In early May, Beijing relaxed its thresholds for foreign investment: the total capital that may be invested by a foreign company in a retail publishing firm may not exceed RMB5,000,000, or RMB30,000,000 in a wholesale firm. The capital invested by the foreign company may not exceed 50 % of the firm's total capital.
五月初，中共官方正式放寬外資投資門檻：外商參與投資的出版零售企業總資本額不得超過五百萬人民幣，批發零售企業不得超過三千萬人民幣，外商投資金額不得超過合資資本額的百分之五十。