A: In accordance with the provision of the "Guiding Directions for Foreign Investor to Invest", the projects China encourages foreign investors to invest in are listed as follows principally:

1. those that are categorized as advanced new technology for agriculture, agriculture integrated development, power, traffic transportation, and important raw materials;

2. those that are categorized as advanced new technology and appropriate technology which could improve performance of products and enterprise's economic and technological performance, or produce new equipment and new materials that domestic production capacity can not meet;

3. those that can improve and update the product's quality level and explore new market, or enhance the competence of the product in the international market, pursuant to the requirement of marketing;

4. those that are categorized as advanced new technology and new equipment which can save power and raw material, make comprehensive use of resource and renewable resource, prevent from and bring environmental pollution under control;

5. those that can give full play to the advantages of human resources and natural resources of the China western region, and accord with the state's industrial policies;

6. Those that are prescribed by other laws, administrative regulations, and measures.

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