Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment,北大法宝V6

Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment

[CLI Code] CLI.4.349133(EN) Statement

Document Number：Order No. 37 of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
Area of Law： General Provisions on Foreign-Funded Enterprises
Level of Authority： Departmental Rules
Date Issued：12-19-2020
Effective Date：01-18-2021
Issuing Authority： State Development & Reform Commission (incl. former State Development Planning Commission) Ministry of Commerce
Status： Effective
Topic： Comprehensive

Order of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国国家发展和改革委员会、中华人民共和国商务部令

The Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment, as deliberated and adopted at the 13th executive meeting of the National Development and Reform Commission on November 27, 2020, with the approval of the State Council, are hereby issued, and shall enter into force on January 18, 2021.
《外商投资安全审查办法》已经2020年11月27日国家发展和改革委员会第13次委务会议审议通过，并经国务院批准，现予公布，自2021年1月18日起施行。

Article 1 For the purposes of satisfying the requirements for boosting the formation of a new pattern of comprehensively opening up and effectively preventing and dissolving national security risks while actively promoting foreign investment, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Foreign Investment Law of the People's Republic of China, the National Security Law of the People's Republic of China, and related laws.
　　第一条　为了适应推动形成全面开放新格局的需要，在积极促进外商投资的同时有效预防和化解国家安全风险，根据《中华人民共和国外商投资法》《中华人民共和国国家安全法》和相关法律，制定本办法。

Article 2 Foreign investment that affects or may affect national security shall be subject to security review under these Measures.
　　第二条　对影响或者可能影响国家安全的外商投资，依照本办法的规定进行安全审查。

For the purposes of these Measures, "foreign investment" means the investing activities conducted by a foreign investor directly or indirectly in the territory of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "in China"), including the following circumstances:
本办法所称外商投资，是指外国投资者直接或者间接在中华人民共和国境内（以下简称境内）进行的投资活动，包括下列情形：

(1) A foreign investor, alone or together with another investor, invests in a new project or invests by the formation of an enterprise in China.
（一）外国投资者单独或者与其他投资者共同在境内投资新建项目或者设立企业；