（1）Domestic Waterway Transportation Companies
Typically, when investing in domestic waterway transportation companies in China:
Domestic waterway transportation companies must be controlled by Chinese investors.
When investing in domestic waterway transportation companies in China's free trade pilot zones:
Domestic waterway transportation companies must be controlled by Chinese investors. (Foreign investors are forbidden from operating domestic waterway transport businesses or carrying out indirect activities through operating or chartering Chinese vessels or shipping space. Waterway transport operators shall not use foreign vessels to carry out domestic waterway transport businesses. However, upon the approval of the Chinese government, in the absence of Chinese vessels capable of meeting transport requirements, and in the event the port or body of water in which the vessel is docked has been opened to foreign vessels, the waterway transport business operator may, within the limits of the period or voyage specified by the Chinese government, temporarily use foreign-registered vessels to carry out marine transport or towing between Chinese ports.)
Be based on
1.Special Administrative Measures(Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition) Notes
2.Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access in Pilot Free Treade Zones (2021Edition)
（2）Airlines
Typically, when investing in airlines in China:
Public air transport companies must be controlled by Chinese investors, and the proportion of investment by a foreign investor and its affiliates shall not exceed 25%. The legal representative must be a Chinese citizen. The legal representative of a general aviation company must be a Chinese citizen. General aviation companies serving the agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries shall be limited to joint ventures, and the controlling stake in other types of general aviation companies shall be held by Chinese investors.
When investing in airlines in China's free trade pilot zones:
Public air transport companies shall be controlled by the Chinese party, and the proportion of investment by a foreign investor and its affiliate(s) shall not exceed 25%. The legal representative must be a Chinese citizen. The legal representative of a general aviation company shall be a Chinese citizen. General aviation companies for agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries shall be restricted to joint ventures, and the controlling stake in general aviation companies for any other field shall be held by the Chinese party. (Only Chinese public air carriers can operate domestic air services and provide scheduled and unscheduled international air services as designated carriers in China.)
Beijing's access policies are even more preferential:
Foreign investors are allowed to invest in air transport sales agency enterprises.
Remove restrictions on Chinese shareholding proportion in foreign invested aircraft maintenance projects.
Beijing is building a number of international industrial cooperation parks and promoting foreign investment in the aviation sector in the Sino-German International Industrial Cooperation Park and the Sino-Japanese International Industrial Cooperation Park, and those who meet the necessary conditions may engage in emergency transport services.
Be based on
1.Special Administrative Measures(Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition) Notes
2.Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access in Pilot Free Treade Zones (2021Edition)
（3）The Construction and Operation of Civil Airports
The construction and operation of civil airports in China:
The Chinese party shall relatively control the holdings in the construction and operation of civil airports. The foreign party shall not engage in either the construction or operation of air traffic control towers.
Be based on
1.Special Administrative Measures(Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition) Notes
2.Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access in Pilot Free Treade Zones (2021Edition)
（4）Investment in a post company and domestic express mail delivery services
Investment in a post company and domestic express mail delivery services:
Investment in a post company and domestic express mail delivery services shall be prohibited.
When investing in Chinese legal services in China's free trade pilot zones:
Investment in a post company, the operation of postal services, and domestic express mail delivery services shall be prohibited.
Be based on
1.Special Administrative Measures(Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition) Notes
2.Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access in Pilot Free Treade Zones (2021Edition)
（5）Other services
Typically, when investing in other transportation, warehousing, and postal services in China:
In the negative list, there are no special requirements upon other businesses in transportation, warehousing and postal service industry.
Be based on
1.Special Administrative Measures(Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2021 Edition) Notes
2.Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access in Pilot Free Treade Zones (2021Edition)
