Foreign investors face challenges

Terms of engagement rely on a combination of oversight and in-depth knowledge of the country

Last year, China overtook the United States as the world's top destination for foreign direct investment for the first time in more than a decade.

But despite the ever-increasing flow of overseas money into the country, China remains a challenging environment for foreign investors and institutions, many of which struggle to fully understand the twists and turns of the investment landscape they are attempting to traverse.