Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Amended in 2011)

1. Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries

(1) Cultivation, development and production with respect to edible oils, flavourings and industrial raw materials that are from woody plants.

(2) Development of cultivation technologies for green and organic vegetables (including edible fungi, watermelons and musk melons), dried and fresh fruits, and tea, and production of products thereof.

(3) Development of new cultivation technologies for crops such as sugar crops, fruit trees and pasturage, and production of products thereof.

(4) Production of flowers and plants and the construction and operation of nursery centres.

(5) Planting of rubber, oil palm, sisal and coffee.

(6) Growing and breeding of traditional Chinese medicine materials (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(7) Mulching and comprehensive utilisation of crop straw and the development and production of organic fertiliser resources.

(8) Forest (bamboo) planting and breeding of improved varieties, and breeding of new varieties of polyploid trees.

(9) Breeding of aquaculture brood stock (not including precious and fine varieties unique to China).

(10) Construction and operation of ecological environment protection projects such as the planting of trees and grasses to prevent and treat desertification and prevent water loss and soil erosion.

(11) Breeding of aquaculture products, deep water net-pen breeding, industrialisation aquaculture, and ecological mariculture.

2. Mining

(1) Exploration for, and development of, coalbed methane, and utilisation of mine gas (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(2) Risk exploration and development of petroleum and natural gas (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(3) Development of oil/gas pools (fields) in low permeability formations (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(4) Development and application of new technologies for increasing the crude oil recovery factor and of other relevant new technologies (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(5) Development and application of new technologies for petroleum exploration and development such as geophysical prospecting, drilling, logging, downhole operation, etc. (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(6) Exploration and development of unconventional oil resources, such as oil shale, oil sands, heavy oil and extra heavy oil (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(7) Exploration for, and mining and dressing of, iron ore and manganese ore.

(8) Development and application of new technologies that increase the utilisation rate of mine tailings and the comprehensive application of technologies for the restoration of mine ecologies.

(9) Exploration for and development of unconventional natural gas resources, such as shale gas and marine gas hydrates (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

3. Manufacturing

(1) Processing of Agricultural Non-staple Foodstuffs.

(i) Development and production of biological feeds, straw feeds and aquaculture feeds.

(ii) Processing of aquatic products, cleansing and processing of shellfish and development of health foods derived from kelp..

(iii) Processing of vegetables, dried and fresh fruits, and poultry and livestock products.

(2) Foodstuff Manufacturing

(i) Development and production of infant and geriatric foodstuffs and health foods.

(ii) Development and production of forest foodstuffs.

(iii) Production of natural food additives and food ingredients

(3) Beverage Manufacturing

(i) Development and production of fruit, vegetable, protein, tea, coffee and plant-based beverages.

(4) Tobacco Product Industry

(i) Processing of cellulose diacetate and tow (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(5) Textile Industry

(i) Production of light-weight, high-strength, high/low temperature resistant, chemical resistant, light resistant, etc. multifunctional industrial use textiles using non-woven, machine woven and knitted processes and technologies and combinations thereof.

(ii) Weaving, dyeing and finishing of high-grade lining fabric using advanced energy-saving and low-emission technologies and equipment.

(iii) Processing of special natural fibre (including special animal fibres, such as cashmere, hemp fibre, silk, coloured cotton, etc.) products that satisfy ecological, resource comprehensive utilisation and environmental protection requirements.

(iv) Apparel production using computer integrated manufacturing systems.

(v) Production of functional, environmentally friendly and special clothing.

(vi) Production of high-end carpets, embroidery and drawnwork products.

(6) Leather, Fur, Feathers (Down) and Their Products Industry

(i) Processing of leather and fur using clean technologies.

(ii) Leather finishing using new technologies.

(iii) Processing of high-end leathers.

(iv) Comprehensive utilisation of leather waste.

(7) Lumber Processing and Wooden, Bamboo, Rattan, Coir and Grass Product Industry

(i) Development of new technologies for the comprehensive utilisation of the three forestry residues (i.e. residues from cutting, bucking and processing), secondary wood, small wood, fuel wood and bamboo from forest areas, and the development and production of new products from such comprehensive utilisation.

(8) Paper-Making and Paper Product Industry

(i) Production of chemical wood pulp on a production line with an annual production capacity of at least 300,000 tonnes or chemi-mechanical wood pulp on a production line each with an annual production capacity of at least 100,000 tonnes accompanied by the production of high-grade paper and cardboard using mainly foreign lumber resources (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(9) Petroleum Processing, Coking and Nuclear Fuel Processing Industries

(i) Processing of needle coke and coal tar into downstream products.

(10) Chemical Raw Material and Chemical Product Manufacturing

(i) Development and production of new downstream products of sodium-process calcium hypocholorite, polyvinyl chloride and organic silicon.

(ii) Ancillary raw materials for synthetic materials: production of epoxypropane by oxidising propylene with hydrogen peroxide, epichlorohydrin by the glycerol method, naphthalene dicarboxylate (NDC) and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM).

(iii) Raw materials for synthetic fibres: production of caprolactam, nylon 66 salt, melt extruded polyurethane resin and 1,3-trimethylene glycol.

(iv) Synthetic rubber: production of solution styrene butadiene rubber (excluding thermoplastic styrene butadiene rubber), high cis butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, isoprene rubber, polyurethane rubber, acrylic ester rubber, chlorohydrine rubber, ethylene propylene rubber and special rubbers, such as fluororubber and silicon rubber.

(v) Production of 60,000 tonnes per year or more of polycarbonate (PC) by a phosgene-free method, polyoxymethylene (POM), polyamides (nylon 6, nylon 66, nylon 11 and nylon 12), ethylene vinyl-acetate (EVA), polyphenylene sulfide, polyetheretherketone, polyimides, polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyarylate (PAR), liquid crystal polymers, etc.

(vi) Fine chemicals: production of new catalysts and new technologies therefor, processing technology for the commercialisation of dyes (pigments), electronic chemicals and paper making chemicals, food and feed additives, leather chemicals (with the exception of N-N dimethyl formamide), oil field auxiliaries, surfactants, water treatment agents, adhesives, inorganic fibres and inorganic nanometre materials, as well as treatment and further processing of pigment integument.

(vii) Production of environmentally friendly printing inks and aromatic oils.

(viii) Production of natural, compound and mono-isolate flavours.

(ix) Production of high performance coatings, water-based coatings for motor vehicles and ancillary water-based resins.

(x) Production of fluorochlorohydrocarbon substitutes.

(xi) Production of high performance fluororesin, fluorinated film materials, fluorine containing intermediates for medical use, and environmentally friendly refrigerants and cleansers.

(xii) Production of fluorine resources recovered from phosphorus chemistry and aluminium smelting.

(xiii) Development and production of new forestry chemical products and the development of new technologies therefor.

(xiv) Development and production of inorganic, organic and biological films for environmental protection purposes.

(xv) Development and production of new fertilisers: bio-fertilisers, concentrated potassium fertilisers, compound fertilisers, controllable slow-release fertilisers, compound microbial inoculants, compound microbial fertilisers, straw and refuse decomposition agents, microbial preparations with special functions.

(xvi) Development and production of effective, safe and environmentally friendly new agrochemicals, new formulations, special purpose intermediates and adjuvants as well as the development and application of relevant clean production processes (acetochlor by the methylene method, paraquat by the ammonium cyanide method, chlorpyrifos process by the aqueous phase method, process for recovering chloromethane from glyphosate, production of chiral and stereo agrochemicals by the oriented synthesis method and technology for synthesising diethyl thiophosphoryl chloride).

(xvii) Development and production of biological agrochemicals and biological control products: microbial pesticides, microbial bactericides, agricultural antibiotics, insect pheromones, natural enemy insects and microbial herbicides.

(xviii) Comprehensive use, treatment and disposal of waste gas, waste liquids and waste residue.

(xix) Production of organic high polymer materials: coatings for the skin of aircraft, red dye in rare earth cerium sulfide, lead free electronic encapsulating materials, serial photo resist specially for colour plasma displays, ultra-thin fibres having small diameters and high specific surface area, precision fuel filter paper and lithium ion battery membranes.

(11) Medicine Manufacturing

(i) Production of new compound pharmaceuticals or active ingredient pharmaceuticals (including raw pharmaceutical materials and preparations).

(ii) Amino acids: production of tryptophan, histidine, methionine for feed, etc. by fermentation.

(iii) Production of new anti-cancer drugs, new cardio- and cerebro-vascular drugs and new neurological pharmaceuticals.

