Recent and upcoming regulatory shifts, organized by the domains most likely to affect a foreign-held Chinese asset.
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Recent Regulatory Updates
Cybersecurity Review
CAC opens a formal cybersecurity review of a major foreign network-security vendor's products under critical-information-infrastructure rules
August 2026
Capital Management
SAFE announces a comprehensive overhaul of cross-border FDI capital rules and new outbound investment quotas
June 2026
Antitrust
SAMR launches a merger-review "green channel" campaign, shifting from pure gatekeeping toward guiding industrial consolidation
June 2026
Industry Regulation
Revised Foreign Trade Law intensifies national-security review for transactions involving data-rich services and core technology
March 2026
Foreign Investment
Revised national market-access negative list narrows restricted sectors for foreign capital
February 2026
Data Transfer
Three-pathway cross-border data transfer system (security assessment, standard contract, certification) takes full effect
January 2026
Data Security
Cybersecurity Law amendment brings AI systems into scope and raises penalties for critical-infrastructure operators
January 2026
Export Controls
MOFCOM and Customs release the 2026 Dual-Use Items catalogue, adding controls on semiconductor-adjacent materials (indium, gallium, germanium, bismuth/tellurium)
December 2025
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