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CATEGORY OF INDUSTRIES GUIDING FOREIGN INVESTMENTS (1998 REVISION)
 
(Order No. 7: Approved by State Council of the People's Republic of China on December 29; Issued by State Planning Commission on December 31, 1997 and take effect as of January 1, 1998)
     
     
SUBJECT : FOREIGN INVESTMENTS; INDUSTRIES GUIDIE; AMENDMENTS
ISSUING DEPARTMENT : NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION, STATE ECONOMIC AND TRADE COMMISSION, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ISSUE DATE : 12/31/1997
IMPLEMENT DATE : 01/01/1998
LENGTH : 4,549 words
TEXT :
TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IS ENCOURAGED

2.CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS RESTRICTED

3.CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS FORBIDDEN



CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IS ENCOURAGED


I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, FISHERY AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
(1) Reclamation and development of wasteland, waste mountains, and shallows (excluding those with military installations); transformation of middle or low-yielding fields
(2) Development of new strains of agricultural crops with fine quality and high yields such as sugar, fruits, vegetable, flowers and forage grass
(3) Serial production of vegetables and flowers through soilless cultivation
(4) Construction of forests and introduction of improved tree varieties
(5) Multiplication of fine animal and poultry stocks and fine stocks of aquatic products (excluding rare and valuable fine stocks peculiar to
China)
(6) Breeding of famous, special and high-quality aquatic products
(7) New varieties of safe and highly efficient pesticides (with an 80 per cent insect and germkilling rate and safe to men, animals and crops)
(8) High-concentration chemical fertilizers (potash fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer)
(9) Development of new technology and new products of farm sheets (fibrous sheet, photolytic sheet, multi-functional sheet and their raw materials)
(10) Raw drugs of antibiotics for animals (including antibiotics, chemical synthetic types)
(11) New products and preparations of anthelmintics, insecticides and anti-globulin for animals.
(12) Development of additives and protein resources for feed
(13) New techniques and equipment for storing, fresh-keeping, drying and processing grains, vegetables, fruits, meats and aquatic products
(14) New techniques and varieties of forestry chemical products and comprehensive use of "inferior, small and firewood" timbers and bamboo
(15) Construction and management of multipurpose hydro-junctions (in which States assets will take a holding or dominant position)
(16) Manufacturing of water-saving irrigation installations with new technology.
(17) Manufacturing of farm machinery and farm tools with new technology
(18) Projects for rectifying, harnessing and constructing bio-environment


II. LIGHT INDUSTRY
(1) Designing, processing and manufacturing of non-metallic molds
(2) Commercial pulp (with the capability of annual production of pulp-wood 170,000 tons or more, and establishing a related raw material base)
(3) Post processing of leathers and hides and the manufacturing of its new technology and equipment
(4) Manufacturing of mercury-free, alkaline-manganese disposable battery; lithiumion battery
(5) Manufacturing of special-purpose industrial sewing machines with high technology content
(6) Manufacturing of talon preservative film
(7) Manufacturing of new-type, high efficient enzymes preparations
(8) Manufacturing of composite and mono-isolate perfumes
(9) Research and popularization of applied techniques for replacing Freon
(10) Processing of diacetate fire and tows for cigarettes manufacturing.


III. TEXTILE INDUSTRY
(1) Chemical fire wood pulp for textile use (with the capacity of annual production of 100,000 tons or more, and establishing a related raw material base)
(2) Special textiles for industrial use
(3) Printing & dyeing and post processing of highly simulating chemical fire and high-grade fabric plus materials
(4) Manufacturing of assistants, oiling agents and dye-chemical materials for textile.


IV. TRANSPORTATION, POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
(1) Technical equipment for railway transportation: designing and manufacturing of locomotives and rolling stocks and their main parts, designing and manufacturing of track equipment, techniques concerning express railways and production of related equipment, manufacturing of equipment for monitoring communication signals and transportation safety, and production of equipment and apparatuses for electrified railways
(2) Construction and management of feeder and local railways as well as bridges, tunnels and ferries (exclusive management by foreign investors is not allowed)
(3) Designing and manufacturing of road and harbor equipment and machinery of new type.
(4) Construction and management of urban subways and light rails (with State property holding a controlling interest or dominant position)
(5) Construction and management of highways, independent bridges and tunnels
(6) Construction and management of public berths facilities in harbors (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(7) Construction and management of civil airports (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(8) Manufacturing of equipment for cellular mobile telecommunication cross connection and DCS/CDMA systems
(9) Production of 2.5GB/S or more optical synchronous and micro-wave synchronous digital serial transmission installations
(10) Production of metering installations for 2.5GB/S optical telecommunication, wireless telecommunication and data telecommunication
(11) Production of equipment for asynchronous terminal mode switchboards.


