Catalog of industries encouraging foreign investment
1. Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and related industries:
1) Reclamation and development of wastelands, barren mountains and tidal-flat zones; and transformation of low- and average-yield fields and forests;
2) Development of new, high-quality and high-yield strains of agricultural crops, such as grain, cotton, oil-bearing crops, sugar crops, fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and plants, and forage grass;
3) Mass production of vegetables and flowers using soilless cultivation techniques;
4) Afforestation and import of improved tree varieties;
5) Multiplication of fine breeds of animal, poultry and aquatic stocks;
6) Breeding of brand-name, special and high-quality aquatic species, and deep-sea fishing;
7) New varieties of safe and highly effective agricultural chemicals and pesticides;
8) Highly concentrated chemical fertilizers;
9) New technologies for the production of agricultural plastic sheeting and development of new products;
10) Antibiotics and anthelmintics for animals;
11) Development of compound feed, feed additive and protein resources;
12) New techniques and equipment for the storage, fresh preservation, drying and processing of vegetables, fruit, meat and aquatic products;
13) Forestry chemicals, and new products and new technologies for comprehensive utilization of ?inferior, small and firewood? timber in forest areas;
14) Construction and operation of multi-purpose water-control projects;
15) Manufacture of water-efficient irrigation equipment;
16) Manufacture of agricultural machinery and equipment involving new technology;
2. Light industry:
1) Design, processing and manufacture of molds for nonmetallic product;
2) Paper pulp;
3) Post-finishing and processing of leather and hides;
4) Production of mercury-free alkali-manganese, lithium-ion and hydrogen-nickel batteries;
5) Manufacture of technologically advanced special-purpose industrial sewing machines;
6) Production of polyamide clinging wrap;
7) Production of synthetic detergents;
8) Production of synthetic perfume and mono-isolate;
9) Research into and popularization of applied technology for Freon substitution.
3. Textile industry:
1) Production of modified and simulation fiber which are compound and superfine, antistatic and flame resistant as well as production of such special chemical fibers as spandex and carbon fiber;
2) Printing, dyeing and post-finishing of high emulation artificial fibers and high-grade fabrics;
3. Production of highly emulation chemical fiber;
4) Production of textile oiling agents;
5) Special textiles for industrial use.
4. Transportation, posts and telecommunications:
1) Technologies and equipment for railway transportation: Design and manufacture of locomotives and main parts; design and manufacture of railway equipment; technologies for express railways and manufacture of related equipment; manufacture of equipment for communicational signals and safety monitoring; and manufacture of equipment and instruments for electrified railways;
2) Construction and management of local railways and related bridges, tunnels and ferry facilities;
3) Design and manufacture of new machinery and equipment for highway and port;
4) Construction and management of urban metro and light rails;
5) Construction and management of highways, independent bridges, tunnels and port facilities;
6) Construction and management of civil airports;
7) Manufacture of 900 MHz digital cellular mobile telecommunication equipment;
8) Manufacture of phototiming and microwave synchronous digital transmission equipment at 2.5 Gb/s or above;
9) Manufacture of ATM switching equipment.
5. Power industry:
1) Construction and management of thermal power stations;
2) Construction and management of hydropower stations;
3) Construction and management of nuclear power stations;
4) Construction and management of power stations applying new technology.
6. Ferrous metallurgical industry:
1) Sponge iron;
2) Powder metallurgy;
3) Abbreviated production line with a capacity of 200,000 tons and iron and steel joint production line with a capacity of 500,000 tons;
4) Production of rolled silicon steel sheets, galvanized sheets, tin plates and stainless steel sheets;
5) Production of hot- and cold-rolled sheet metal;
6) Production of steel tubes for bearing, petroleum piping and high-pressure furnace, and stainless steel tubes;
7) Steel used for making vehicles;
8) Ultra-high power electrode, needle coke;
9) Mining of high-aluminum bauxite and hard clay ores and production of grog;
10) Mining and processing of iron ore;
11) Deep processing of tamped coke and coal tar;
12) High-purity magnesite;
13) Quality fire-resistant materials special for continuous casting, steel ladle and top-bottom blowing, as well as special casting powder
7. Nonferrous metallurgical industry:
1) Production of monocrystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon;
2) Production of hard alloys, and tin and antimony compounds;
3) Production of nonferrous metal composite materials and new alloys;
4) Mining of copper, lead and zinc ores;
5) Mining of aluminum ores and production of aluminum oxide;
6) Application of rare earth.
