Shanghai Issues Implementing Rules for the 2026 Special Fund for Foreign Economic and Trade Development to Attract Foreign Investment

On September 20, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and the Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau issued the Detailed Implementing Rules for the 2026 National Special Fund for Foreign Economic and Trade Development (Attracting Foreign Investment) (the “Detailed Implementing Rules”). The Detailed Implementing Rules support projects such as public services for industrial transfer, and the deadline for submission of hard-copy application materials is September 25, 2026.

The Detailed Implementing Rules make clear that the special fund shall be jointly administered by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and the Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau, with key support directed toward broadening channels for foreign investment promotion, optimizing service platforms for foreign investment promotion, providing investment guidance and publicity and promotion, strengthening the attraction and cultivation of regional headquarters of multinational corporations and foreign-funded research and development centers, carrying out comprehensive service coordination for foreign-invested enterprises, and public services for industrial transfer, among others. Eligible applicants shall be lawfully registered and established, possess the corresponding qualifications or filings, and have already commenced business operations, and must have had no instances in the past three years of fraudulently obtaining funds, duplicate applications, withholding, intercepting, or misappropriating funds. For public service projects for industrial transfer, the maximum supported amount is RMB 800,000; other public services shall be supported through government procurement of services. The same project may not be submitted for funding or reveive subsidies more than once.