V. COAL INDUSTRY
(1) Designing and manufacturing of equipment for coal extraction, dressing and transportation
(2) Mining and dressing of coal (with State property holds a controlling stake or a dominant position in case of special or rare coal varieties)
(3) Production of water and coal fluids, liquefaction of coal
(4) Comprehensive development and utilization of coal
(5) Comprehensive development and utilization of fuels with low heat value and associated resources
(6) Pipeline transportation of coal
(7) Prospecting and development of coal bed gas.


VI. POWER INDUSTRY
(1) Construction and management of thermal power stations with single unit's installed capacity of 300,000 kilowatts or more
(2) Construction and management of hydropower stations which are mainly used in generating electricity
(3) Construction and management of nuclear power stations (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(4) Construction and management of power stations using technology of clean coal burning
(5) Construction and management of power stations using new energies (such as solar, wind, magnetic, underground heating, tidal and
biological energies)


VII. FERROUS METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY
(1) Steel making of 500,000 tons or more super-capacity electric furnaces (equipped with refining and continuous casting outside furnaces), 500,000 tons or more converters
(2) Smelting of stainless steel
(3) Production of cold-rolled silicon steel sheet
(4) Production of cold or hot-rolled stainless steel plates
(5) Petroleum steel pipes
(6) Processing and treatment of waste steel
(7) Mining and dressing of iron and manganese ores
(8) Production of direct or smelting reduced iron
(9) Prospecting of high alumina, hard paste ore and production of grog
(10) Deep-processing of needle-shaped coke, tamped coke and coal tar
(11) Production of dry extinguished coke.


VIII. NON-FERROUS INDUSTRY
(1) Production of monocrystalline silicon (with a diameter of 5 inches or more) and polycrystalline silicon
(2) Production of hard alloys, tin compounds and antimony compounds
(3) Production of non-ferrous metal composite materials and new-type alloy materials
(4) Extraction of copper, lead and zinc ores (exclusive management by foreign investors is not allowed)
(5) Extraction of aluminum ore (exclusive management by foreign investors is not allowed), production of aluminum oxide with an annual capacity of 300,000 tons or more
(6) Application of rare earth.


IX. PETROLEUM, PETROLCHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
(1) Production of ion membranes for caustic soda
(2) Ethylene, with an annual output of 600,000 tons or more (in which State property taking a holding or dominant position)
(3) Polyvinyl chloride resin (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(4) Comprehensive utilization of ethylene byproducts C5-C9
(5) Engineering plastic products and plastic alloys
(6) Complementary materials of synthetic materials: biphenyl A, styrene butadiene vinyl pyridine latex, pyridine, 4.4 biphenyl methane discarnate, methyl benzyl discarnate
(7) Basic organic chemical raw materials: comprehensive utilization of derivative products of benzene, methyl benzyl and xylene (para-, ortho- and meta-)
(8) Synthetic rubbers: liquid butadiene styrenes rubber, butyl rubber, isoprene rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, butadiene and chlorog / hydrin rubber, polyester rubber, acrylic rubber and chlorohydrins rubber
(9) Fine chemical industry: new products and technology of dyes (pigments), intermediates, catalysts, assistants and petroleum additives; processing techniques for commercializing dyes (pigments); high-tech chemicals for electronics and paper-making; food additives; feed additives; leather and hide chemicals; oilfield additives; surface active agents; water treatment agents; adhesives; inorganic fibers and inorganic powder fillings
(10) Production of chlorinated titanium dioxides
(11) Chemical products with coal as their raw materials
(12) Comprehensive utilization of waste gas, waste liquid and waste residue
(13) Production of scavengers, catalysts and other assistants for auto tail gas
(14) New technology development and application of triple oil extraction to increase oil recovery rate (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(15) Construction and management of oil and gas pipelines, oil depots, and oil docks (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)


