Policies keep nation's foreign capital appeal buoyant

China's appeal as a destination for foreign capital is set to strengthen further as policymakers move to stabilize expectations, while the country's vast market and accelerating industrial upgrading continue to reinforce its long-term attractiveness amid an uncertain global backdrop, said market observers and business executives.

They noted that beyond major commitments to opening-up, a combination of resilient domestic demand, ongoing manufacturing transformation and more predictable policy support is increasingly translating into concrete advantages for multinational companies.

The annual Central Economic Work Conference, held earlier this month in Beijing, emphasized the need to steadily advance institutional opening-up, expand self-initiated opening-up in the service sector in an orderly manner, and make solid progress in developing the Hainan Free Trade Port.