The State Council promulgated the *Provisions on Overseas Investment* under Order No. 837 on June 1, 2026, following adoption at the 83rd executive meeting of the State Council on April 17, 2026. Premier Li Qiang signed the order on May 5, 2026, and the regulation became legally effective on July 1, 2026, replacing fragmented departmental rules with a single statute that governs approval, filing, and post-investment reporting for all Chinese enterprises making outbound direct investment.
国务院于2026年6月1日公布《国务院关于对外投资的规定》（国务院令第837号），该规定经2026年4月17日国务院第83次常务会议审议通过，由国务院总理李强于2026年5月5日签署，并自2026年7月1日起正式施行。该法规以单一法律文本取代原先分散的部门规章，统一管辖中资企业对外直接投资项目的核准、备案及投后报告义务。
| Procedural Milestone | Specific Date / Serial Number |
|---|---|
| State Council executive meeting approval | April 17, 2026 |
| Meeting sequence | 83rd session |
| Premier signature | May 5, 2026 |
| State Council Order promulgation | June 1, 2026 (Xinhua release) |
| Statutory effective date | July 1, 2026 |
| Order serial number | No. 837 |
All domestic entities must now channel overseas investment applications through the consolidated single-window system established under Order No. 837. Projects initiated before July 1, 2026 remain subject to the new documentation standards and require a mandatory compliance review against the updated filing catalog; failure to align legacy projects with the revised order exposes enterprises to administrative penalties and suspension of foreign-exchange remittance approvals.
所有境内主体现须通过第837号令设立的统一单一窗口系统提交对外投资申请。2026年7月1日前已启动的项目同样适用新的文件标准，须对照更新后的备案目录进行强制性合规复查；未能将存量项目与新令对齐的企业，将面临行政处罚及外汇汇出核准被暂停的风险。
Although Order No. 837 is a domestic statute, its sector-based filing catalog directly determines which industries Chinese capital may enter abroad. Foreign government incentives—such as tax holidays, subsidized industrial land, or green-energy grants—only become accessible after Chinese enterprises clear the domestic approval threshold under the new order, making the single-window filing the unavoidable first checkpoint.
尽管第837号令属于国内法，但其行业分类备案目录直接决定了中资可进入海外的产业领域。东道国政府提供的税收假期、工业用地补贴或绿色能源拨款等激励措施，只有在企业依据新令通过国内核准门槛后才可申领；因此，单一窗口备案成为获取外国优惠政策的必经首道关卡。
- Projects already in motion: Re-verify whether the target industry or host country falls under the new restricted or prohibited list, and re-compile the full compliance file package according to Order No. 837 before year-end.
- Pending ODI filers: Contact provincial commerce authorities immediately to confirm whether review thresholds or capital-ratio caps have shifted, and budget at least 30 working days for supplemental paperwork.
- New market entrants: The transitional window closed on July 1, 2026; all new projects must now satisfy full-cycle compliance obligations from the pre-investment filing stage through annual post-investment reporting.
Step one: Audit all existing and planned overseas assets against Order No. 837 within the next 15 days to determine whether they trigger approval, filing, or prohibition thresholds. Step two: Complete compliance updates for every in-flight project before October 1, 2026, ensuring capital remittance routes and bank documentation match the new procedural requirements. Step three: Build a permanent outbound-investment compliance ledger and appoint a dedicated compliance officer, because Order No. 837 extends regulatory oversight from pre-approval through the entire operational lifecycle and subjects violators to joint disciplinary action by commerce, foreign-exchange, and state-asset regulators.
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