X. MACHINE-BUILDING INDUSTRY
(1) Production of welding robots and highly efficient welding production lines
(2) High temperature-resisting insulating materials (of F and H classes) and insulating molders
(3) Manufacturing of railless mine equipment for extraction, loading and transportation, 100-ton and bigger tip trucks, mobile crushers, double inlet and outlet coal-grinders, 3,000-cubic-meters/hour and above excavators, 5-cubic-metre and above loading machines for mines, and mole excavators
(4) Manufacturing of color offset presses using webs, or single papers with the folio size
(5) Manufacturing of equipment for cleansing motor-pumped electric wells and production of pharmaceutical drugs
(6) Production of turbine compressors and compound comminutors for complete sets of equipment with an annual output of 300,000 tons or more of synthetic ammonia, 480,000 tons or more of urea and 300,000 tons or more of ethylene (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(7) Production of complete sets of new-type equipment for textile, paper- making (containing pulp)
(8) Development and manufacturing of precision scientific measuring instruments
(9) Manufacturing of new technology equipment for safety production checking and environment monitoring
(10) New-type parts of metres and instruments and materials (mainly intellectual-type sensors, connectors fur use on instruments, soft circuit boards, new-type switches such as photo and approach switches and functional materials for use in instruments)
(11) Research centers or institutions for designing and developing the equipment of significantly fundamental machinery, fundamental components and key technological fits
(12) Ratio, servo-hydraulic pressure technology, low-capacity pneumatic controlling valve and stuffing static seal production
(13) Production of precision dies, precision cavity dies and standard components of dies
(14) Production of equipment capable of treating 250,000 tons of urban waste water a day, equipment for treating industrial waste water membranes, upstream-type anaerobic fluidization equipment and other equipment for biological treatment of waste water, equipment for producing fly-ash bricks (50,000-100,000 tons/year), waste plastics recycling equipment, industrial boiler desulphurization and denigration equipment, and large-size thermostable and acid-fast dusters
(15) Manufacturing of precision and special bearings for main engines
(16) Production of key automobile components and spare parts: brake assembly, driving gear assembly, gearshifts, fuel pumps for diesel engines, pistons (including piston rings), air valves, hydraulic jibs, axle bushes, pressurizes, filters, constant-velocity universal joints, oscillation absorbers, seat adjustors, car locks, rear-view mirrors, glass lifters, panel combinations, lighting apparatuses and bulbs and special high-strength fasteners
(17) Production of automobile and motorcycle molds (including dies, injection mold and press molds), and clamping apparatuses (for welding and inspection purposes)
(18) Cast and forged semi-finished products for automobile and motorcycle
(19) Automobile and motorcycle technology research center and designing and development institutions
(20) Production of special desert vehicles for use in petroleum industry, etc.
(21) Production of motorcycle key components and spare parts: carburetor, magneto, starter engine, lighting apparatuses and plate-like brake
(22) Manufacturing of new technology equipment of water quality monitoring instruments
(23) Production of special machinery and equipment for flood prevention or control and disaster relief
(24) Production of machinery for excavating earth and scooping up sludge in damp soil
(25) Production of complete sets and key components and spare parts for feed processing with the capacity of 10 tons/hour or more
(26) Designing and manufacturing of new-type instruments and equipment for oil prospecting and development


XI. ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY
(1) Production of large-scale integrated circuits with line width of 0.35 micron or less
(2) Production of new-type electronic components and parts (including sheet-form parts) and electronic components and parts of power industry
(3) Production of photoelectric components, sensitive components and sensors
(4) Manufacturing of large and medium-sized computers
(5) Production of compatible digital televisions, high-definition televisions (HDTV) and digital cassette-recorders
(6) Development of special materials for semiconductors and photo electronics
(7) Manufacturing of new-type display devices (panel display devices and screens)
(8) Systems of computer-aided designing (three-dimensional CAD), computer-aided testing (CAT), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE) and other computer application systems
(9) Manufacturing of special electronic equipment, metres and instruments, and molds
(10) Manufacturing of hydrological data collecting instruments and equipment
(11) Manufacturing of satellite telecommunication equipment
(12) Manufacturing of digital cross-connecting equipment
(13) Manufacturing of equipment for air traffic control (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(14) Development and manufacturing of big capacity optical and magnetic disc memories and their components
(15) Development and manufacturing of new type printing apparatuses (laser printers and others)
(16) Manufacturing of digital telecommunication multimedia system equipment
(17) Production of mono-mode optical fiber
(18) Manufacturing of equipment for tie-in net telecommunication systems
(19) Manufacturing of new technology equipment for supporting telecommunication net
(20) Manufacturing of wideband digital network (ISDN)


