NDRC2026-08-24 07:56:09China’s NDRC Seeks Public Comment on Revised Outbound Investment RulesChina’s National Development and Reform Commission has released a revised draft of its outbound investment management rules for public consultation, according to Caixin, with the comment period running from Aug. 21, 2026 to Sept. 20, 2026. The draft broadens the definition of investor beyond enterprises to include domestic companies, other organizations, and resident individuals. It also states that reinvestment made by investors outside China falls within the scope of outbound investment. On supervision, the draft sets out categories of outbound investment, regulatory responsibilities, and procedures and timelines for approvals and filings. It says investors must obtain either an approval document or a filing notice before carrying out an outbound investment. For resident individuals newly brought into scope, the approval authority would be the National Development and Reform Commission, while the filing authority would be the provincial-level development and reform department in the place of household registration or habitual residence.1090
NDRC2026-08-24 07:20:58China’s NDRC seeks revisions to outbound investment rules, bringing individual overseas investment under filing managementChina’s National Development and Reform Commission has released a draft revision to its outbound investment management rules for public comment, according to Caixin. The consultation period runs from Aug. 21, 2026 to Sept. 20, 2026. One of the main proposed changes is an expanded definition of investor, extending coverage beyond enterprises to include domestic enterprises, other organizations, and individual residents. The draft also states that reinvestment made by investors outside China would still fall within the scope of outbound investment. In the regulatory section, the proposal sets out rules on investment classification, division of oversight responsibilities, and procedures and time limits for approval or filing. Investors would need to obtain an approval document or filing notice before carrying out an outbound investment. For individual residents, who are newly added under the proposal, the approval authority would be the NDRC, while filing would be handled by provincial-level development and reform departments in the place of household registration or habitual residence.1130
Policy Regula2026-07-31 04:34:08China NDRC says AI lawmaking will accelerate as domestic large models top 10 billion downloadsChina’s National Development and Reform Commission said the country will speed up work on AI legislation while expanding research and pilot infrastructure for the sector. Speaking at a July 31 press conference, Jiang Yi, director of the Policy Research Office at the NDRC, said China’s homegrown AI innovation gained pace in the first half of the year. He cited local companies including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI, saying they had released open-source large models with parameter counts at the trillion level. He also said cumulative global downloads of Chinese large models had exceeded 10 billion. Jiang said the next step will focus on frontier areas including foundational theory for large models, training and inference efficiency, multimodal capabilities, and AI agents. Authorities will also move faster on the layout and construction of national AI application pilot testing bases and step up efforts to foster AI-derived businesses. On regulation, he said policymakers will coordinate high-quality development with high-level security, accelerate the legislative process for an Artificial Intelligence Law, build a closed-loop framework covering development, regulation, and safety, and improve mechanisms for technical monitoring, risk alerts, and emergency response. He added that China will adhere to a development approach in which AI is human-led, used for people, and aligned with human well-being, while addressing its impact on economic operations and employment distribution.1940
NDRC2026-07-17 04:41:41China’s NDRC releases AI cooperation development action planChina’s National Development and Reform Commission on July 17 released an action plan for artificial intelligence cooperation, laying out a set of measures tied to data flows, compute infrastructure, and open-source collaboration. The plan calls for advancing cross-border data movement and building and operating trusted cross-border data spaces in selected areas to support efficient, convenient, and secure data transfers. It also proposes coordinated development of high-quality corpora and industry-grade datasets, along with joint construction and sharing of multilingual corpora, which it said would help support global AI innovation. On infrastructure, the plan mentions connecting intelligent computing facilities, offering inclusive computing services to developing countries, and jointly building infrastructure powered by green energy to support lower-carbon development of computing capacity. The document also backs the creation of an international AI open-source community, cross-border exchange and cooperation among open-source communities, and the sharing of general large models, foundational algorithms, and tool components. In parallel, it supports coordinated work on open-source compliance systems and safety rules, while encouraging countries to pursue localized innovation based on open-source models.2190
China2026-07-09 03:34:22China's NDRC Targets State-Owned Crypto Mining Firms with Punitive Electricity TariffsChina's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced a comprehensive crackdown on cryptocurrency mining within state-owned enterprises. Plans include punitive electricity rates for those using subsidized power, aiming to optimize industrial structure and meet carbon neutrality goals. The move triggered market sell-offs.1890
