1. Business Definition
Foreign investment refers to the behavior of a company legally established within the territory of the People's Republic of China that owns a company overseas or obtains the ownership, control, management and other rights and interests of an existing company through new establishments, mergers and acquisitions, and other methods.
2. Business Guide
The Ministry of Commerce promulgated the new "Measures for the Administration of Overseas Investment" (Order No. 3, 2014 of the Ministry of Commerce) in September 2014, implementing the management model of "filing first and approval as a supplement" and introducing the management concept of negative list , Except for the approval and management of investment in sensitive countries and regions and sensitive industries, the rest are subject to filing.
In addition, the Ministry of Commerce and relevant departments have issued the "Several Opinions on the Construction of Chinese Overseas Enterprise Culture", "Guidelines for the Management of Employees of Overseas Chinese-funded Enterprises (Institutions)", "Guidelines for Environmental Protection of Foreign Investment Cooperation", and "Commercial (Association) of Overseas Chinese-funded Enterprises" Documents such as the “Guidelines for the Construction of Meetings” to guide overseas companies to operate in compliance with laws and regulations, strengthen ethics, fulfill social responsibilities, strengthen cultural integration with local interests, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.