Policies

MOFCOM, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China Railway, and other agencies issued measures to promote railway-tourism integration and expand service consumption. The policy covers tourism-oriented station upgrades, tourist train retrofits, new rail-tourism products, improved ticketing and data services, themed travel routes, and financial/policy support. It also sets a target of more than 160 ...

MOFCOM confirmed duty-rate succession under China’s existing anti-dumping measures on imported copolymer POM from South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia. Daicel HPP Malaysia inherits Polyplastics Asia Pacific’s 8.0% anti-dumping duty rate, while Kolon Industries inherits Kolon ENP’s 6.2% rate. Exports made under the old company names will instead face the higher “other company” duty rates.

MOFCOM and 4 other agencies adjusted China’s export-control catalogue for exports of certain precursor chemicals to specific countries/regions. The notice adds 3 more controlled varieties and requires licensing for exports of listed items to certain destination countries.

Issued May 26, China’s State Council has released a five-year plan targeting basic agricultural modernization by 2030, covering grain security, seed self-sufficiency, AI farming, new-energy machinery and crop protection in an autarky context as insurance against maritime blockades.

Issued May 25, China’s State Council’s opinion sets out its intent to gradually decouple education, healthcare, and social insurance from hukou registration.

Issued May 22, China's State Council has released the country's first dedicated five-year plan for urban renewal (not construction or demolition), targeting 500,000 housing units and aiming for more than 95% residential digital coverage by 2030.

Effective June 11, China's State Council passed Mineral Resources Law implementation rules establishing a three-layer reserve system (product, capacity, and site) under which extraction at any deposit or site can be suspended for five years.

Effective July 1, China’s State Council has enacted the country's first comprehensive legal framework for outbound investment, introducing an approval, reporting, and security review cycle.

The State Council issued the Regulations on Industrial Chain and Supply Chain Security on March 31, 2026, effective immediately. The focus is on safeguarding the resilience and security of China’s key industrial and supply chains through risk monitoring, strategic reserves, emergency response mechanisms, and countermeasures against foreign discriminatory restrictions or disruptions targeting ...

The General Office of the State Council issued several measures on April 6, 2026, on accelerating the development of a tiered diagnosis and treatment system. The focus is on strengthening primary-level healthcare through integrated medical consortia, guiding patients to seek first diagnosis at community clinics, improving referral mechanisms, and using differentiated medical insurance ...