XII. BUILDING MATERIALS, BUILDING EQUIPMENT AND OTHER NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES
(1) High-quality float-glass production lines with a melting capacity of 500 tons or more a day
(2) Production lines capable of producing 500,000 pieces of high-grade sanitation porcelain a year, comprising metal parts and plastic parts
(3) New-type building materials (wall materials, decorating materials, water-resisting materials, heat-preserving materials)
(4) New-type dried cement production lines capable of producing 4,000 tons or more of cement grog a day (limited in the central and west regions)
(5) Installations for storing and transporting bulk cement
(6) Production lines capable of annually producing 10,000 tons of glass fibre (technique of tank furnace wire-drawing) and glass-fibre reinforced products
(7) Inorganic non-metallic materials and products made of them (quartz glass, artificial crystal)
(8) High grade fire-resisting materials used in kilns or furnaces of glass, porcelain and glass fibre
(9) Deep processing techniques and equipment manufacturing of plate glass
(10) Manufacturing of tunnel borers and metro undermining equipment
(11) Manufacturing of special urban sanitation equipment
(12) Manufacturing of tree transplanting machines
(13) Manufacturing of road paving and repairing equipment


XIII. PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
(1) Chemical medicines with valid patents or under administrative protection of the Chinese Government, and special medicinal intermediates that need to be imported
(2) Production of analgesic-antipyretic medicines, using new technology
(3) Vitamins: nicotinic acid
(4) New types of anticancer medicines and cerebrovascular and cardiovascular medicines
(5) Medical preparations: new agents and products using new techniques as continuous action, controlled action, target-aiming skin-absorption, etc.
(6) Amino acids: serene, tryptophan, histidines, etc.
(7) New types of medicinal packing materials and containers, and advanced pharmaceutical equipment
(8) New-type, highly efficient and economical contraceptives
(9) New technology and equipment for improving the quality of Chinese patent drugs and transforming their forms and packaging
(10) New technology for analyzing the effective elements of Chinese traditional medicines and new extracting techniques and equipment
(11) New kinds of medicines produced with bioengineering techniques
(12) Development and utilization of new-type adjuvant
(13) Production of diagnostic agents for hepatitis, AIDS and the kind of radiation immunity


XIV. MEDICAL APPARATUSES AND INSTRUMENTS
(1) Medical X-ray unit with the capacity of 80 kilowatts and little radioactive dosage, using the techniques of intermediate frequency, computer control and digital image treatment
(2) Electronic endoscope
(3) Medical conduit


XV. SPACE AND AVIATION INDUSTRY
(1) Designing and manufacturing of civilian aircraft (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(2) Manufacturing of components and spare parts of civilian aircraft
(3) Designing and manufacturing of aircraft engines (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position
(4) Manufacturing of airborne equipment
(5) Manufacturing of light combustion turbines
(6) Designing and manufacturing of satellite for civilian use (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(7) Manufacturing of useful load of satellite for civilian use (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(8) Manufacturing of components and spare parts of satellite for civilian use
(9) Development of applicant technologies of satellite for civilian use
(10) Designing and manufacturing of carrier rockets for civilian use (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)


XVI. NEWLY EMERGING INDUSTRIES
(1) Microelectronic technology
(2) New materials
(3) Bio-engineering technology (excluding genetic engineering technology)
(4) Technologies of information and telecommunication networking
(5) Isotope, radiation and laser technologies
(6) Technology of ocean and marine energy development
(7) Desalination of sea water and its utilization technology
(8) Energy-saving technology
(9) Technology for the regeneration and comprehensive use of resources
(10) Projects and technology of environmental pollution control, monitoring and treatment


