Approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration for Market Regulation released the "Negative List for Market Access (2025 Edition)" on April 24th. Compared to the 2022 version of the list, the number of items on the new list has been reduced from 117 to 106, a decrease of 11 items. The national specific management measures under the item have been reduced from 486 to 469, a decrease of 17; The number of local management measures has been reduced from 36 to 20, a decrease of 16. The new version of the list lowers the entry threshold, stimulates market vitality, and directly removes a number of national measures, such as changing the licensing system for the official seal engraving industry to a filing system; Partial relaxation of a batch of national measures and cancellation of a batch of local measures. At the same time, the access to key areas has been regulated in accordance with the law, and the safety bottom line has been firmly secured. Based on the laws, administrative regulations, and decisions of the State Council that have been issued, further regulations have been made on market access in some areas. (New Society)