8. Petroleum, petrochemical and chemical industries:
1) Production of caustic soda with ion membrane and new organochlorine compound series;
2) Production of iron membrane fro caustic soda use;
3) Comprehensive utilization of ethylene and propylene products and C5-C9 byproducts;
4) Engineering plastics and plastic alloys;
5) Production of synthetic rubber;
6) Fine chemicals: new products and technology for dyestuffs (pigment), intermediates, catalytic agents, assistants and petroleum additives; processing techniques for commercialization of dyestuffs and pigment; and production of hi-tech chemicals for electronics and papermaking use, food and feed additives, leather and hide chemicals, oilfield assistants, surface active agents, water treatment agents, adhesives, inorganic fibers, and inorganic powder stuffing;
7) Production of chlorinated titanium white;
8) Production of coal chemicals;
9) Supporting raw materials for production of synthetic materials;
10) Comprehensive utilization of basic organic raw chemicals: the derivatives of benzene and methylbenzene, including para-, ortho- or meta-dimethylbenzene;
11) Comprehensive utilization of waste gas, liquid and residue;
12) Construction and management of oil and gas pipelines, oil depots and oil port terminals.
9. Machine-building industry:
1) Manufacture of high performance welding robots and highly efficient welding assembly lines;
2) Production of high temperature resistant insulation materials and molded insulation pieces;
3) Manufacture of underground trackless mining, loading and conveying equipment, 100-ton or over mechanically driven mine dumpers, mobile crushers, bucket-wheel excavators with a capacity of 3,000 cubic meters or more per hour, mine loaders with a capacity of five cubic meters or more, and full-face tunnel-boring machines;
4) Manufacture of thin plate continuous casting and rolling machines, large cold- and hot- continuous rolling equipment, and pollution-free coal gasification furnaces;
5) Manufacture of container loading bridge and pipe conveyers;
6) Manufacture of complete equipment for air separation at a capacity of 30,000 cubic meters and above;
7) Manufacture of multi-color offset machines;
8) Manufacture of 4,500m and more desert and offshore oil drilling equipment, 70 mega-pascal or above oil and gal well blowout preventers; 105 mega-pascal and above fracturing units; and 50 tons and above workover rigs;
9) Manufacture of turbine compressors and mixing pelletizers for complete sets of equipment with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons or more of synthetic ammonia, 480,000 tons or more of urea, and 300,000 tons or more of ethylene;
10) Manufacture of complete sets of new-type textile and papermaking (including pulping) machines;
11) Development and manufacture of large precision measuring instruments;
12) Manufacture of new technological monitoring and testing instruments;
13) New-type components and materials for meters and instruments;
14) Manufacture of large precision and high-efficient digital controlled machine tools and parts;
15) Production of hydraulic components, pneumatic components and sealing elements;
16) Manufacture of precision dies, precision cavity molds and matrix standard components;
17) Manufacture of urban sewage disposal equipment with a daily capacity of 250,000 tons or more, fixed-film industrial wastewater treatment equipment, upflow anaerobic fluidized bed equipment and other equipment for biological treatment of sewage, flyash brick making equipment, waste plastics recycling equipment, industrial boiler desulphurization and denitration equipment, and large high-temperature resistant, acid-proof bag-type dusters;
18) Manufacture of road construction machinery;
19) Manufacture of precision bearings and special bearings;
20) Manufacture of key automobile components and spare parts: brake and drive gear assemblies, gearboxes, fuel pumps of diesel engines, pistons (including piston rings), air valves, hydraulic jibs, axle bushes, pressurizers, filters (triple filtering), constant-velocity universal joints, shock absorbers, seat adjusters, car locks, rear-view mirrors, window openers, dashboard, light bulb holders and bulbs, and special high strength fasteners;
21) Manufacture of automobile molds, including dies, injection molds and press molds, and clamping apparatus such as those for welding and testing purposes;
22) Manufacture of semi-finished cast and forged components for automobiles;
23) Automobile technology research, design and development centers;
24) Manufacture of special desert vehicles and vehicles for use at the airport.
