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Authors: Gloria XU, Claire XIAO
On August 4, 2017, the Guiding Opinions on Further Guiding and Regulating the Direction of
Overseas Investment (Guo Ban Fa [2017] No. 74) ” (the “Guiding Opinions”) was jointly
promulgated, with the approval of the State Council, by the National Development and Reform
Commission (“NDRC”), the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), the People’s Bank of China
(“PBOC”) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (“MFA”). The Guiding Opinions have drawn wide
attention by further categorizing overseas direct investments as “encouraged,” “restricted” or
“prohibited” based upon the previous “negative list” for overseas direct investment. In this article,
we will summarize the main content of the Guiding Opinions by comparing them to the existing
principles governing overseas direct investment in light of recent trends related to the supervision
of overseas direct investment.