| ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| AEI | American Enterprise Institute |
| AIIB | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| AMR | Administration for Market Regulation |
| ANSO | Alliance of International Science Organizations |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APTA | Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BEPS | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting |
| BIT | Bilateral Investment Treaty |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| CCPIT | China Council for the Promotion of International Trade |
| CELAC | Community of Latin American and Caribbean States |
| CGIT | China Global Investment Tracker |
| CICC | China International Commercial Court |
| CIETAC | China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission |
| CJV | Chinese-foreign Contractual Joint Venture |
| CJVL | Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Contractual Joint Ventures |
| CPC | Communist Party of China |
| CPTPP | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| CSIS | Centre for Strategic and International Studies |
| DRC | Development Research Centre of the State Council, the People’s Republic of China |
| EJV | Equity Joint Venture |
| EJVL | Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Equity Joint Ventures |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FET | Fair and Equitable Treatment |
| FIE | Foreign Invested Enterprise |
| FIL | Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China |
| FPS | Full Protection and Security |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| FTZ | Free Trade Zone |
| ICSID | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| IIA | International Investment Agreement |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| Intellectual Property | |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Right |
| M&A | Mergers and Acquisitions |
| MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China |
| MFN | Most Favoured Nation |
| MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| MOF | Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China |
| MOFCOM | Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China |
| MOFTEC | Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the People’s Republic of China |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NBS | National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China |
| NDRC | National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China |
| NPC | National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China |
| NT | National Treatment |
| ODI | Outward Direct Investment |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PRC | People’s Republic of China |
| RCEP | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| REIO | Regional Economic Integration Organization |
| SAFE | State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the People’s Republic of China |
| SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
| SDPC | State Development Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China |
| SEZ | Special Economic Zones |
| SINOSURE | China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation |
| SMM | Special Management Measures |
| SOE | State-owned Enterprise |
| TIT | Trilateral Investment Treaty |
| TRIB | Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau |
| UNCITRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| USTR | Office of the United States Trade Representative |
| VCLT | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| WB | World Bank |
| WFOE | Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise |
| WFOEL | Law of the People’s Republic of China on Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprises |
| WTO | World Trade Orgnization |