XVII. SERVICE INDUSTRY
(1) International economic, scientific & technical and environment protection information and consulting
(2) Maintenance and after-sale service of precision instruments
(3) Establishment of new hi-tech and new products research center and enterprise incubation

XVIII. PERMITTED ITEMS IN WHICH PRODUCTS ARE EXPORTED DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD



CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS RESTRICTED


(A)

I. LIGHT INDUSTRY
(1) Production of washing machines, refrigerators and ice-chests
(2) Synthetic fatty alcohol, alcohol ether, and sulphate
(3) Production of compressors for air-conditioners, refrigerators, with its axle capacity below 2 kilowatts


II. TEXTILE
(1) Chemical fibre spinning, spinned with regular slices
(2) Production of viscose staple fibre, with a single line capacity of below 20,000 tons a year


III. PETROLEUM, PETROL-CHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
(1) Production of barium salt
(2) Establishment of oil refineries with the capacity of below 5 million tons
(3) Production of cross-ply tyres, remolding of used tyres (excluding radial tyre) and low-capacity industrial rubber auxiliaries
(4) Production of titanium dioxides processing with sulphuric acid


IV. MACHINE-BUILDING INDUSTRY
(1) Equipment for making ordinary polyester filament and short fibre
(2) Manufacturing of diesel generating units
(3) Production of all kinds of ordinary abradants (including corundum, silicon carbide), grinding wheel with the diameter of below 400mm, and saw blades for cutting man-made diamonds
(4) Production of electric drills and power-driven grinders
(5) Ordinary welding rods of carbon steel
(6) Ordinary standard fasteners and small and medium-sized ordinary bearings
(7) Ordinary lead-acid batteries
(8) Containers
(9) Elevators
(10) Aluminum alloy hub


V. ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES
(1) Satellite television receivers and key components
(2) Switchboard equipment for digital programme-control departments and subscribers


VI. PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
(1) Production of Chloromycin, lincomycium, gentamycin, dihydrostreptomycin, amikacin (BBK 8), quadracycline, riomistin, acetyl spiramycin, medecamycin, kitasamycin, ilotycin, cyclo piperfluoric acid, piperfluoric acid and razinefluoric acid
(2) Production of analgin, aspirin, paracetamol, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and vitamin B6


VII. MEDICAL APPARATUSES AND INSTRUMENTS
(1) Medium and low-class B uotrasonoscopic apparatuses


VIII. TRANSPORTATION AND SERVICE INDUSTRY
(1) Taxis (cars bought in China only)
(2) Filling stations (only those going with relevant construction and management of express-ways)


(B)

I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, FISHERY AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
(1) Development and production of seeds for grains, cotton and oil- bearing crops (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(2) Processing and export of logs of precious and valuable trees (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(3) Fishing in offshore seas and inland waters (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)


II. LIGHT INDUSTRY
(1) Production of table salt and industrial salt
(2) Alcohol-free soft drinks with foreign brands (including solid drinks
(3) Brewing of yellow rice or millet wine, name-brand spirits
(4) Tobacco-processing industry including the making of cigarettes and filter rods
(5) Processing and production of wet blue hog skin, goatskin and cattle hide
(6) Natural perfumes and spices
(7) Grease processing
(8) Paper


III. TEXTILE INDUSTRY
(1) Woolen and cotton textiles.
(2) Raw silk and greige
(3) Highly simulating chemical fibers and special chemical fibers as aromatics, carbon fiber (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(4) Polyesters, acrylic fibers and polyurethane fibers of fibre-class or for non-fiber use (exclusive management by foreign investment is not
allowed)


IV. COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, AND POST & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
(1) Construction and operation of trunk railways (with State assets taking the holding or leading position)
(2) Water transportation (with State property taking the holding or leading position)
(3) Cross-border transportation (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(4) Air transportation (with State assets taking the holding or leading position)
(5) General-use aviation (with State assets taking the holding or dominant position)


V. POWER INDUSTRY
(1) Construction and operation of conventional thermal power stations with single unit capacity below 300,000 kilowatts (excluding minor electric grids and power stations in outlying mountain areas or those burning low-quality coal or gangue)


