China Financials: Recent outbound investment policies: gauging the true impact

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China Financials: Recent outbound investment policies: gauging the true impact

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June 10, 2026 04:51 PM GMT

Morgan Stanley Asia Limited+MChina Financials | Asia Pacific Richard Xu, CFA

Equity Analyst

Recent outbound investment Richard.Xu@morganstanley.comChiyao Huang +852 2848-6729

Chiyao.Huang@morganstanley.com +852 3963-4624

policies: gauging the true impact Rick Zhao

Rick.Zhao@morganstanley.com +852 2239-7033

We believe the new State Council outbound investment rules

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are aimed at protecting outbound business investments rather Nick Lord

than focusing on household financial investments. Enforcement EquityNick.Lord@morganstanley.comAnalyst +65 6834-6746

of investment account services for mainland residents is about

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proper licensing requirement. Alvaro Serrano

New State Council regulation on outbound investments is aimed at formal Alvaro.Serrano@morganstanley.com +44 20 7425-6942

legislative process to protect Chinese overseas business investments rather than Morgan Stanley Asia Limited+

aiming at household financial investments: First, during the State Council press Beryl Yang

conference announcing the new rules, only the Ministry of Justice, the NDRC.and the Research Associate

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Ministry of Commerce were present – none of the financial regulators were

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involved. We view that as a clear sign that it is a policy that targets Chinese Research Associate

overseas investment in real businesses or large stakes in overseas companies rather Chenqian.Liu@morganstanley.com +852 3963-0359

than normal financial investments by households. With China's outbound Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte.+

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