State Council, Opinions on Implementing a Negative List System for Market Access

With respect to the investment and operating acts as well as other market entry acts of market entities that involve the sectors set forth below, control measures such as prohibition of entry or restriction of the market entity's qualifications, equity percentages, scope of business, pattern of operations, business model, spatial distribution, and land spatial development and protection may be taken in accordance with relevant provisions of laws, administrative regulations and State Council decisions: industries, sectors and businesses relating to national security, such as those involving the security of people's lives and property, political security, land security, military security, economic security, financial security, cultural security, public security, scientific and technological security, information security, ecological security, resource security, nuclear security and emerging sector security; industries, sectors and businesses impacting the entire nation's major productivity distribution, strategic resource development and major public interests; industries, sectors and businesses in respect of which administrative permissions may be required in accordance with the law and that involve the investment and operating acts of market entities; and other circumstances as specified in laws, administrative regulations and State Council decisions (Article 7).