(iv) Production of new pharmaceuticals using bio-engineering technology.

(v) Production of AIDS vaccine, hepatitis C vaccine, contraceptive vaccine as well as new vaccines against cervical cancer, malaria, hand, foot and mouth disease, etc.

(vi) Production of biological vaccines.

(vii) Development and production of drugs from marine organisms.

(viii) Pharmaceutical preparations: production of new agents and products that use new technologies such as sustained release, controlled release, targeting and transdermal absorption.

(ix) Development and production of new ancillary materials for pharmaceuticals.

(x) Production of raw veterinary antibacterial agents (including antibiotics and chemical synthetics).

(xi) Production of new veterinary antibacterial drugs, vermifuges, pesticides and coccidiostats, and new forms thereof.

(xii) Production of new diagnostic reagents.

(12) Chemical Fibre Manufacturing

(i) Production of high and new technology chemical fibres such as differential chemical fibres and aramid fibres, carbon fibres, high tensile high modulus polyethylene and polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) (excluding viscose fibre).

(ii) Production of new polyesters of fibre-grade or for use other than for fibres: Polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polycyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate (PCT) and modified polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG).

(iii) Use of new recyclable resources and environmentally friendly processes to produce bio-fibres, including cellulose fibre by the new solvent method (Lyocell), recycled cellulose fibres from raw materials such as bamboo and hemp, polylactic acid fibres (PLA), chitin fibre, polyhydroxyalkanoate fibre (PHA), plant and animal protein fibres, etc.

(iv) Production of polyamides on production lines each with a daily production capacity of at least 150 tonnes.

(v) Production of aramid fibres and cord for radial tyres.

(13) Plastic Manufacturing

(i) Development and production of new photo ecological multifunction wide-format agricultural films.

(ii) Breaking down and reuse of waste plastic material.

(iii) Development of new technologies for plastic soft packaging, and development and production of new products thereof (high separation, multifunctional films and raw materials).

(14) Non-metallic Ore Product Industry

(i) Development and production of energy saving, environmentally friendly, waste reusing, light-weight, high-strength, high performance, multifunction construction materials.

(ii) Production of chemical construction materials that use plastic instead of steel or wood and that offer high energy savings and are effective.

(iii) Production of waterproof coiled materials for elastomer, plastomer modified asphalt (annual production of at least 10 million square metres), wide-format (at least 2 metres) ethylene prop-ylene diene monomer rubber waterproof coiled materials and ancillary materials, wide-format (at least 2 metres) polyvinyl chloride waterproof coiled materials and TPO waterproof coiled materials.

(iv) Development and production of new technology functional glass: electromagnetic shielding glass, glass substrates for microelectronics, infrared transmitting lead-free glass, electronics-grade large-size quartz glass products (tubes, plates, crucibles, instruments and wares, etc.), superior optical performance multifunction windshield glass, extreme materials and their products for information technology (including quartz glass bushings from waveguide grade high precision optical fibre pre-formed rods, and ceramic substrates), and purification of high purity (≥ 99.998%) and ultra pure (≥99.999%) crystal raw materials.

(v) Production of conductive glass for thin film batteries, and glass for solar collectors.

(vi) Production of glass fibre products and special glass fibres: low dielectric glass fibre, quartz glass fibre, high silica glass fibre, high-strength flexible glass fibre, ceramic fibre, etc. and their products.

(vii) Production of optical fibres and their products: image bundle and laser medicine optical fibre, super second generation and third generation microchannel plates, optical fibre faceplates, image inverters and glass light cones.

(viii) Standardised fine manufacture of ceramic raw materials and production of high-grade decoration materials for ceramics.

(ix) Production of environmentally friendly (non-chromated) refractory materials for use in kilns and furnaces such as cement, electronic glass, ceramics and micropore carbon bricks.

(x) Production of aluminium nitride (AIN) ceramic substrate and porous ceramics.

(xi) Production of inorganic non-metal new materials and their products: composite materials, special types of ceramics, special types of sealing materials (including high-speed oil seal materials), special friction materials (including high-speed friction braking products), special types of gelling materials, special latex materials, sonar rubber products and nano materials.

(xii) Production of organic-inorganic syntactic foam insulation materials.

(xiii) Production of hi-tech compound materials: continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic compound materials and pre-impregnated materials, process auxiliary materials for the shaping of resin matrix composites capable of withstanding heat > 300°C, resin matrix composites (including high-end sports articles, and light-weight and high-strength components for means of transportation), special function composites and their products (including deep water and submarine composite products and composite products for medical and rehabilitation purposes), carbon/carbon composite materials, high performance ceramic matrix composites and their products, metal matrix and glass matrix composite materials and their products, metal laminated composites and their products, ultra-high pressure composite rubber tubing capable of withstanding pressures 320MPa, and tyres for large passenger aircraft.

(xiv) Production of precision high-performance ceramic raw materials: superfine powdered silicon carbide (SiC) (purity > 99%, average particle diameter < 1µm), superfine powdered silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) (purity > 99%, average particle
diameter 99.9%, average particle diameter < 0.5µm), low temperature powdered sintered zirconium dioxide (ZrO₂) (sintering temperature 99%, average particle diameter < 1µm), powdered rutile TiO₂ (purity > 98.5%), white carbon black (particle diameter 99%, particle diameter < 1µm).

(xv) Development and production of high quality artificial crystals and crystal film products: high quality synthetic crystals (piezoelectric crystals and ultraviolet transmitting crystals), superhard crystals (cubic boron nitride crystals), high temperature resistant, high insulating synthetic insulating crystals (synthetic mica), new electro-optic crystals, high-power laser crystals and large scintillating crystals, diamond film tools, and super-thin artificial diamond saw blades no thicker than 0.3mm.

(xvi) Fine processing of non-metallic ores (super-fine pulverising, high purity, fine manufacture, modification) into downstream products.

(xvii) Production of ultrahigh power graphite electrodes.

(xviii) Production of pearlescent mica (with a particle diameter of 3-150µm).

(xix) Production of multidimensional, multi-directional integrated weaving fabric and modelling fabric and contoured textiles.

(xx) Non-hazardous disposal of solid waste by using new dry process cement kilns.

(xxi) Recycling of construction waste.

(xxii) Comprehensive utilisation of industrial byproduct gypsum.

(xxiii) Development and application of new technologies for the comprehensive utilisation of tailings from non-metal mines and remediation of mine ecologies.

(15) Non-ferrous Metal Smelting and Rolling

(i) Production of silicon monocrystals with a diameter of at least 200mm and polished wafers.

(ii) Production of hi-tech non-ferrous materials: compound semiconductor materials (gallium arsenide, gallium phosphide, indium phosphide, gallium nitride), high temperature superconducting materials, memory alloys (titanium nickel alloy, copper matrix and iron matrix memory alloys), ultra-thin (nanometer) calcium carbide and ultra-thin (nanometer) crystalline hard alloys, super hard composites, precious metal composites, aluminium foil for heat dissipaters, capacitance aluminium foil for medium and high voltage cathodes, special large aluminium alloy bars, aluminium alloy precision stamp work, overhead lead wires for electrified railways, ultra-thin copper strip, copper alloy materials for corrosion resistant heat exchangers, high performance copper nickel, copper iron alloy strip, beryllium copper strip, wire, tubing and bar processed materials, heat resistant anti-fading tungsten filament, magnesium alloy cast goods, lead free soldering flux, magnesium alloys and their application products, foamed aluminium, titanium alloy strip and titanium welded pipe, nuclear grade zirconium sponge, further processed tungsten and molybdenum products.

(16) Metal Product Industry

(i) Research, development and manufacture of new lighter and environmentally friendly materials for aviation, aerospace, automobiles and motorcycles (special aluminium sheet, aluminium magnesium alloys, aluminium alloy frames for motorcycles, etc.).

(ii) Development and production of construction hardware, and water heating apparatus and hardware components thereof.

(iii) Manufacture and processing of metal packaging products (with a thickness of less than 0.3mm) used to package contents such as various types of grains, oils, foodstuffs, fruits, vegetables, beverages and articles of daily use (including the printing of the inner and outer walls of the products).

(iv) Manufacture of nickel-saving stainless steel products.

(17) General Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of high-end numerically controlled machine tools and key parts and components: 5-axis ganged numerically controlled machine tools, numerically controlled jig borer machining centres, numerically controlled jig grinders, 5-axis ganged numerically controlled systems and servo devices, high speed super hard cutting tools for precision numerically controlled machining.

(ii) Manufacture of multi-station machines weighing at least 1,000 tonnes.

