Conforming to the classifications of the Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries and relevant provisions, projects with a total investment volume (including added investment amount, hereinafter the same) of 100 million US dollars and above in the categories of encouraged or permitted industries, and projects with a total investment volume of 50 million US dollars and above in the category of restricted industries, shall be examined and approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. Among them, projects with a total investment volume of 500 million US dollars and above in the categories of encouraged or permitted industries, and projects with a total investment volume of 100 million US dollars and above in the category of restricted industries, shall be examined and approved by the State Council after the examination of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Projects with a total investment volume below 100 million US dollars in the categories of encouraged or permitted industries, and projects with a total investment volume below 50 million US dollars in the category of restricted industries, shall be examined and approved by provincial-level development and reform department.

Projects with a total investment volume below 30 million US dollars in the categories of encouraged or permitted industries and without state comprehensive balance, shall be examined and approved by the administrative commission of the development zone.

Joint venture or co-operative joint venture projects examined and approved by the administrative commission of the development zone.

Joint venture or co-operative joint venture projects beyond the examination and approval jurisdiction of the administrative commission of the development zone.

Wholly foreign-funded venture projects examined and approved directly by the administrative commission of the development zone.

Wholly foreign-funded projects beyond the examination and approval jurisdiction of the administrative commission of the development zone.