VI. NON-FERROUS METAL INDUSTRY (EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT BY FOREIGN
INVESTMENT IS NOT ALLOWED)
(1) Processing of copper and aluminum
(2)Extracting, dressing, smelting and processing of precious metals (gold, silver, and platinum)
(3) metals
(4) Prospecting, extracting, dressing, smelting and separating of rare earth


VII. PETROLEUM, PETROCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
(1) Sensitive materials (film, roll film, PS plate and photographic paper)
(2) Mining and processing of war wicket
(3) Benzdine
(4) Series of ion-exchange membrane caustic soda and organochlorine chemical products
(5) Radial tyre (with State assets taking the holding or leading
position
(6) Synthetic fibre materials: fine terephthalic acid, acrylonitrile (AN), caprolactam, nylon 66 salt, etc.


VIII. MACHINE-BUILDING INDUSTRY
(1) Automobiles (including sedan cars, cargo trucks, passenger buses, remolded vehicles) and motorcycles (with State assets taking the holding or dominant position)
(2) Automobile and motorcycle engines (with State assets taking the holding or leading position)
(3) For automobile use: air compressors, electronic-controlled fuel injection systems, electronic-controlled brake anti-malfunction systems, safety gasbag and other automobile electronic equipment systems, manufacturing of electric machinery and aluminum radiators
(4) Transformation and dismantling (remolding) of worn-out automobiles and motorcycles and engines thereof
(5) Equipment of thermal power stations: generating sets of 100,000 kilowatts and above (generators, steam turbines, boilers, auxiliary engines, and controlling devices), integrated generating sets with gas turbine combinations, circulating fluidization boilers, IGCC, PFBC, and manufacturing of desulphurization and denigration equipment (exclusive management by foreign investors is not allowed)
(6) Equipment of hydro-power stations: manufacturing of hydro-power generating units having wheels with a diameter of 5 meters or more (including auxiliary machinery and control devices), large pump-storage generating units of 50,000 kilowatts or above, and large through-flow turbine units of 10,000 kilowatts or above (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(7) Nuclear power generating units: manufacturing of generating units of 600,000 kilowatts or more (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(8) Power transmission and transformation equipment: manufacturing of large transformers of 220 kilovolts or above, high-pressure switches, mutual inductors, and cables (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(9) Caterpillar tractors of below 320 horsepower, wheeled loading trucks with the capacity of below three cubic meters, and truck cranes of below 50 tons (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(10) Manufacturing of continuous casting machines for sheets
(11) Copiers, cameras.


IX. ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY
(1) Color television sets (including projection television sets), color picture tubes and glass bulbs
(2) Tele-cameras (including picture shooting and video recording machines
(3) Video recorders, and magnetic heads, drums, movements thereof
(4) Analog mobile communication systems (cellular, group, paging and wireless and cordless telephones)
(5) Satellite navigation, orientating and receiving equipment and key part (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed)
(6) Manufacturing of VSAT system equipment
(7) Manufacturing of photo synchronous digital series of below 2.5GB/S, microwave telecommunication system equipment of 144MB/S or less


X. BUILDING MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS
INDUSTRIES
(1) Prospecting, mining and processing of diamonds, natural precious stones and other rare and precious non-metallic ores (exclusive management by foreign investment is not allowed).


XI. PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
(1) Traditional Chinese medicinal materials, semi-finished or finished products of traditional Chinese patent drugs (excluding the preparation techniques of traditional Chinese tablets)
(2) Precursors of narcotic drugs: ephedrine, fake ephedrine, ergobasine, ergommtamine and erotic acid
(3) Penicillin G
(4) Addictive unaesthetic and psychotropic drugs
(5) Production of vaccines with high content of science (vaccines of AIDS, hepatitis C, contraception, etc, with State assets taking the holding or leading position)
(6) Production of vaccines, bacteria for nationwide planned immunity, and antitoxin and toxoid (vaccines of BCG, pliomyelitis, pertussis, measles, encephalitis B)
(7) Production of vitamin C
(8) Blood products


XII. MEDICAL APPARATUSES AND INSTRUMENTS
(1) Disposable syringes, infusion and blood transfusion instruments and blood bag
(2) Manufacturing of large-sized medical equipment as X-ray CT, MRI and medical accelerators