(iii) Manufacture of equipment for the dismantling, crushing and post-processing and sorting of decommissioned motor vehicles.

(iv) Manufacture of FTL flexible production lines.

(v) Manufacture of vertical multi-jointed industrial robots, welding robots and their welding devices and equipment.

(vi) Manufacture of special processing machinery: sets of laser cutting and welding equipment, laser precision processing equipment, numerically controlled low-speed cross-threading electric-spark line cutting machines and sub-micron grade ultra-fine crushers.

(vii) Manufacture of wheeled or tracked lifting machinery weighing at least 400 tonnes (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(viii) Design and manufacture of high pressure piston pumps and motors operating at a working pressure of ≥ 35MPa and low-speed high-torque motors operating at a working pressure of ≥ 35MPa.

(ix) Manufacture of integral hydraulic selector valves operating at a working pressure of ≥ 25MPa and electrohydraulic proportional servo components.

(x) Design and manufacture of valve terminals, pneumatic electromagnetic valves (power of not more than 0.35W) and high frequency electropneumatic valves (200Hz and above).

(xi) Design and manufacture of hydrostatic actuating devices.

(xii) Development and manufacture of non-contact gas film seals (pressure of at least 10MPa), dry gas seals (including testing devices) (pressure of at least 10MPa).

(xiii) Development and manufacture of high polymer material (friction discs, modified phenolic pistons, non-metallic hydraulic master wheel cylinders, etc.) equipment for motor vehicles.

(xiv) Manufacture of third and fourth generation sedan hub bearings (hub bearing functional components with a flange plate and sensor on inner and outer ring of the bearing), bearings for high and medium end machine tools and machining centres (the machining centres have at least three axis ganged functionality, positioning repeatability precision of 3-4µm), bearings for high-speed wire and steel sheet rolling mills (supports and working roller bearings for single track wire rolling mills with a rolling speed of at least 120m/s, thin plate rolling mills with a machined sheet thickness of at least 2 mm), high speed rail bearings (running speed greater than 200km/h), low noise bearing with a vibration value of less than Z4 (Z4, Z4P, V4 and V4P grade), P4 and P2 grade bearings of various types, bearings for wind turbines (main shaft bearings, speed increaser bearings, generator bearings, etc. for 2 MW and above wind turbines) and aviation bearings (main shaft bearings for aircraft engines, landing gear bearings, transmission system bearings, control system bearings, etc.).

(xv) Manufacture of high-density, high-precision and complex-shaped powder metallurgy components as well as chains for motor vehicles, construction machinery, etc.

(xvi) Manufacture of gear transmissions for wind turbines and high-speed trains, variable pitch gear transmission systems for vessels and large and heavy load bearing gear boxes.

(xvii) Manufacture of high-heat resistant insulating materials (insulating grade F or H) and shaped insulators.

(xviii) Development and manufacture of accumulator bladders, and rubber and plastic hydraulic and pneumatic seals.

(xix) Manufacture of high precision, high-strength (12.9 grade and above), special-shaped, combination type fasteners.

(xx) Manufacture of miniature precision transmission couplers (clutches).

(xxi) Manufacture of large coupling shafts for rolling mills.

(xxii) Re-manufacture of machinery and equipment, such as machine tools, construction machinery and locomotive equipment, and re-manufacture of automotive parts and components.

(18) Specialised Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of mining trackless extraction, loading and transport equipment; mechanical transmission dumpers for mine use with a capacity of 200 tonnes or more; movable crushers; bucket wheel excavators with a capacity of 5,000 m³/hour or more; loaders for mine use with a capacity of 8 m³ or more; and 2,500 kW and above electric traction coal cutting equipment.

(ii) Manufacture of geological surveying and well logging equipment: MEME seismic detectors, digital telemetering seismographs, digital imaging and numerically controlled well logging systems, horizontal well, directional well and drilling devices and apparatus, and MWD logging while drilling instruments.

(iii) Manufacture of oil exploration, drilling, collection and transport equipment: floating drilling systems and floating production systems for working depths of greater than 1,500 metres, and supporting sea-floor oil extraction, gathering and transportation equipment.

(iv) Manufacture of large aperture (at least 2 metre) rotary drilling machines capable of depths of at least 30 metres, pipe pushers with a diameter of at least 1.2 metres, large sets of non-excavating underground pipe laying equipment with a pull-back force of at least 300 tonnes, and underground continuous wall borers.

(v) Design and manufacture of large bulldozers of at least 520hp.

(vi) Design and manufacture of dredging machines capable of dredging at least 100m³/hour, and design and manufacture of mud dredging mechanisms for dredging vessels of 1,000 tonnes or above.

(vii) Design and manufacture of construction equipment for concrete cut-off walls for flood prevention levees.

(viii) Manufacture of underwater earth-rock construction machinery: bulldozers, loaders, excavators, etc., operating in depths less than 9 metres.

(ix) Manufacture of equipment for the maintenance and automatic monitoring of highway bridges.

(x) Manufacture of equipment for highway tunnel operation monitoring, ventilation, disaster prevention and emergency rescue systems.

(xi) Design and manufacture of repair and maintenance machinery and inspection and monitoring equipment for large-scale railway construction, rail lines, bridges and tunnels, and key parts and components thereof.

(xii) Manufacture of (asphalt) shingle equipment, production equipment for metal roofs, such as galvanised sheet roofs.

(xiii) Manufacture of on-site polyurethane spray waterproof thermal insulation system equipment that is environmentally friendly and energy saving, formulation technologies and equipment for polyurethane sealing compounds, formulation technologies and production equipment for modified silicone sealing compounds.

(xiv) Design and manufacture of high precision strip rolling mills (thickness accuracy of 10 microns).

(xv) Manufacture of dressing apparatus for multi-element, fine particle refractory metal ores.

(xvi) Manufacture of key component equipment for sets of ethylene equipment with an annual capacity of at least 1 million tonnes per year: hybrid pelletisers with an annual processing capacity of 400,000 tonnes, screw discharge centrifuges with a diameter of at least 1000mm, low flow-rate high-lift centrifugal pumps.

(xvii) Manufacture of whole sets of large coal chemistry equipment (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(xviii) Design and manufacture of dies for metal products (copper, aluminium, titanium and zirconium tubing, bar and section compression dies).

(xix) Design and manufacture of stamping dies for vehicle body covering components, large injection moulds for automotive instrument panels, bumpers, etc., clamps and testing tools for automobiles and motorcycles.

(xx) Design and manufacture of special purpose production equipment for automotive power batteries.

(xxi) Design and manufacture of precision dies (stamping dies of a precision exceeding 0.02 mm, cavity dies of a precision exceeding 0.05 mm).

(xxii) Design and manufacture of dies for non-metal products.

(xxiii) Manufacture of beer bottling equipment with a capacity of at least 60,000 bottles per hour, beverage medium temperature and hot bottling equipment with a capacity of at least 50,000 bottles per hour, sterile bottling equipment with a capacity of at least 36,000 bottles per hour.

(xxiv) Manufacture of production technologies and key equipment for amino acids, enzymic preparations, food additives, etc.

(xxv) Manufacture of complete sets of feed processing equipment with a capacity of 10 tonnes/hour or more, and of key parts and components therefor.

(xxvi) Manufacture of equipment for light corrugated cardboard with a ridge height of not more than 0.75mm and cardboard boxes.

(xxvii) Manufacture of sheet-fed multi-colour offset printing presses (width ≥ 750 mm; printing speed: single-sided multicolour ≥ 16,000 pages per hour, double-sided multi-colour ≥ 13,000 pages per hour).

(xxviii) Manufacture of single-sided single sheet track paper roll fed offset printing presses with a printing speed of 75,000 folio sheets per hour (787 X 880mm), double-sided single sheet track paper roll fed offset printing presses with a printing speed of 170,000 folio sheets per hour (787 X 880mm), commercial paper roll fed offset printing presses with a printing speed of 50,000 folio sheets per hour (787 X 880mm).

(xxix) Manufacture of multi-colour wide flexographic printing presses (printing width ≥ 1,300 mm, printing speed ≥ 350 metres per second), inkjet digital printing presses (for publication: printing speed ≥ 150 metres per minute, resolution ≥ 600 dpi; for packaging: printing speed ≥ 30 metres per minute, resolution ≥ 1,000 dpi; for variable data: printing speed ≥ 100 metres per minute, resolution ≥ 300 dpi).

