
