10. Electronics industry:
1) Production of large integrated circuits;
2) Production of new-type electronic components and devices and electric electronic components and parts;
3) Production of photoelectric components, sensitive components and sensors;
4) Manufacture of large and medium-sized computers;
5) Manufacture of advanced microcomputers;
6) Manufacture of key components of facsimile printers;
7) Manufacture of compatible digital TV, HDTV and digital cassette recorders;
8) Development of special materials for semiconductors and photoelectrons;
9) Manufacture of new-type display devices;
10) Manufacture of computer application systems such as three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided test (CAT), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE) and others;
11) Manufacture of special electronic equipment, instruments and molds;
12) Manufacture of hydrological data collection instruments and equipment;
13) Manufacture of satellite communication equipment;
14) Manufacture of SDH optical telecommunication system, digital cross-connection equipment, and network management equipment;
16) Software development and production;
17) Manufacture of large capacity disk memory devices and the parts;
18) Development and manufacture of new-model printing equipment.
11. Industries of building materials and equipment and other nonmetallic mineral products:
1) High-quality float glass production lines with a daily melting capacity of 500 tons or more;
2) High-grade sanitary ceramics production lines with an annual production capacity to 500,000 pieces or more;
3) New-type building materials;
4)Special-purposed cement production;
5) Cement additive;
6) Bulk cement storage and shipping facilities;
7) Manufacture of special equipment for urban sanitation work;
8) Manufacture of tunnel-boring machines and urban subway tunneling equipment;
9) Manufacture of tree transplantation machinery;
10) Manufacture of road planning and repair machines and equipment;
11) Production of glass fiber and glass-fiber reinforced plastics;
12) Inorganic nonmetallic materials and related products;
13) Nonmetallic ore and deep-processing products.
12. Pharmaceutical industry
1) Crude chemicals under China?s patent and administrative protection, and special pharmaceutical intermediates currently need to be imported;
2) Production of analgestic-antipyretic medicines through new technologies and equipment;
3) Vitamins: nicotinic acid;
4) New anti-cancer drugs and new medicines for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;
5) Pharmaceutical preparations: new preparations and products involving the new technologies of sustained release, controlled release, targeting and absorbing through skin;
6) Amino acid: serine, tryptophan, histidine, etc.;
7) New-type packing materials and containers for medicines, and advanced pharmaceutical equipment;
8) New, highly effective and economical contraceptive medicines and devices;
9) New technologies, equipment and instruments for controlling the quality and improving packaging of Chinese patent drugs;
10) New technologies for analyzing the effective elements of traditional Chinese medicines and new techniques and equipment for extraction;
11) New varieties of medicines produced by using bioengineering technology.
13. Medical apparatus manufacturing industry:
1) Medical X-ray machines of 80 kw and above;
2) Biochemistry analyzer;
3) Electronic endoscopes;
4) Monitoring instruments for medical use;
5) Multi-functional anesthesia applying machine;
6) Medical catheters.
14. Space and aviation industries:
1) Design and manufacture of civil aircraft;
2) Design and manufacture of aircraft engines;
3) Manufacture of airborne equipment;
4) Manufacture of light gas turbine engines;
5) Design and manufacture of satellites for civil use;
6) Manufacture of civil satellite payloads;
7) Development of application technologies of civil satellites;
15. Shipbuilding industry:
1) Building of special-purposed ships, high-performance ships and ships with a capacity of 35,000 tons and more;
2) Production of accessory products for ships.
16. New industries:
1) Microelectronics technology;
2) New materials;
3) Bioengineering technologies;
4) Information and communication system networking technology;
5) Isotope, radiation and laser technologies;
6) Ocean development and marine energy development technologies;
7) Technologies for energy-efficient development;
8) Technologies for recycling and comprehensive use of resources;
9) Environmental-pollution control projects and related monitoring and treatment technologies.
17. Service industry:
1) International economic, sci-tech and environmental protection information consulting service;
2) Maintenance and after-sales service for precision instruments and equipment;