(xxx) Manufacture of computerised colour pre-setting, colour remote control, ink speed tracking and printed matter quality automatic testing and tracking systems, high-speed (75,000 sheets per hour) automatic paper receiving machines, paper feeding machines and high speed automatic remote controlled and adjustable page folding machines with shaftless drive technology, automatic register systems, cooling devices, silicon adding systems, deviation adjustment devices, etc.

(xxxi) Manufacture of auto plating-film machines with electronic guns.

(xxxii) Manufacture of technologies and equipment for the processing of plate glass into downstream products.

(xxxiii) Manufacture of complete sets of equipment such as new types of paper-making (including pulp-making) machinery, etc.

(xxxiv) Manufacture of leather finishing equipment incorporating new technology.

(xxxv) Development and manufacture of new equipment for the processing and storage of agricultural products: new equipment for processing, storing, keeping fresh, grading, packaging, drying, etc. products such as grains, edible oils, vegetables, dried and fresh fruits, meat, aquaculture products, etc., instruments and equipment for testing the quality of agricultural products, instruments and equipment for the non-destructive testing of the quality of agricultural products, rheometers, farinographs, ultra-fine grinding equipment, high efficiency dehydrating equipment, high efficiency fruit juice concentration equipment of at least grade five, sterilising equipment for powdered foodstuffs and materials, sterile packaging equipment for solid and semi-solid foodstuffs, and disc separators.

(xxxvi) Manufacture of agricultural machinery: agricultural facilities and equipment (automatic watering equipment for greenhouses, automatic nutrient dispensing and fertiliser application equipment, high efficiency vegetable nursery equipment, soil nutrient analyzing instruments), tractors equipped with engines generating not less than 120 kW and ancillary agricultural implements, diesel engines of low fuel consumption, low noise and low emission, large tractor pulled sprayers with devices for the recovery of leftover spray particles, high performance rice paddy seedling planting machines, cotton pickers, self-propelled corn combine harvesters adaptable to various row widths (hydraulic or mechanical drive), rapeseed harvesters, sugar cane harvesters and sugar beet harvesters..

(xxxvii) Manufacture of new technology equipment for forestry machinery.

(xxxviii) Manufacture of equipment for the gathering, binding and comprehensive utilisation of crop straw.

(xxxix) Manufacture of equipment for the utilisation of agricultural waste and waste from the large-scale raising and breeding of livestock and poultry as resources.

(xl) Manufacture of agricultural technologies and equipment that save on fertiliser, agrochemicals and water.

(xli) Manufacture of mechanical and electric well cleaning equipment and equipment for the production of cleaning agents.

(xlii) Manufacture of electronic endoscopes.

(xliii) Manufacture of eyeground cameras.

(xliv) Manufacture of key components for medical imaging equipment (high-field strength superconducting magnetic resonance imaging equipment, X-ray computed tomography equipment, digital colour ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, etc.).

(xlv) Manufacture of ultrasonic transducers (3D) for medical purposes.

(xlvi) Manufacture of boron neutron capture therapy equipment.

(xlvii) Manufacture of image guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy systems.

(xlviii) Manufacture of hemodialysis machines and hemofilters.

(xlix) Manufacture of equipment for fully automatic enzyme immunoassay systems (including such functions as specimen feeding, enzyme labelling, template cleaning, incubation, post-data processing, etc.).

(l) Manufacture of new technologies and new equipment for controlling the quality of pharmaceuticals.

(li) Development and manufacture of new technologies for the analysis of active substances in natural pharmaceuticals, and new processes and new equipment for their extraction.

(lii) Manufacture of multi-layer co-extrusion water-cooled plastic film blowing equipment for non-PVC medical infusion bags.

(liii) Development and manufacture of new textile machinery, key parts and components, and textile testing and experimental instruments.

(liv) Manufacture of computerised jacquard artificial fur machines.

(lv) Manufacture of equipment for the production of solar batteries.

(lvi) Manufacture of equipment for the prevention and treatment of air pollution: high temperature resistant and corrosion resistant filter media, low NOx combustion devices, catalysts for flue gas denitrification and sets of denitrification devices, equipment for the purification of organic industrial waste gas, devices for the purification of diesel vehicle exhaust, devices for the treatment of heavy metal containing waste gas.

(lvii) Manufacture of equipment for the prevention and treatment of water pollution: horizontal screw centrifugal dehydrators, membrane and membrane materials, ozone generators with a capacity of 50 kg or more per hour, chlorine dioxide generators with a capacity of 10 kg or more per hour, ultraviolet sterilising devices, small-sized equipment for the treatment of rural domestic sewage and devices for the treatment of heavy metal containing wastewater.

(lviii) Manufacture of equipment for the treatment and disposal of solid waste: sludge disposal and resource utilisation equipment for sewage treatment plants, sets of garbage incineration equipment with a daily treatment capacity of 500 tonnes or more, technologies and devices for the treatment of buried waste leachate, impermeable geomembranes for landfills, construction waste treatment and resource utilisation devices, hazardous waste treatment devices, landfill methane power generation devices, waste steel and iron treatment equipment and equipment for the remediation of contaminated soil.

(lvix) Development and manufacture of equipment for the comprehensive utilisation of red mud from the aluminium industry.

(lx) Manufacture of equipment for the comprehensive utilisation of mine tailings.

(lxi) Manufacture of equipment for the recovery, disposal and recycling of discarded plastics, electric appliances, rubber and batteries.

(lxii) Manufacture of equipment for the recovery and treatment of discarded textiles.

(lxiii) Manufacture of equipment for the remanufacture of discarded mechanical and electrical products.

(lxiv) Manufacture of devices for the comprehensive utilisation of discarded tyres.

(lxv) Manufacture of technologies and equipment for the protection of aquatic ecosystems.

(lxvi) Manufacture of mobile combination water purification equipment.

(lxvii) Non-conventional water treatment and reuse equipment and water quality monitoring instruments.

(lxviii) Leak detection equipment and instruments for industrial water pipe networks and equipment (apparatus).

(lxix) Development and manufacture of technologies and sets of equipment for the desalination of, and circulated cooling by, sea water with a daily production capacity of 100,000m³.

(lxx) Manufacture of special meteorological observation and analysis equipment.

(lxxi) Development of seismographic stations, networks and mobile seismic observation technologies and systems and the manufacture of instruments and equipment thereof.

(lxxii) Manufacture of building machines for radial tyres of 3 drums or above.

(lxxiii) Manufacture of rolling resistance testing machines and tyre noise laboratories.

(lxxiv) Manufacture of new heat supply metering and temperature control device technologies and equipment.

(lxxv) Manufacture of hydrogen energy preparation, storage and transport equipment and inspection systems.

(lxxvi) Manufacture of new heavy oil residue gasification and atomisation nozzles, high efficiency steam traps with a steam leak ratio of not more than 0.5%, high temperature (1,000°C or above) ceramic heat exchangers.

(lxxvii) Manufacture of devices for recovering oil from marine spills.

(lxxviii) Manufacture of equipment for the utilisation of low concentration coalbed gas and ventilation air methane.

(19) Transport Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of automobile engines and establishment of engine research and development organisations: gasoline engines with a performance per litre of not less than 70 kW, diesel engines with a displacement of less than 3 litres and a performance per litre of not less than 50 kW, diesel engines with a displacement of at least 3 litres and a performance per litre of not less 40 kW, fuel cell, hybrid fuel and other such alternative fuel engines.

(ii) Manufacture of key automotive parts and components and the research and development of key technologies: dual clutch transmissions (DCT), automated mechanical transmissions (AMT), turbo chargers for gasoline engines, viscous couplings (for 4-wheel drives), automatic transmission actuators (solenoid valves), hydraulic retarders, eddy current retarders, gas generators for automotive air bags, common rail fuel injection technologies (with a maximum injection pressure greater than 2,000Pa), variable geometry turbocharger technologies (VGT), variable nozzle turbocharger technologies (VNT), engine emission control devices meeting China's Stage V pollution emission standards, intelligent torque management systems (ITM) and coupler assemblies, steering-by-wire systems, diesel particle filters, axles for large low-floor passenger buses, energy absorbing steering systems, variable frequency air conditioning systems for medium and large passenger buses, special rubber parts for motor vehicles as well as key parts and components of the foregoing parts and components.

