Panel: How China balances openness and security under its new outbound investment regulation

About this episode

The episode discusses China's new outbound investment regulations and their implications for national security and international business.

China has unveiled new regulations on outbound investment to push ahead high-level opening-up while safeguarding national security and interests. Why has China introduced the rules at this particular moment? What do they mean for Chinese companies expanding overseas and for their international partners? And how can China balance opening-up and security? Host Dou Hongyu is joined by Adjunct Professor Warwick Powell at Queensland University of Technology; Assistant Professor Wang Yaojing with the School of Economics, Peking University; Senior Research Fellow Zhou Mi with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, to answer these questions.

People in this episode

Host: Dou Hongyu

Guests: Warwick Powell, Wang Yaojing, Zhou Mi

Topics covered

• outbound investment
• national security
• China's regulations
• international business
• economic cooperation
• opening-up policy

Keywords

• China
• outbound investment
• regulations
• national security
• economic policy
• international partners
• opening-up

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Queensland University of Technology, School of Economics, Peking University, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation

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