The authorities also introduced the “qualified domestic institutional investors” (QDII) program to enable residents to invest in foreign assets – one of many initiatives aimed at easing upward pressure on the renminbi’s exchange rate by encouraging capital outflows. At the same time, the “qualified foreign institutional investors” (QFII) scheme allowed licensed foreign entities to invest in domestic capital markets.
到了2002年，中国重启自由化进程，放宽中国企业开设外汇银行账户的限制，并允许其居民开设外汇账户、每年将等值于5万美元的人民币转换为外币。当局还引入了“合格境内投资者”（QDII）项目使其居民能够投资海外资产——这是旨在通过鼓励资本外流来缓解人民币汇率上升压力的众多举措的其中一项。与此同时，“合格境内投资者”（QFII）项目则允许被授权的外国实体投资国内资本市场。