Laws of the People's Republic of China

No. 47

The Catalogue of Priority Industries for Foreign Investment in Liaoning Province has been approved by the State Council. As part of the Catalogue of Priority Industries for Foreign Investment in the Central-Western Region, it is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of the promulgation day.

In accordance with the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Opening-up of the Old Industrial Base in Northeast China (Guo Ban Fa [2005] No. 36), Liaoning Province is added into the Catalogue of Priority Industries for Foreign Investment in the Central-Western Region. All foreign-funded projects falling within the present Catalogue may enjoy the preferential policies for foreign-funded projects under the encouraged category. All foreign-funded projects under construction in line with the provisions of the present Category could be implemented in light of the related policies herein.

Ma Kai, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission

Bo Xilai, Minister of the Ministry of Commerce

September 25, 2006

Catalogue of Priority Industries for Foreign Investment in Liaoning Province

1.

Development and production of the seeds (seedlings) of grain, oil plants, vegetables and fruits (excluding transgenic seeds) (China party holding);

2.

Feeding and product deep- processing of meat chickens, live pigs, beef cattle, meat sheep, cows, deer and cashmere goats;

3.

Follow-up industrial development of state key ecological projects including the project of restoring farmland to forest or pasture;

4.

Processing and comprehensive utilization of oil shale, magnesium, zircon, etc. (China party relatively holding);

5.

Spinning, knitting and garment processing of high-grade cotton, fir, hemp, silk (tussah silk) and chemical fiber;

6.

Deep processing of natural medicine, raw material medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine, and production of their derivatives (not including raw material production of vitamin C and penicillin, and all items under the prohibited category of the Catalogue of Industries for Guiding Foreign Investment);

7.

Production of new type dry processing cement by using cement clinker with a daily production capacity of over 4, 000 tons;

8.

Production of such products as methanol with coal as raw materials by using large-size equipments and techniques (over 0.6 million tons per year);

9.

Production of million-ton ethylene and its downstream deep-processing products;

10.

Radial tire production;

11.

Manufacture of metal packing, automatic & three-dimensional storage and logistic warehousing equipments;

12.

Manufacture of automobile spare parts and accessories;

13.

Manufacture of vessel diesel engine, auxiliary engine, accessories and spare parts;

14.

Development and production of digital medical fixtures and key components;

15.

Deep-processing of copper plate and strip with high precision;

16.

Manufacture of steel lines and ultra-thin steel ropes;

17.

Medical institutions, upon approval, allow foreign- controlled;

18.

Construction and operation of urban centralized supply of heat, gas and drainpipe network, upon approval, allow foreign-controlled;

19.

Development and protection of scenic spots, and construction and operation of supporting facilities thereof;

20.

Projects of deep-processing and continuous industry in resource-exhausted cities, upon approval, may enjoy the policies for the encouraged category.