Last week, China issued the 2022 version of the Catalog of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment, with a goal of strengthening the supply chain and accelerating technology upgrades in chipmaking, biomass technology, and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

China's planning agency released a series of measures to support foreign investment in key sectors, including advanced manufacturing and modern services.

According to a recent document issued by China's State Council, Shanghai, Hainan and other cities are opening tourism and elderly care to foreign investment as part of a three-year pilot program. This is the latest move for the nation to attract foreign investment, with its economy facing pressures

In a new report, a scholar at a U.S. think tank found that some Taiwanese businesses are moving away from both mainland China and Taiwan, with the majority targeting Southeast Asia, in the midst of concerns about growing tensions and competition. But "[t]he economies on the two

A key Republican Congressman is pushing back against demands from some leading Democratic members of Congress for the Biden administration to pursue executive action on outbound investment screening regulation, and instead is arguing that the administration should work with Congress on this issue.

At an event last Friday, a White House official offered some comments on the CHIPS Act and the outbound investment screening mechanism that has been in the news recently, both of which aim at maintaining U.S. technological advantages over China. The goal is to maintain an "absolute advantage&

The discussion of U.S. legislative or executive action on outbound investment screening, with a focus on American investments in China, is heating up.