Preliminary Study on the Management of Forestry Foreign Investment by Negative List in China's Free Trade Zones

The application of management mode with negative list is such a significant approach for China's Free Trade Zone (FTZ) to conform to the international standards as well as deepen the reform and opening of economic policies in China, moreover, forestry management is the essential part of it. Using comparative analysis approach, this article mainly analyzes the forestry management measures in three editions of negative list from 2013 to 2015, and then summarizes the achievements of 2 revisions. The total number of special management measures in the negative list is decreasing year by year, which demonstrates that the limitation of forestry investment is reducing and our policy is increasingly opening to the international community. For the challenges in the future, Chinese forestry management departments should: fully take the initiative connection with FTZ's negative list, positively adapt to the needs for FTZ's development, and adjust and improve the relevant forestry laws and regulations; accelerate the conforming of international standards and rules by changing the management mode and service functions; further reform the policies to attract international investment in forestry under the premise of broadening the admission conditions of foreign investment; improve the efficiency of management, and enhance the transparency of special management measures in forestry.