## [One More Step to the Negative List Scheme](/en_GB/new/one-more-step-negative-list-scheme) # One More Step to the Negative List Scheme 09 / 19 / 2016 Corporate China Commentary 3-2016 - - [](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/one-more-step-negative-list-scheme) - []() - []() [Download Corporate China Commentary 3-2016 ![Download](/sites/default/files/inline-images/flecha-abajo.png)](/sites/default/files/noticias/files/corporate-china-commentary-3-2016.pdf) Previous Next ![](/sites/default/files/noticias/img/cabecera_commentary_30.jpg) On September 3rd, 2016, the National People’s Congress Standing Committees of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) adopted the Decision on Revising Four Laws Including the Law of the People's Republic of China on Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprises (the “Decision”), which will take effect on October 1st, 2016. Currently, except for enterprises registered in the free trade zones1, the foreign-invested enterprises and those enterprises invested by Taiwanese (“FIEs”) shall obtain prior approval from the Ministry of Commerce (“MOC”) and its local counterparts for their incorporation and major changes. 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