On September 8, 2024, the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2024) was issued, which will be in effect from November 1, 2024. The Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021) will be repealed at the same time.

The 2024 version of the negative list for foreign investment access reduces the number of restriction measures from 31 to 29, in which the items "The printing of publications shall be controlled by the Chinese parties" and "Investment in the application of steaming, frying, roasting, calcining and other processing technologies of the decoction pieces of the traditional Chinese medicine and the production of secret prescription products of the proprietary Chinese medicine is prohibited" are removed, achieving "zero restrictions" on foreign investment access in the manufacturing sector.

(Source: Official WeChat account of CCTV Finance)