(iii) Manufacture, research and development of automobile electronic devices: electronic control systems and key parts and components for engines and chassis, onboard electronic technologies (automotive information systems and navigation systems), automotive electronic bus network technologies (limited to equity joint ventures), electronic control system input (sensors and sampling systems) and output (actuators) components, electronic controllers for electrically-assisted power steering systems (limited to equity joint ventures), embedded electronic integration systems (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures), electronically controlled air springs, electronically controlled suspension systems, electronic air valve system devices, electronic instrument clusters, ABS/TCS/ESP systems, brake-by-wire systems (BBW), transmission control units (TCU), tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), on-board diagnostics (OBD), engine anti-theft systems, automatic collision avoidance systems, and testing and repair testing systems for automobiles and motorcycles.

(iv) Manufacture of key parts and components for alternative energy vehicles: energy type power batteries (energy density ≥ 110 Wh per kilogram, cycle life ≥ 2,000 cycles; foreign investment percentage may not exceed 50%), battery anode materials (specific capacity ≥ 150 mAh per gram, cycle life of 2,000 cycles with not less than 80% of the initial discharge capacity), battery separators (thickness of 15-40 μm, porosity of 40%–60%); battery management systems, motor management systems, control assemblies of electric vehicles; drive motors of electric vehicles (peak power density ≥ 2.5 kW per kilogram, high efficiency area: 65%, working area efficiency rate ≥ 80%), DC/DC for vehicles (input voltage 100V–400V), high power electronic components (IGBT, voltage level ≥ 600 V, current ≥ 300 A) and plug-in hybrid power electromechanical drive systems.

(v) Manufacture of key parts and components for large displacement (displacement > 250 ml) motorcycles: electronically controlled motorcycle fuel injection technologies (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures), engine emission control devices that meet China's Stage III pollution emission standards for motorcycles.

(vi) Rail transport equipment (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures): research, development, design and manufacture of assembled vehicles and key parts and components (traction drive systems, control systems, braking systems) for high speed rail lines, passenger rail lines, commuter rail lines, trunk lines and urban rail transport equipment; research, development, design and manufacture of passenger amenities and equipment for high speed rail lines, passenger rail lines, commuter rail lines, and urban rail transport, design, research and development of relevant information systems in the course of computerisation; research, development, design and manufacture of rail and bridge equipment for high speed rail lines, passenger rail lines and commuter rail lines, research, development, design and manufacture of communications and signaling systems for rail transport, manufacture of equipment and apparatus for electrified railways, technologies for, and research and development of, the control of railway noise and vibrations, manufacture of pollutant discharge equipment for railway passenger cars, and manufacture of rail transport safety monitoring equipment.

(vii) Design, manufacture and repair of civil aircraft: Trunk route and feeder route aircraft (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest) and general purpose aircraft (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(viii) Manufacture and repair of parts and components for civil aircraft.

(ix) Design and manufacture of civil helicopters: 3 tonne class or above (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest) and less than 3 tonne class (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(x) Manufacture of parts and components for civil helicopters.

(xi) Manufacture of wing-in-ground effect and wing-in-water effect craft (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(xii) Design and manufacture of pilotless drones, aerostats (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(xiii) Design, manufacture and repair of aircraft engines and their parts and components, aircraft auxiliary propulsion systems (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(xiv) Design and manufacture of civil airborne aviation equipment (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(xv) Manufacture of aviation ground equipment: civil airport facilities, civil airport operation assurance equipment, flight test ground equipment, flight simulation and training equipment, aviation testing and measurement equipment, aviation ground testing equipment, comprehensive onboard equipment testing equipment, aviation manufacturing equipment, aviation material test manufacturing equipment, civil aircraft ground receiving and application equipment, carrier rocket ground testing equipment, and carrier rocket mechanical and environmental testing equipment.

(xvi) Manufacture of optical, mechanical and electrical products for spacecraft, temperature control products for spacecraft, equipment for testing satellite onboard products, and spacecraft structural and mechanism products.

(xvii) Manufacture of light gas turbines.

(xviii) Design of luxury liners and deepwater (3,000 metres and above) marine engineering equipment (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(xix) Manufacture and repair of marine engineering equipment (including modules) (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(xx) Design of low and medium speed diesel engines for vessels and parts and components therefor (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(xxi) Manufacture of low and medium speed vessel diesel engines and crankshafts (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(xxii) Design and manufacture of vessel cabin machinery (the Chinese party shall hold a relative controlling interest).

(xxiii) Design and manufacture of vessel communications and navigation equipment: vessel communications system equipment, electronic vessel navigation equipment, vessel radar, gyro-compasses, auto-pilot, vessel internal public address systems, etc.

(xxiv) Design and manufacture of pleasure craft (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(20) Manufacturing of Electric Machinery and Apparatus

(i) Manufacture of key auxiliary machinery and equipment for 1 million kW ultra supercritical thermal power units (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures): safety valves and control valves.

(ii) Manufacture of denitrification devices for coal-fired power plants and sintering machines used in the iron and steel industry.

(iii) Design and manufacture of sealing components for fossil fuel power generation equipment.

(iv) Manufacture of large cast and forged components used in coal-fired power station and hydropower station equipment.

(v) Manufacture of key auxiliary machinery and equipment used in hydroelectric generator sets.

(vi) Manufacture of power transmission and transformation equipment (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures): amorphous alloy transformers; operating mechanisms, arc control devices and large disc insulators (1,000 kV, 50 kA and above) for high voltage switches of 500 kV and above; wire outlet devices, bushings (AC 500, 750 and 1,000 kV, all specifications of DC) and voltage regulating switches (500, 750 and 1,000 kV AC on-load, off-load regulating switches) for transformers of 500 kV and above; dry-type smoothing reactors for direct current transmission; converter valves (water cooled equipment, DC field equipment) for ± 800 kV direct current transmission; and electric contact materials and lead and cadmium free welding flux complying with the RoHS Directive of the European Union.

(vii) Manufacture of sets of equipment or key equipment for the generation of electricity with alternative energy sources: equipment for photovoltaic power generation, geothermal power generation, tidal power generation, wave power generation, garbage power generation, biogas power generation and 2.5 MW or above wind power generation.

(viii) Manufacture of large pump storage units with a rated power of 350 MW and above (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures): pump turbines and governors, large variable speed reversible pump turbine sets, generator motors and auxiliary equipment such as excitation and starting devices.

(ix) Manufacture of sterling generator units.

(x) Development and manufacture of linear motors, planar motors and their actuating systems.

(xi) Manufacture of hi-tech environmentally friendly batteries: power nickel-hydrogen batteries, zinc-nickel storage batteries, zinc-silver storage batteries, lithium ion batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, etc. (excluding energy type power batteries for alternative energy vehicles).

(xii) Manufacture of refrigeration and air-conditioning compressors the motors of which use DC speed regulation technologies, refrigeration and air-conditioning compressors using CO2 natural refrigerant, and refrigerating and air-conditioning equipment applying reusable energy sources (air source, water source, ground source).

(xiii) Manufacture of solar powered air conditioning systems, heating systems and solar powered drying devices.

(xiv) Manufacture of biomass drying and pyrolytic systems, and biomass gasification devices.

(xv) Manufacture of alternating current frequency modulated voltage regulating drawgear.

(21) Communications Equipment, Computer and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of high-definition digital camcorders and digital audio equipment.

(ii) Manufacture of TFT-LCD, PDP and OLED flat panel displays and panel display materials (excluding 6th generation and earlier TFT-LCD glass substrate).

(iii) Manufacture of key components of large screen colour projection displays such as optical engines, light sources, projection screens, high resolution projection tubes and LCOS modules.

(iv) Manufacture of digital audio and video frequency encoding and decoding equipment, digital radio and television studio equipment, digital cable television system equipment, digital audio frequency broadcasting and transmission equipment, digital television uplink and downlink converters, digital television ground broadcasting single frequency network (SFN) equipment, satellite digital television uplink station equipment and satellite master antenna television (SMATV) front-end equipment.

(v) Design of integrated circuits, manufacture of large-scale digital integrated circuits with a line width of not more than 0.18 microns, manufacture of 0.8 microns or less analogue or digital to analogue integrated circuits, manufacture of MEMS and compound semiconductor integrated circuits and BGA, PGA, CSP, MCM, etc. advanced packaging and testing.

(vi) Manufacture of large and medium-sized computers, 100 teraflop high performance computers, portable microcomputers, high-end servers capable of at least 1 teraflop per second, large analogue simulation systems, and large industrial control machines and control devices.

(vii) Manufacture of computer digital signal processing systems and cards.

(viii) Manufacture of pattern and image recognition and processing systems.

(ix) Development and manufacture of high-capacity optical and magnetic disk drives and their components.

(x) Manufacture of high speed storage systems with a capacity of at least 100TB and intelligent storage equipment.

