China Lightens Touch on Foreign Investors Amid Trade Tensions

China Lightens Touch on Foreign Investors Amid Trade Tensions
A new liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in the northern city of Tianjin, China, on Feb. 6, 2018. LNG exploration is among a list of sectors for which Beijing has announced it will ease foreign investment restrictions. VCG via Getty Images
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About a week before U.S. tariffs on a list of Chinese goods worth $34 billion became effective on July 6, the Chinese authorities announced that it would ease restrictions on foreign investments in certain industries.

On June 28, China’s National Development and Reform Commission released a revised list of sectors in which foreign investment is limited or prohibited, reducing the number of targeted sectors from last year’s 63 to 48. 
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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