China Extends Outbound Investment Curbs to Individual Investors

China has expanded its outbound investment regulations to explicitly cover individual investors for the first time. The new rules, released by China’s Cabinet on June 1, broaden the definition of “investors” to include individual residents. This shift potentially raises compliance hurdles for tech founders and ordinary stock investors. The move marks a departure from existing frameworks that focused primarily on overseas corporate investments, bringing financial activities that have long operated in a legal grey area under closer scrutiny. Under the previous system, Chinese companies seeking to invest abroad required outbound direct investment approval from multiple government agencies. However, the rules…