XIII. SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRY
(1) Repairing, designing and manufacturing of special-purpose and high- performance ships and ships of 35,000 tons or above
(2) Designing and manufacturing of equipment for ship diesel engines, auxiliary machines, wireless telecommunication and navigation and complementary products for ships


XIV. INTERNAL AND FOREIGN TRADE, TOURISM, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, AND SERVICE TRADES (EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IS NOT ALLOWED)
(1) Domestic commerce (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(2) Foreign trade (with State assets taking a holding or leading position
(3) Travel services
(4) Cooperation in running schools (excluding elementary education)
(5) Medical institutions (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position)
(6) Accounting, auditing, legal consultation, and brokerages
(7) Agent service (shipping, freight transport, futures, marketing, and advertisement)
(8) Deluxe hotels, villas, office buildings and international conference & exhibition centers
(9) Golf courses
(10) Development of land in stretches
(11) Large tourist, cultural and amusement parks and man-made views
(12) Establishment and operation of State-class tourist areas


XV. FINANCE AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
(1) Banks, financial corporations, and trust and investment corporations
(2) Insurance companies, insurance brokers and agents companies
(3) Securities companies, investment banks, merchants banks and fund management corporations
(4) Financial leasing
(5) Foreign exchange brokerage
(6) Finance, insurance and foreign exchange consulting
(7) Production, processing, wholesaling and marketing of gold, silver, and jewelry


XVI. OTHERS
(1) Printing, publishing and distribution (with State assets taking a holding or dominant position
(2) Inspection and appraisal of import and export commodities (exclusive management by foreign investors is not allowed)
(3) Production, publishing and distribution of audio and video products, electronic publications (with State assets taking a holding or leading position)


XVII. OTHER INDUSTRIES RESTRICTED BY CHINA OR INTERNATIONAL TREATIES CHINA HAS CONCLUDED OR JOINED



CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRIES IN WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS FORBIDDEN


I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, FISHERY, AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
(1) Wild animal and plant resources under State protection
(2) Rare, valuable fine strains or stocks (including fine genes of farm production, animal husbandry and aquatic production)
(3) Construction of natural reserves of animals and plants
(4) Processing of green tea and special kinds of tea (famed tea and black tea, etc.)


II. LIGHT INDUSTRY
(1) Ivory carving, processing of tiger bones
(2) Hand-made carpets
(3) Bodiless lacquer wares
(4) Products of pearl-like stones and hawksbills
(5) Blue and white porcelain
(6) Rice paper, ink sticks


III. POWER INDUSTRY AND URBAN PUBLIC UTILITIES
(1) Construction and operation of power grids
(2) Construction and management of water supply, drainage, gas and heating networks in urban areas


IV. ORE EXTRACTION, DRESSING AND PROCESSING
(1) Extraction, dressing, smelting and processing of radioactive minerals


V. PETROLEUM, PETROL-CHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
(1) Extraction and processing of boromagnesites
(2) Extraction and processing of celescites


VI. PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
(1) Resources of Chinese medicinal herbs under State protection (musk, licorice root, etc)
(2) Preparation techniques of traditional Chinese tablets and products of secret prescriptions of Chinese patent drugs.


VII. COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORT, POST & TELECOMMUNICATION
(1) Operation and management of post and telecommunication business
(2) Air traffic control


VIII. TRADE AND FINANCE
(1) Commodity futures, finance futures and other derivative finance businesses


IX. RADIO, FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY
(1) All levels of radio stations (substations), television stations (networks), transmitting and relay stations (substations)
(2) Production, publishing, distribution and showing of radio, television programs
(3) Production, distribution and showing of film
(4) Video shows


X. JOURNALISM


XI. INDUSTRY OF MILITARY WEAPON PRODUCTION


XII. OTHERS
(1) Projects endangering the safety and efficiency of military installations
(2) Carcinogenic materials and materials causing deformity and sudden mutation and processing of these materials
(3) Horse race course, gambling
(4) Pornographic services


XIII. OTHER INDUSTRIES IN WHICH FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS FORBIDDEN BY CHINA OR BY INTERNATIONAL TREATIES CHINA HAS CONCLUDED OR JOINED
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