The State Council Issues Regulations on Outbound Investment

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 1 — The State Council has promulgated the "Regulations of the State Council on Outbound Investment," which will take effect on July 1, 2026. The regulations aim to advance highlevel opening up, promote highquality development of outbound investment, and strengthen outbound investment management, safeguarding investors' lawful rights and interests as well as national security and development interests. The regulations make clear that outbound investment applies to investors within China, including enterprises, other organizations, and resident individuals. The state supports investors in carrying out overseas investment in accordance with marketoriented principles, while requiring compliance with laws and regulations, international practices, and local customs, fulfillment of social responsibilities, and prevention of harm to the ecological environment, workers' rights and interests, and national interests. In terms of management and services, the regulations propose improving the outbound investment management system, refining systems such as approval and filing, information reporting, and crossborder capital registration, and strengthening risk prevention and control, comprehensive overseas services, and professional service support. For matters involving national security, export controls, data flows, capital exchange, and the like, the regulations also make corresponding arrangements and clearly specify penalties for violations of laws and regulations.