Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao wrote in the Study Times: Investing in China is investing in the future.

The Economic Daily published an article written by Wang Wentao, secretary of the Party group and minister of the Ministry of Commerce on July 18, 2025, titled "Investing in China is Investing in the Future". In the article, it pointed out the need to expand the opening up of areas for foreign investment. It emphasized the implementation of the requirement to eliminate restrictions on foreign investment in the manufacturing sector and to continue clearing restrictive measures beyond the negative list to ensure the implementation of open measures. In areas outside the negative list, foreign investment access should be managed in a consistent manner with domestic investment. Efforts should be made to address specific issues in market access where the "door is open but the small door is closed", allowing foreign enterprises to enter and operate in the open areas. The opening up of the service industry should be steadily promoted, with pilot opening in areas such as telecommunications, medical care, and education, as well as orderly opening in areas such as the internet and culture. The experiences of the pilot projects should be summarized and evaluated in a timely manner to form replicable and promotable open paths and practical cases, expanding the scope of the pilot projects in a timely manner. The opening up of the capital market should be orderly expanded, with greater efforts to attract foreign investment for venture capital, improve the convenience of foreign investment in equity investment and venture capital in China, guide foreign investors to implement strategic investments in listed companies in an orderly and standardized manner, and attract more high-quality foreign investment for long-term investment in China's capital market. Active guidance should be provided for foreign investment, with revisions and expansions to the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment" to promote more foreign investment in advanced manufacturing, modern services, high-tech industries, as well as in central and western regions and the northeast region. Foreign companies are encouraged to set up regional headquarters, research and development centers, and other functional institutions in China, continuously optimizing the structure of investment attraction. The "Invest in China" brand should be continuously developed and strengthened. Top-level design should be enhanced, foreign investment promotion institutional mechanisms should be deepened, a well-functioning mechanism for building the "Invest in China" brand should be established, and subsidiary brands such as "Choose Economic Development Zone" and "Cooperate and Develop Together" should be simultaneously developed to continuously improve the level of foreign investment promotion. Special services should be further utilized to enhance synergy between investment attraction and investment promotion, improving the accuracy of investment attraction. Key events should be well organized, with the China International Investment and Trade Fair as a flagship exhibition, strengthening investment promotion for key countries and regions, supporting local governments in organizing investment promotion activities under the "Invest in China" framework, and enhancing the effectiveness of these activities. It is important to tell the story of "Investing in China" continuously, promote successful examples of investing in China, interpret key investment policies and practical measures, and stabilize the expectations of foreign investors for long-term investment and development in China.