China Reducing Foreign Access Restrictions in Certain Sectors, Report Says

China is reducing restrictions on foreign market access in certain sectors, including in the “services,” agricultural, mining and manufacturing sectors, according to a July 17 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. China is reducing the number of sectors with restrictions from “48 to 40 on a national basis and from 45 to 37 in the case of businesses operating within one of the mainland’s Pilot Free Trade Zones,” the report said. The changes were outlined in regulations issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce.