In support of Beijing's continued opening-up to the outside world and greater investment facilitation, to strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors, and promote stable foreign investment development, and upon the approval of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality, Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau printed and distributed Several Measures of Beijing Municipality to Strengthen Stable Foreign Investment (hereinafter referred to as "the Measures") which, including 25 sections in total, aims to create an open and convenient investment environment and protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors.

It is introduced that the Measures is whole-process, integrated policies issued for the stabilization of foreign investment. Being comprehensive in terms of the content, with a clear focus and well-targeted practices, the Measures covers information about the development of the "Two Zones", the headquarters economy, talent, tax revenue, foreign exchange, etc.. It effectively integrates the front-line policies of Beijing's opening up, further elevates the awareness of the opening-up policy across all fields, and contributes to the continued support of an open and convenient investment environment aimed at protecting the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors.

The Measures consists of seven parts in 25 sections: first, further expanding opening-up (three sections); second, gathering high-end and high-quality resources from across the globe (three sections); third, optimizing the development environment for foreign-invested enterprises (four sections); fourth, optimizing life services for foreign investors (four sections); fifth, promoting the attraction of capital and talent (three sections); sixth, optimizing foreign investment promotion services (three sections); and seventh, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of foreign-invested enterprises (five sections).

The Measures also features the Five Major Focuses, which include the functional improvement of services for foreign-invested enterprises, the emphasis on responses to concerns raised by foreign-invested enterprises, the attraction of both capital and talent, the optimization of life services for foreign investors, and the optimization of the development environment for and the protection of the legal rights and interests of foreign-invested enterprises.

(Source: Chinanews.com)