The Department of Outward Investment and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has recently issued the Statistical System for Direct Outbound Investment (the "System"), the Statistical System for the Contracting of Foreign Projects and the Statistical System for Foreign Labor Service Cooperation for public consultation by September 30, 2018.
In particular, the System applies to all domestic institutions and individuals that have direct investment activities abroad, and the statistical survey will mainly cover various corporate or non-corporate overseas enterprises directly invested by domestic investors in which such investors hold or control 10% or more voting rights or other equivalent interests abroad. According to the System, the statistical survey of direct outbound investment will primarily look into the "basic information about domestic investors", among others; major statistical indicators include the "amount of direct outbound investment", the "direct outbound investment flow", etc. Moreover, the System clearly specifies that, a comprehensive survey will be conducted to collect statistics, and the statistics of direct outbound investment will be made public regularly.