Go-Global Policies
Regularly updated policies and market developments for Chinese enterprises going global, helping businesses seize the opportunities of high-standard opening-up
National Policies
5th Global Digital Trade Expo Held in Hangzhou as National Digital Trade Policies Intensify
The 5th Global Digital Trade Expo was held in Hangzhou on 23–27 September, with Premier Li Qiang attending the opening ceremony. The Ministry of Commerce announced plans to build national digital trade demonstration zones, implement support measures for national digital trade export bases, and support exports of digital services such as telemedicine, online education and cloud-based office solutions.
Learn MoreState Council Promulgates Regulations on Outbound Investment (Decree No. 837), Effective 1 July
China's first administrative regulation on outbound investment affirms investors' autonomy in overseas investment, improves the overseas comprehensive service system and the security review regime for outbound investment, sets compliance requirements for approval and filing, export controls and cross-border data flows, and applies by reference to investments in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan — a foundational compliance framework for all enterprises going global.
Learn MoreGuiding Opinions on Further Improving the Overseas Comprehensive Service System Issued
China's first guiding document on overseas comprehensive services upgrades the 'Going Global' public service platform into a national-level overseas comprehensive service platform with a '1+N' service system, supports localities in building go-global service ports, and explicitly supports the Greater Bay Area in integrating service resources and leveraging the strengths of Hong Kong and Macao to better serve enterprises going global.
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Customs Unveils 20 Measures in Five Areas to Support the Greater Bay Area
Twenty measures across five areas — regulatory alignment, sci-tech factors, new business formats, logistics hubs and major platforms: expanding 'single declaration for two jurisdictions', extending the 'cross-boundary single lock' scheme, piloting 'inspect first, load later' for cross-border e-commerce exports (cutting logistics costs by around 30%), helping the GBA's competitive products overcome overseas technical barriers, and applying tailored 'one zone, one policy' approaches to the four major platforms including Hengqin.
Learn MoreCustoms Issues New Round of 23 Measures Supporting the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone
Covering four areas — Macao's industrial diversification, facilitating living and employment in Hengqin and Macao, regulatory alignment, and GBA market integration through Hengqin-Macao integration — the measures include supporting the '1210 bonded online shopping' cross-border e-commerce model in Hengqin, connecting the chain of 'registered in Macao + produced in Hengqin + sold overseas', and supporting the building of the China-Portuguese(Spanish)-speaking Countries Economic and Trade Service Centre.
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Macao Platform Advantage Seminars Held in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, Empowering GBA Enterprises to Expand into Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking Markets
IPIM held promotion seminars in Shenzhen and Guangzhou on 19–21 August, attracting nearly 300 corporate representatives from technology, foreign trade, manufacturing, legal and financial sectors, arranging over 150 business matching sessions. Several enterprises expressed clear intent to go global, planning to base their overseas business settlement operations in Macao.
Learn More31st MIF Features Macao Local Enterprise Pavilion to Help Businesses Expand into Mainland and Portuguese/Spanish-speaking Markets
The 31st Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) takes place on 21–24 October under the theme 'Business Gathering in Macao, Connecting the World', featuring a Macao Local Enterprise Pavilion with preferential participation rates. This edition adds Spanish-speaking country elements and runs in synergy with PLPEX and MFE, helping Macao and Hengqin-Macao enterprises explore mainland, Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking markets through the exhibition platform.
Learn MoreIPIM Leads Delegation to Mozambique for China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Business Cooperation Meeting under 'Joint Voyage' Model
IPIM organised a 29-member delegation of entrepreneurs from the mainland, Macao and Hengqin to attend the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Economic and Trade Cooperation Meeting in Maputo on 20–25 July, covering China-Portuguese-speaking trade, infrastructure, logistics and supply chains, and cross-border e-commerce. Originating from the Forum Macao mechanism since 2003, the meeting series is a signature 'joint voyage' model of the Macao platform helping enterprises explore African and Portuguese-speaking markets.
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Working Group on China's Accession to DEPA Holds Tenth Chief Negotiators Meeting
On 27–28 April in Seoul, China held in-depth exchanges with DEPA members including Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea on the accession process. DEPA covers core rules on cross-border data flows, mutual recognition of digital identities and e-invoicing interoperability; China's accession will directly affect market access thresholds and compliance frameworks for digital platforms, cloud services and cross-border e-commerce enterprises in member markets.
Learn MoreChina-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 Upgrade Protocol Signed, Featuring First-Ever Digital Economy Chapter
Signed in Kuala Lumpur, the protocol covers nine areas including the digital economy, green economy, supply chain connectivity and MSMEs, bringing the digital economy into the free trade framework for the first time and shifting cooperation from tariff concessions towards 'institutional opening'. It is currently undergoing domestic ratification in the signatory countries, and for Chinese enterprises expanding into ASEAN it means mutual recognition of standards and new rules for digital trade.
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