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Catalogue of Restricted Foreign Investment Industries


I. Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Industries
1.Development and production of grain (including potatoes), cotton and oil-seed (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)
2. Processing of the logs of precious varieties of trees (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)

II. Mining and Quarrying Industries
1. Mining and mining of minerals such as wolfram, tin, antimony, molybdenum, barite, fluorite (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
2.Exploring and mining of precious metals (gold, silver, platinum families)
3.Exploring and mining of precious non-metals such as diamond
4. Exploring and mining of special and rare kind of coal (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)
5.Mining of szaibelyite and szaibelyite iron ores
6. Mining of celestine

III. Manufacturing Industries
1.Food Processing Industry
1.1Production of millet wine and spirits of famous brands
1.2Production of soda beverage of foreign brand
1.3Production of synthetic sweet agent such as saccharin
1.4Production of fat or oil
2.Tobacco Processing Industry
2.1Production of cigarettes and filter tips
3. Textile Industry
3.1Wood spinning, cotton spinning
3.2 Silk reeling
4.Printing and Record Medium Reproduction Industry
4.1Printing of publications (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares except printing of package decoration)
5.Petroleum Processing and Coking Industries
5.1Construction and management of refineries
6.Chemical Raw Material and Products Manufacturing Industry
6.1Production of ionic membrane caustic soda
6.2Production of sensitive materials
6.3Production of benzidine
6.4Production of chemical products from which narcotics are easily made (ephedrine, 3, 4-idene dihydro pheny1-2-acetone, phenylacetic acid, 1-pheny1-2-acetone, heliotropin, safrole, isosafrole, acetic oxide)
6.5 Production of sulphuric acid basic titanium white
6.6Processing of baron, magnesium, iron ores
6.7Barium salt production
7.Medical and Pharmaceutical Products Industry
7.1Production of chloramphenicol, penicillin G, lincomycin, gentamicin, dihydrostreptomycin, amikacin, tetracycline hydrochloride, oxytetracyline, medemycin, kitasamycin, ilotyin, ciprofloxacin and offoxacin
7.2. Production of analgin, paracetamol, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin C, VitaminE
7.3Production of immunity vaccines, bacterins, antitoxins and anatoxin (BCG vaccine, poliomyelitis, DPT vaccine, measles vaccine, Type-B encephalitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis vaccine) which included in the State’s Plan
7.4Production of material medicines for addiction narcotic and psychoactive drug (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)
7.5Production of blood products
7.6Production of non-self-destructible expendable injectors, transfusion systems, blood transfusion systems, blood bags
8. Chemical Fibre Production Industry
8.1Production of chemical fibre drawnwork of conventional chipper
8.2Production of viscose staple fibre with an annual single thread output capacity of less than 20000 tons
8.3.Production of polyester and spandex used for fibre and non-fibre with a daily production capacity of less than 400 tons
9. Rubber Products
9.1 Cross-ply and old tire recondition (not including radial tire), and production of industrial rubber fittings of low performance
10.Non-Fettous Metal Smelting and Rolling Processing Industry
10.1 Smelting and separation of rare earth metal (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
11.Ordinary Machinery Manufacturing Industry
11.1 Manufacture of containers
11.2 Manufacture of small and medium type ordinary bearings
11.3 Manufacture of truck cranes of less than 50 tons (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
12. Special Purpose Equipment Manufacturing Industry
12.1 Production of low or middle class type-B ultrasonic displays
12.2. Manufacture of equipment for producing long Dacron thread and short fibre
12.3 Manufacture of crawler dozers of less than 320 horsepower, wheeled mechanical loaders of less than 3 cubic meter (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
13. Electronic and Telecommunication Equipment Manufacturing Industry
13.1 Production of satellite television receivers and key parts

IV. Production and Supply of Power, Gas and Water
1. Construction and operation of conventional coal-fired power plants whose unit installed capacity is less than 300000kW (with the exception of small power grid)

V. Communication and Transportation, Storage, Post and Telecommunication Services
1. Road passenger transportation companies
*2. Cross-border automobile transportation companies
*3. Water transportation companies
*4. Railway freight transportation companies
5. Railway passenger transportation companies (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)
6. General aviation companies engaging in photographing, prospecting and industry (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)
*7. Telecommunication companies

VI. Wholesale and Retail Trade Industries
*1. Commercial companies of commodity trading, direct selling, mail order selling, Internet selling, franchising, commissioned operation, sales agent, commercial management companies, and wholesale, retail and logistic distribution of grain, cotton, vegetable oil, sugar, medicines, tobaccos, automobiles, crude oil, capital good for agricultural production
*2. Wholesale or retail business of books, newspaper and periodicals
*3. Distributing and selling of andiovisual products (excluding movies)
4. Commodity auctions
*5. Goods leasing companies
*6. Agencies (ship, freight forwarding, tally for foreign vessels, advertising)
*7. Wholesaling product oil, and construction and operation of gasoline stations
8. Foreign trade companies

VII. Banking and Insurance Industries
1.Banks, finance companies, trust investment companies
*2. Insurance companies
*3. Security companies, security investment fund management companies
4. Financial leasing companies
5. Foreign exchange brokage
*6. Insurance brokage companies

VIII. Real Estate Industry
1. Development of pieces of land (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
2. Construction and operation of high-ranking hotels, villas, high-class office buildings and international exhibition centers

IX. Social Service Industry
1.Public Facility Service Industries
1.1 Construction and operation of networks of gas, heat, water supply and water drainage in large and medium sized cities (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)
2.Information, Consultation Service Industries
2.1. Legal consulting

X. Public Health, Sports and Social Welfare Industries
1. Medical treatment establishments (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
2. Construction, and operation of golf courts

XI. Education, Culture and Arts, Broadcasting, Film and TV Industries
1. Education establishments for senior high school students (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
2. Construction and operation of cinemas (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)

XII. Scientific Research and Poly-technical Services Industries
1. Mapping companies (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares)
*2. Inspection, verification and attestation companies for imported and exported goods

XIII. Other industries restricted by the State or international treaties that China has concluded or taken part in