Chinese government issues green measures for overseas investment

Two government bodies have drafted a list of mandatory environmental measures for Chinese outbound investment, state media reported last week. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Commerce have outlined a set of requirements that Chinese firms will have to observe, along with international environmental treaties. This comes as the amount of Chinese investment abroad has seen a steep increase; last year overseas investment reached US $40.7 billion.  According to state-run China Daily, corporations are expected to uphold Chinese environmental standards in countries where rules are lax.

Green rules eye Chinese firms abroad, China Daily