(xi) Manufacture of systems for computer assisted design (three-dimensional CAD), computer assisted testing (CAT), computer assisted manufacturing (CAM) and computer assisted engineering (CAE) and other computer application systems.

(xii) Development and manufacture of software products.

(xiii) Development and manufacture of special materials for use in electronics (with the exception of the development and manufacture of optical fibre preformed rods).

(xiv) Manufacture of special equipment, testing instruments, tools and dies for use in electronics.

(xv) Manufacture of new electronic components: chip components, sensory components and sensors, frequency control and selection components, hybrid integrated circuits, electrical and electronic components, photoelectronic components, new mechanical and electric components, polymerised solid capacitors, super capacitors, passive integration elements, high density laminated board, multilayer flexible board, and rigid-flexible printed circuit boards and packaging substrate.

(xvi) Manufacture of touch control systems (touch screens, touch control components, etc.).

(xvii) High luminescence light-emitting diodes with a light efficiency of at least 1001m/W, light-emitting diode epi-wafers (blue laser) with a light efficiency of at least 1001m/W, white LEDs with a light efficiency of at least 1001m/W and at least 200 mW of power.

(xviii) Development and production of key components for high-density digital optical disk machines.

(xix) Reproduction of read-only optical disks and production of writable optical disks.

(xx) Design and manufacture of civil satellites (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(xxi) Manufacture of payloads for civil satellites (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(xxii) Manufacture of parts and components for civil satellites.

(xxiii) Manufacture of equipment for satellite communications systems.

(xxiv) Manufacture of satellite navigation positioning receiving equipment and key components.

(xxv) Manufacture of optical communications instrumentation and optical transceivers with a speed of at least 10Gb/s.

(xxvi) Manufacture of ultrawide band (UWB) communications equipment.

(xxvii) Manufacture of wireless local area network (including supporting WAPI) and wide-area network equipment.

(xxviii) 40 Gbps and above time division multiplexing equipment (TDM), dense wavelength division multiplexing equipment (DWDM), broadband passive optical network equipment (including EPON, GPON, WDM-PON, etc.), next generation DSL chips and equipment, optical cross-connected (OXC) equipment, automatic switch optical network (ASON) equipment, fibre optic communications transmission equipment of 40G/sSDH or above.

(xxix) Development and manufacture of IPv6 based next generation internet system equipment, terminal equipment, testing equipment, software and chips.

(xxx) Development and manufacture of third generation and subsequent mobile communications system handsets, base stations, core network equipment and network testing equipment.

(xxxi) Development and manufacture of high-end routers and network switches of 1 GB or more.

(xxxii) Manufacture of equipment for air traffic control systems (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(22) Instrument, Metre and Educational and Office Machine Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of industrial process automatic control systems and devices: fieldbus control systems, large programmable logic controllers (PLC), two-phase flow meters, solid flow meters, new sensors and field measuring instruments.

(ii) Development and manufacture of large precision instruments: electron microscopes, laser scanning microscopes, scanning tunnelling microscopes, electronic probes, large metallurgical microscopes, photoelectric direct read spectrometers, Raman spectrometers, mass spectrometers, chromatograph mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, energy spectrometers, X-ray fluorescent spectrometers, diffractometers, industrial CT, 450 kV industrial X-ray detectors, large dynamic balancing test machines, online mechanical quantity automatic detection systems, three coordinate measuring machines, laser comparators, electrical prospecting instruments, 500m or above airborne electrical and gamma-ray spectrum measuring instruments, borehole gravimeters and three component magnetometers, high precision microgal gravity and airborne gravity gradient measuring instruments, optical grating rulers and encoders.

(iii) Manufacture of high precision digital voltmeters and ammeters (with display range of at least 7.5 digits).

(iv) Manufacture of automatic reactive power compensation devices.

(v) Manufacture of new instruments and equipment for work safety.

(vi) Manufacture of VXI bus type automatic testing systems (complying with the IEEE 1155 standard).

(vii) Development and manufacture of coal mine shaft monitoring and disaster advance warning systems, and comprehensive coal safety testing management systems.

(viii) Manufacture of engineering measurement and geophysical observation equipment: digital triangulation systems, numerically controlled modelling systems for 3D topographic models (area > 1,000 X 1,000mm, horizontal error < 1mm, vertical error < 0.5mm), superwide band seismometers (Φ < 5cm, frequency band 0.01-50Hz, equivalent earth movement speed noise < 10-9m/s), seismic data collection and processing systems, comprehensive borehole seismographic and forewarning observation systems, precision controlled seismic source systems, engineering accelerometer systems, high precision GPS receivers (accuracy of 1mm + 1ppm), INSAR image receiving and processing systems, absolute gravimeters with an accuracy < 1 microgal, satellite gravimeters, Doppler weather radar using coherent or double polarisation technology, visibility metres, meteorological sensors (temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, precipitation, clouds, visibility, radiation, dew point, snow depth), lightning strike prevention systems, multi-grade particulate samplers, 3D ultrasound wind velocity indicators, high precision intelligent total stations, 3D laser scanners, high performance diamond drill bits for drilling exploration, non-cooperative target laser rangefinders, wind profilers (with RASS), GPS electronic sounding devices, CO₂/H₂O flux observation systems, boundary layer Doppler laser radar, particulate particle spectrometer (3nm-20µm), high performance data collection units, and underwater gliders.

(ix) Manufacture of environmental monitoring instruments: automatic SO₂ samplers and testers, automatic NO_X and NO₂ samplers and testers, automatic O₃ monitoring instruments, automatic CO monitoring instruments, flue gas and PM 2.5 dust samplers and sampling cutters, portable toxic and hazardous gas testers, automatic airborne organic pollutant analyzers, automatic online COD monitoring instruments, automatic online BOD monitoring instruments, online turbidity monitoring instruments, online DO monitoring instruments, online TOC monitoring instruments, online ammonia nitrogen monitoring instruments, radiation dose detectors, radioactive ray analysis and testing instruments, online heavy metal monitoring equipment, online bio-toxicity water quality advance warning and monitoring equipment.

(x) Manufacture of instruments and equipment for the collection, processing and transmission of hydrologic data and for flood warning.

(xi) Manufacture of marine exploration and monitoring instruments and equipment: medium and deep sea underwater video cameras and underwater cameras, multiple beam detection instruments, centre line stratigraphic section detection instruments, ship borne thermohaline deep detection instruments, fluxgate compasses, hydraulic winches, underwater sealed electronic connectors, energy recovery devices for the desalination of sea water by reverse osmosis with an efficiency > 90%, marine ecosystem monitoring buoys, sea section detection buoys, expendable conductivity temperature and depth measuring instruments (XCTD), field water quality measuring instruments, chemical sensors (that work continuously for 3-6 months) for intelligent marine water quality monitoring, electromagnetic sea current metres, acoustic Doppler sea current profilers (self-contained, direct-read and ship borne types), conductivity temperature and depth profilers, acoustic response releasers, and offshore deep sea tide measurement systems (laid on ocean floor).

(xii) Manufacture of 10 megapixel and above digital cameras.

(xiii) Manufacture of office machinery: multifunction integrated office equipment (photocopy, printing, fax and scanning), colour printing equipment, 2,400 dpi and above high resolution colour printing heads, optical photoconducting drums.

(xiv) Manufacture of motion picture machinery: 2 K and 4 K digital movie projectors, digital movie cameras, and digital video production and editing equipment.

(23) Handicraft and other manufacturing industries

(i) Development and utilisation of products incorporating technology for the cleaning of coal and manufacture of the equipment thereof (coal gasification, liquefaction, coal-water slurry, industrial briquettes).

(ii) Coal extraction and washing, and the comprehensive utilisation of pulverised coal ash (including de-sulfurised gypsum), coal gangue, etc.

(iii) Production of fully biodegradable materials.

(iv) Recovery and disposal of discarded electric and electronic products, motor vehicles, mechanical and electrical equipment, rubber, metals and batteries.

4. Electricity, Gas and Water Generation and Supply

(1) Construction and operation of power stations using integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), 300,000 kW or above circulating fluidised bed, 100,000 kW or above pressurised fluidised bed combustion (PFBC) clean burning technologies.

(2) Construction and operation of back pressure cogeneration plants.

(3) Construction and operation of hydroelectric power stations mainly engaged in the generation of power.

(4) Construction and operation of nuclear power stations (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(5) Construction and operation of power stations using new sources of energy (including solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, tidal energy, wave power, biomass energy, etc.).

(6) Seawater utilisation (direct utilisation of seawater, seawater desalination)

(7) Construction and operation of water supply plants.

