Investment controls, market entry and regulated development
NDRC's remit connects national planning, fixed-asset investment management, major infrastructure, market-access lists, selected pricing functions and economic-policy coordination.
01Position in the system
Central coordination of investment, market access and development policy
NDRC combines macroeconomic planning with important investment, infrastructure, pricing and market-access functions. A project's practical route may involve national or local development-and-reform authorities and can differ between approval, verification and record-filing regimes.
What it doesFormulates and coordinates development policy, investment and market-access measures, pricing policy and major project frameworks, including important foreign-investment and infrastructure functions.
When it mattersRelevant to market-access restrictions, major investment projects, foreign-investment policy, infrastructure, pricing and economic-policy measures affecting regulated projects.
02Jurisdiction
What falls within this authority’s remit
Classify the investor, sector, project, location and funding structure before testing market-access restrictions and the applicable investment-management procedure.
•Official service routes
Match the task to the official service
Use the route that corresponds to the filing, inquiry or administrative service you need.
Official website
Formulates and coordinates development policy, investment and market-access measures, pricing policy and major project frameworks, including important foreign-investment and infrastructure functions.
Open official service03Official resources
Rules, services and official notices
Start with primary institutional sources. Verify service links and procedural status before relying on a filing path.
05Related legal concepts
Classifying an investment or market-entry question
These concepts help distinguish sector access from project procedure, regulated pricing and infrastructure-policy considerations.
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market access
The conditions under which an investor may enter a sector or activity, including prohibitions, licensing requirements and other entry controls.
negative list
An official catalogue of prohibited or restricted market-entry activities, read alongside sector-specific licences and foreign-investment rules.
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project approval
An investment-management route for designated projects, distinct from verification or record filing and allocated by project type and authority level.
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pricing
Government-set or guided price administration for defined goods and services, rather than general authority over every commercial price.
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infrastructure
Major transport, energy, utility and public-service assets whose planning and investment procedures may involve multiple national and local bodies.
06Primary sources
How this entry was source-reviewed
The review date describes when the listed primary sources were checked. It is not a guarantee that jurisdiction remains unchanged after that date.
National Development and Reform CommissionNDRC investment, market-access, pricing, infrastructure and development-policy materials
Open source
Mandate / institutional sourceOfficial statement of NDRC's macroeconomic and fixed-asset investment responsibilities
Open source
Reference boundary
Market access and project approval are separate questions.
Check the current negative lists, sector permissions, project catalogue, investor type, approval level and whether approval, verification or filing applies.