No. 35803
Promulgation Date 2025-10-01
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions of foreign investment)
Article 3 (Definition of individual who holds permanent residency in foreign country)
Article 4 (Remittance of proceeds to foreign countries)
Article 5 (Categories of businesses with restricted foreign investment)
Article 5-2 (Determination on whether foreign investment constitutes national security risk)
Article 5-3 (Request for data necessary for formulation of policy measures to stimulate foreign investment)
CHAPTER II PROCEDURES FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Article 6 (Reporting on foreign investment)
Article 7 (Permission of foreign investment)
Article 8 Deleted.
CHAPTER III MEASURES FOR SUPPORTING FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Article 9 Deleted.
Article 10 Deleted.
Article 11 Deleted.
Article 12 Deleted.
Article 13 Deleted.
Article 14 Deleted.
Article 15 Deleted.
Article 16 Deleted.
Article 17 Deleted.
Article 18 Deleted.
Article 19 (Lease of state or public property)
Article 19-2 (Sale of State or public property)
Article 20 (Criteria for support to local governments)
Article 20-2 (Uses of cash grants for foreign investment)
Article 20-3 (Applications for, and payment of, cash grants for foreign investment)
Article 20-4 (Cancellation, withdrawal, reduction, and recovery of cash grants for foreign investment)
Article 21 (Administration of foreign investment support center)
Article 21-2 (Designation and duties of project managers)
Article 21-3 (Functions of foreign investment ombudsman)
Article 21-4 (Operation of grievance committee)
Article 22 (Responsibilities of foreign investment promotion offices)
Article 23 (Foreign Investment Inducement Council)
Article 24 (Handling of civil petitions by foreign investors)
CHAPTER IV FOREIGN INVESTMENT ZONES
Article 25 (Designation of foreign investment zones)
Article 26 (Cancellation of designation of foreign investment zones)
Article 26-2 (Management of foreign investment zones)
CHAPTER V FOLLOW-UP MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Article 27 (Procedures for registration of foreign-invested companies)
Article 28 (Cancellation of registration of foreign-invested companies)
Article 29 Deleted.
Article 30 Deleted.
CHAPTER VI DELETED.
Article 31 Deleted.
Article 32 Deleted.
Article 33 Deleted.
CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 34 (Operation of Foreign Investment Committee)
Article 34-2 (Composition and operation of expert committees)
Article 35 (Establishment and operation of foreign investment Working Committee)
Article 36 (Reporting on data on current status of foreign investment)
Article 37 (Disposal of capital goods)
Article 38 (Examination and confirmation of introduced capital goods)
Article 39 (Confirmation of completion of investment in kind)
Article 39-2 (Prior deliberation on second-tier company’s holding stocks of joint stock corporation)
Article 39-3 (Re-examination of regulation)
Article 40 (Delegation or entrustment of authority)
CHAPTER VIII ADMINISTRATIVE FINES
Article 41 (Criteria for imposition of administrative fines)
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