(8) Construction and operation of water reclamation plants.

(9) Construction and operation of battery recharging stations and battery replacement stations for motor vehicles.

5. Communications, Transportation, Warehousing and Postal Services

(1) Construction and operation of railway main-line networks (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(2) Construction and operation of feeder railways, local railways and their bridges, tunnels, ferry crossings and station facilities (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(3) Comprehensive repair and maintenance of high speed rail, passenger rail and commuter rail infrastructure (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(4) Construction and operation of highways, independent bridges and tunnels.

(5) Road freight transportation companies.

(6) Construction and operation of the public terminal facilities of ports.

(7) Construction and operation of civil airports (the Chinese party shall hold a relative controlling interest).

(8) Air transport companies (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(9) Airline companies for agriculture, forestry and fisheries (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures)

(10) Scheduled and tramp international maritime transport services (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(11) International multi-modal container transport services.

(12) Construction and operation of oil (gas) pipelines and oil (gas) depots.

(13) Construction and operation of coal pipeline transportation facilities.

(14) Construction and operation of automated overhead frame storage facilities and transport business related warehousing facilities.

6. Wholesale and Retail

(1) Modern logistics, such as common delivery of general goods, low temperature delivery of fresh and live agricultural products, etc., and related technical services.

(2) Rural chain delivery.

(3) Construction and operation of dual pallet and container systems.

7. Lease and Commercial Service Business

(1) Accounting and auditing (limited to cooperative joint ventures and partnerships)

(2) Information and consultancy services for international economy, science and technology, environmental protection and logistics.

(3) Provision of outsourcing for system application management and maintenance, information technology support management, bank back office services, financial settlement, human resource services, software development, offshore call centres, data processing, and other outsourcing services for information technology and business process.

(4) Venture investment enterprises.

(5) Intellectual property services.

(6) Home service industry.

8. Scientific Research, Technical Services and Geological Surveying Business.

(1) Bio-engineering and biomedical engineering technologies, and technologies for the development of biomass energy resources.

(2) Isotopic, radiation and laser technologies.

(3) Technologies for marine development and marine energy development, technologies for the comprehensive utilisation of marine chemical resources, technologies for the development, fine processing and further processing of related products, and technologies for the development of marine pharmaceuticals and biochemical products.

(4) Marine monitoring technologies (marine wave, meteorological, environmental monitoring), and technologies for ocean floor detection and oceanic resource survey and assessment.

(5) Comprehensive utilisation of post-desalination concentrated sea water to produce salt, technologies for the high added value utilisation of sea water chemical resources, such as the extraction of potassium, bromine, magnesium and lithium and the further processing thereof.

(6) Development of marine oil pollution clean up and ecology restoration technologies and related products, seawater eutrophication prevention and treatment technologies, technologies for preventing and treating disasters caused by the explosive growth of marine organisms and technologies for restoring the ecological environment of coastal zones.

(7) Development and servicing of energy saving technologies.

(8) Technologies for the renewal and comprehensive utilisation of resources, and development and application of technologies for the recycling of enterprise production emissions.

(9) Technologies for the prevention, treatment and monitoring of environmental pollution.

(10) New technologies for reducing energy consumption in, and treating of waste from, chemical fibre production and dyeing and printing processes.

(11) Technologies for the prevention of desertification and the treatment of deserts.

(12) Technologies for comprehensively managing the grass to livestock balance.

(13) Application technologies for civil satellites.

(14) Research and development centres.

(15) Centres for the development of high and new technologies and new products, and enterprise incubation.

9. Management of Water Conservancy, Environmental and Public Facilities

(1) Construction and operation of comprehensive water conservancy hubs (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(2) Construction and operation of closed urban streets.

(3) Construction and operation of rail transport such as urban underground railways and light railways (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(4) Construction and operation of sewage and garbage treatment plants, hazardous waste treatment and disposal plants (incinerators and landfills) and facilities for the prevention and control of environmental pollution.

10. Education

(1) Institutes of higher learning (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(2) Vocational skills training.

11. Sanitation, Social Security and Social Welfare Industries

(1) Institutions providing services to the elderly, disabled and children.

12. Cultural, Sports and Leisure Business

(1) Operation of performance venues (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(2) Operation of sports stadiums, bodybuilding, sports competitions, sports training and intermediary services.

CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS RESTRICTED

1. Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries

(1) Selective breeding of new varieties of agricultural crops and the production of seeds (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(2) Processing of logs from precious varieties of trees (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(3) Processing of cotton (unginned cotton).

2. Mining

(1) Exploration for, and mining of, special and scarce coals (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(2) Exploration for, and mining of, barite (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(3) Exploration for, and mining of, precious metals (gold, silver, and platinum group).

(4) Exploration for, and mining of, important non-metallic ores such as diamonds, high alumina fireclay, wollastonite and graphite.

(5) Mining and dressing of phosphorus ores, lithium ores and ferro-sulphur ores, and refining of salt lake brine resources.

(6) Mining of szaibelyite and ludwigite.

(7) Mining of celestite.

(8) Mining of marine manganese nodules and sea sand (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

3. Manufacturing

(1) Processing of Non-staple Foodstuffs

(i) Processing of edible oils, such as soybean oil, rapeseed oil, peanut oil, cottonseed oil, camellia oil, sunflower oil and palm oil (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest), processing of rice and flour, further processing of corn.

(ii) Production of liquid biofuels (fuel ethanol and biodiesel) (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(2) Beverage Manufacturing

(i) Production of yellow rice or millet wine, and famous and fine white spirits (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(3) Tobacco Product Industry

(i) Processing and production of smashed flue-cured tobacco leaves.

(4) Printing Business and Reproduction of Recording Media

(i) Printing of publications (the Chinese party shall have a controlling interest).

(5) Oil processing, Coking and Nuclear Fuel Processing Industries

(i) 10 million tonnes or less per year atmospheric and vacuum oil refining, 1.5 million tonnes or less per year catalytic cracking, 1 million tonnes or less per year continuous reforming (including aromatics extraction), 1.5 million tonnes or less per year hydro-cracking production.

(6) Chemical Raw Material and Chemical Product Manufacturing

(i) Production of soda ash and caustic soda, and sub-scale production of sulphuric acid, nitric acid and potassium carbonate or production thereof using outdated processes.

(ii) Production of photosensitive materials.

(iii) Production of benzidine.

(iv) Production of precursors used in the production of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (ephedrine, 3,4-methylenedioxy-phenyl-2-propanone, phenyl acetic acid, 1-phenyl-2-propanone, heliotropin, safrole, isosafrole and acetic anhydride).

(v) Production of hydrogen fluoride and other such low-end chlorofluorocarbons or chlorofluorides.

(vi) Production of butadiene rubber (excluding high cis butadiene rubber), emulsion polymerised styrene butadiene rubber and thermoplastic styrene butadiene rubber.

(vii) Production of polyvinyl chloride by the acetylene method and sub-scale production of ethylene and downstream products.

(viii) Sub-scale production of hazardous substance containing pigments and coatings using outdated processes.

(ix) Processing of ludwigite.

(x) Production of inorganic salts with outdated processes that consume large quantities of resources and cause serious environmental pollution.

(7) Medicine Manufacturing

(i) Production of chloramphenicol, penicillin G, jiemycin, gentamycin, dihydrostreptomycin, amikacin, tetracycline hydrochloride, terramycin, midecamycin, kitasamycin, cipro-floxacin, norfloxacin and ofloxacin.

(ii) Production of analgin, paracetamol, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, multi-vitamin preparations and oral calcium preparations.

(iii) Production of vaccines included in the state immunisation programme.

(iv) Production of raw pharmaceutical materials for narcotics and Class 1 psychotropic drugs (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(v) Production of blood products.

(8) Chemical Fibre Manufacturing

(i) Production of chemical fibres from conventional chip-spinning.

(ii) Production of viscose fibres.

(9) Non-Ferrous Metal Smelting and Rolling

(i) Smelting of rare metals, such as tungsten, molybdenum, tin (excluding tin compounds), antimony (including antimony oxide and antimony sulphide), etc.

(ii) Smelting of such non-ferrous metals as electrolytic aluminium, copper, lead, zinc, etc.

(iii) Smelting and separation of rare earths (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(10) General Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of various general grade (P0) bearings and components (ball bearings, ball bearing cages), and blanks.

(ii) Manufacture of wheeled or tracked lifting machines of less than 400 tonnes (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(11) Specialised Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of equipment for ordinary polyester filament yarn and staple fibres.

