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New Guidelines Suggest Chinese Government Wants Companies to Be Greener When Investing Abroad

by Eric Olander

The Chinese government appears to be taking much more concrete steps in promoting more environmentally sustainable foreign direct investment.

Two of the country’s largest ministries, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Environment and Ecology, jointly published a set of guidelines this week that’s purportedly intended to inform Chinese companies seeking to invest overseas on what’s expected.

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