National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Revised in 2004)

Promulgated: November 30 2004
Effective: January 1 2005

Main contents: The revised Catalogue adds more items to the encouraged category, including manufacture of key components of large screen colour rear projection monitors, production of ethylene glycol, manufacture of automobile electronic devices, manufacture of large circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers of 30 MW, and production of read-only optical disks. Construction and operation of large theme parks, market surveys (restricted to equity or cooperative joint ventures), as well as production and distribution of radio and television programmes and film production (the Chinese party holding a controlling interest) are added to the restricted category. There is also one more item, social surveys, added to the prohibited category. At the same time some items are taken out from the encouraged category such as production of heavy plate, production of galvanized plate, processing of scrap steel, and manufacture of motorcycles and motorcycle engines.
Repealed legislation: State Development Planning Commission, State Economic and Trade Commission and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue, Mar 11 2002, CLP 2002 No.3 p37