(ii) Manufacture of bulldozers outputting up to 320hp, hydraulic excavators of 30 tonne class and below, wheeled loaders of 6 tonne class and below, levelers outputting up to 220hp, road rollers, fork lifts, 135 tonne class and below electric drive off-road self-discharging dump trucks, 60 tonne class and below hydraulic mechanical transmission off-road self-discharging dump trucks, asphalt and cement mixing and paving equipment and aerial work machinery, landscaping machinery and attachments, and ready-mixed concrete machinery (pitot pumps, mixer trucks, mixing stations, pump trucks).

(12) Transport Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Repair, design and manufacture of vessels (including sections) (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(13) Communications Equipment, Computers and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Production of satellite television and radio ground receiving facilities and key components.

4. Electricity, Gas and Water Generation and Supply

(1) Construction and operation of coal fired condensing power stations with a unit capacity of up to 300,000 kW, cogeneration plants with coal fired condenser extractor units with a unit capacity of up to 100,000 kW within small grids.

(2) Construction and operation of power grids (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(3) Construction and operation of gas, heat and water supply and drainage networks for cities with populations of at least 500,000 people (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

5. Communications, Transportation, Warehousing, and Postal Services

(1) Rail freight transportation companies.

(2) Companies engaged in the transportation of passengers by rail (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(3) Companies engaged in the transportation of passengers by road.

(4) Cross-border automobile transportation companies.

(5) Companies engaged in transportation by water (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(6) Airline companies for photography, prospecting, industry, etc. (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(7) Telecommunications companies: value-added telecommunications services (foreign investment not exceeding 50%) and basic telecommunications services (foreign investment not exceeding 49%).

6. Wholesale and Retail

(1) Direct sale, mail order and online sale.

(2) Wholesale, retail and distribution of acquisition of cereals, cereals, cotton, vegetable oil, sugar, tobacco, crude oil, agrochemicals, agricultural film, chemical fertilisers (for chain stores with more than 30 branches selling merchandise of different types and brands from more than one supplier, the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(3) Construction and operation of large agricultural product wholesale markets.

(4) Distribution of audio and video products (excluding motion pictures) (limited to cooperative joint ventures).

(5) Vessel agency (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest), ocean shipping tallying (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(6) Wholesale of oil products and the construction and operation of petrol stations (Where one foreign investor has established a petrol station chain with more than 30 branches selling oil products of different types and brands from several suppliers, the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

7. Financial Industry

(1) Banks, finance companies, trust companies and money brokers.

(2) Insurance companies (the foreign investment percentage in a life insurance company may not exceed 50%).

(3) Securities companies (limited to engaging in A share underwriting, B share, H share, sovereign and corporate bond underwriting and trading, with foreign investment not exceeding 1/3) and securities investment fund management companies (foreign investment not exceeding 49%).

(4) Insurance brokerages.

(5) Futures companies (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

8. Real Property Industry

(1) Development of large tracts of land (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(2) Construction and operation of high-end hotels, high-end office buildings and international conference centres.

(3) Real property secondary market trading and real property intermediaries or brokerages.

9. Leasing and Commercial Services Business

(1) Legal consultancy.

(2) Market surveys (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

(3) Credit check and rating service companies.

10. Scientific Research, Technical Services and Geological Surveying

(1) Surveying companies (the Chinese party shall have a controlling interest).

(2) Companies engaged in the inspection, appraisal and certification of import and export goods.

(3) Photographic services (including aerial photography and other such special photography services, but excluding aerial photography for cartographic purposes; limited to equity joint ventures).

11. Education

(1) Ordinary high school educational institutions (limited to cooperative joint ventures).

12. Cultural, Sports and Leisure Business

(1) Radio or television programme and motion picture production (limited to cooperative joint ventures).

(2) Construction and operation of cinemas (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(3) Construction and operation of large theme parks.

(4) Performance brokering organisations (the Chinese party shall hold a controlling interest).

(5) Operation of amusement venues (limited to equity and cooperative joint ventures).

13. Other Industries That Are Restricted by the State or by International Treaties Concluded or Acceded to by China.

CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS PROHIBITED

1. Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries

(1) Research, development, culturing and cultivation of valuable fine varieties rare in and unique to China and production of related propagation materials (including high-quality genes from the crop and plant cultivation industry, the animal husbandry industry and the aquatic products industry).

(2) Research and development of transgenic organisms and production of transgenic crop seeds, breeding stock, breeding fowl and aquatic fingerlings.

(3) Aquatic animal and plant fishing and dredging in China's marine jurisdictional waters and inland waters.

2. Mining

(1) Exploration for, and mining of, tungsten, molybdenum, tin, antimony and fluorspar.

(2) Exploration for, and mining and dressing of, rare earths.

(3) Exploration for, and mining and dressing of, radioactive minerals.

3. Manufacturing

(1) Beverage Manufacturing

(i) Processing of green teas and specialty teas using traditional Chinese processes (famous teas, fermented dark tea, etc.).

(2) Medicine Manufacturing

(i) Processing of Chinese traditional medicinal materials included in the Regulations for the Protection of Wild Medicinal Material Resources and the List of Chinese Rare and Endangered Protected Plants.

(ii) Application of techniques for the processing of soft lozenges of Chinese traditional medicines, such as steaming, parching, frying and calcining and the production of secret formulations of proprietary Chinese traditional medicines.

(3) Non-ferrous Metal Smelting and Rolling

(i) Smelting and processing of radioactive minerals.

(4) Specialised Equipment Manufacturing

(i) Manufacture of weapons and ammunition.

(5) Manufacture of Electric Machinery and Apparatus

(i) Manufacture of vented (direct emission of acid mist) lead-acid batteries, mercury-containing silver oxide button batteries, mercury-containing alkaline zinc-manganese button batteries, pasted zinc-manganese batteries and nickel cadmium batteries.

(6) Industrial Products and Other Manufacturing Industries

(i) Ivory carving.

(ii) Processing of tiger bones.

(iii) Production of bodiless lacquerware.

(iv) Production of enamelware.

(v) Production of xuan paper, and ink ingots.

(vi) Production of products that cause cancer, deformity or mutation or that are long-term organic pollutants.

4. Electricity, Gas and Water Generation and Supply

(1) With the exception of small grids, construction and operation of coal fired condensing power stations with a unit capacity of up to 300,000 kW, cogeneration plants with coal fired condenser extractor units with a unit capacity of up to 100,000 kW.

5. Communications, Transportation, Warehousing, and Postal Services

(1) Air traffic control companies.

(2) Postal service companies, and domestic express mail delivery..

6. Lease and Commercial Service Business

(1) Social surveys.

7. Scientific Research, Technical Service and Geological
Surveying Business.

(1) Development and application of human stem cell, gene diagnostic and treatment technologies.

(2) Geodetic surveying, marine surveying and cartography, aerial photography for cartographic purposes, administrative division boundary surveying and cartography, preparation of topographic maps and ordinary maps, preparation of electronic navigation maps.

8. Management of Water Conservancy, Environmental and Public facilities.

(1) Establishment and operation of nature preserves and internationally important wetlands.

(2) Development of state protected wild fauna and flora resources native to China.

9. Education

(1) Mandatory education institutions, educational institutions in special fields such as military academies, police academies, political academies and party schools.

10. Cultural, Sports and Leisure Business

(1) News organisations.

(2) Publication of books, newspapers and periodicals.

(3) Publication and production of audio and video products and electronic publications.

(4) Radio stations, television stations, radio and television channels (frequencies), radio and television transmission coverage networks (transmission stations, relay stations, radio and television satellites, satellite uplink stations, satellite reception and relay stations, microwave stations, monitoring stations and cable radio and television transmission coverage networks) at all levels.

(5) Companies engaged in the production or operation of radio or television programmes.

(6) Film production companies, distribution companies and cinema chain companies.

(7) Operation of news websites, network audio and video programme services, venues providing internet access services and internet culture (except for music).

(8) Construction and operation of golf courses and villas.

(9) Gaming industry (including horse racetracks that offer betting).

(10) Sex industry.

11. Other Industries

(1) Projects that jeopardise the safety and efficient use of military facilities.

12. Other Industries That Are Prohibited by the State or by International Treaties Concluded or Acceded to by China.

Notes: 1. If otherwise provided in the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement and its supplementary agreements, the Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement and its supplementary agreements, the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement and its supplementary agreements or a free trade area agreement between China and relevant countries, such provisions shall apply.

2. If otherwise provided in special State Council provisions or industrial policy, such provisions shall apply.