Five Things to Know About China’s New National Security Review for Foreign Investment

Overseas investors will from Monday face tighter scrutiny from the Chinese government as new rules take effect requiring national security reviews for certain types of foreign investment activity.

The Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment (link in Chinese), published on Dec. 19 by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce, gave details of a new system that will review foreign investment in areas including agriculture, information technology and financial services, for national security risks.