On 5 March 2025, premier Li Qiang of the State Council delivered a government work report to the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress on behalf of the State Council. The coming year China will have a strong focus on encouraging foreign investment and will take initiatives to advance unilateral opening-up in a well-ordered way.
China will promote comprehensive trials and demonstrations for expanding opening-up of the service sector. It aims to open internet-related, cultural and other sectors in a well-regulated way and expand trials to open sectors such as telecommunications, medical services and education
Foreign investors will be encouraged to increase their reinvestment in China. The Chinese government will support foreign-invested enterprises in collaborating with upstream and downstream enterprises in their respective industrial chains.
China aims to ensure foreign investors will receive better services and support and expedite the launch of landmark projects. Goal is to make China a favored destination for foreign investment.
Focus goes out to enhancing the quality and performance of pilot free trade zones and granting the zones more powers to pursue reforms, which include the acceleration of the implementation of core policies for the Hainan Free Trade Port, improve opening-up and development policies for economic development zones, and promote the transformation and upgrading of integrated bonded areas.
The objective for 2025 is to foster a first-rate business environment that is market-oriented and internationalized, thus enabling foreign-invested enterprises to achieve even greater business success in China.