CCTV News: On January 23, the Ministry of Commerce held a press conference.
At the press conference, a reporter asked: In 2024, the actual amount of foreign funds used nationwide was 826.25 billion yuan. What measures will the Ministry of Commerce take to further attract foreign investment in 2025? Will we continue to carry out a series of activities of "Invest in China"?
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce He Yadong responded: In 2025, the Ministry of Commerce will resolutely implement the deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, increase efforts to attract investment and stabilize investment, and focus on carrying out the following work:
First, expand opening up and continue to relax market access. At present, restrictions on foreign investment access in manufacturing have been "cleared". We will steadily promote the opening up of the service industry and promote the expansion of pilot projects for opening up in the fields of telecommunications, medical care, education, etc. We will also revise and expand the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment" to enhance the attractiveness of investment-attracting policies.
The second is to build a brand and organize the "Invest in China" activities with high quality. We will continue to carry out investment promotion, project docking, policy promotion, thematic seminars and other activities at home and abroad, and build the Investment and Trade Fair into a landmark exhibition of "Investing in China".
The third is to strengthen services and create a first-class business environment. We will enhance the professionalism and pertinence of the topics selected by foreign-funded enterprises, focus on corporate attention, and solve corporate demands. We treat domestic and foreign-funded enterprises equally and support domestic and foreign-funded enterprises to participate in large-scale equipment renewal, consumer goods trade-in, government procurement, bidding and other activities, providing a fair competitive environment for foreign-funded enterprises.
In general, we will do a good job in "subtraction" of the negative list and "addition" of optimizing the business environment, so that foreign-funded enterprises can feel at ease, feel at ease and have confidence, and let "the next 'China' is still China."
