China丨New Catalogue of Industries of Encouraging Foreign Investment related to pesticide industry

On Oct 28, NDRC officially released the Catalogue of Industries of Encouraging Foreign Investment (2022 edition). The latest version has been reviewed and approved by NDRC and MOFCOM on July 29, 2022. And it also approved by The State Council. And it will come into force on January 1, 2023.

The catalogue includes two parts: "National Catalogue of Industries of Encouraging Foreign Investment" and "Catalogue of Advantageous Industries for Foreign Investment in the Central and Western Regions". The first catalogue includes 519 items in 13 categories, including mining, manufacturing, wholesale and retail.

While the chemical related industries are mainly classified into two parts: "chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing" and "chemical fiber manufacturing”. And 1,4-Dicyanobutane from butadiene process, 1,6-Hexanediamine, Metallocene polyethylene copolymerized with high carbon alpha alkene, COC/COP, PPS, PEEK, PI, PSU, PES, PAR, PPO, PA, and other chemical new materials have been listed in the directory.

Pesticide related items are:

Item 78. The development and production of new pesticides, new formulations, special intermediates and adjuvant with high efficiency, safety and environmental friendliness, as well as the development and application of related cleaner production processes, and the production of directional synthetic chiral and stereoscopic pesticides.

Item79. The development and production of biopesticide and biological control products: microbial insecticide, microbial fungicide, agricultural antibiotic, biostimulant, insect pheromone, natural enemy insect and microbial herbicide.