Many local governments, particularly those in the booming coastal regions, are holding foreign investment promotional activities or arranging charter planes to send business delegations to meet with overseas customers or investors.

China will release the sixth list of major foreign investment projects and further expand the 2022 industry catalog of sectors encouraging foreign investment as part of its latest efforts to advance high-level opening-up, a senior government official said on Monday.

Qualified overseas mutual funds may see new encouraging measures in short-term trading.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is formulating specific short-term trading systems for foreign investors to facilitate their investment in the A-share market, as China steps up effort in expanding opening of its capital market, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Sunday.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held a press conference on September 29 to introduce the work of deepening reform and opening up.

China will resolutely implement policy measures to stabilize foreign investment, as part of the expansion of the high-level opening-up policy, officials and experts said on Sept 29.

Foreign investors will be encouraged to invest in Shenzhen's key sectors, such as advanced manufacturing, emerging industries, high technologies, energy conservation and environmental protection, according to the Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on Foreign Investment, which will come into force Nov. 1 this year, according to the official website of the city government.

The export-import bank of China

The Chinese market remains attractive to foreign investment, with the continued growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said on Thursday.