1st LD: China further shortens market access negative list

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China has further shortened its market access negative list, which specifies fields that are off-limits to both domestic and overseas market entities, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced on Thursday.

The new version of the market access negative list reduced the number of items from 117 to 106, a decrease of 11 items, according to the NDRC.

Replacing the version issued on March 12, 2022, the new version of the list was jointly published by the NDRC, the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Market Regulation, after approval by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council. Enditem