China has enacted new outbound investment regulations, effective July 1, granting authorities extensive power to scrutinize overseas deals, restrict technology transfers, and counter foreign sanctions. These rules, published by the State Council, mandate government approval for domestic entities exporting or utilizing controlled goods, technologies, services, and data, and empower investigations into trade barriers faced by Chinese investors abroad. The regulations establish an "overseas investment security review system" for deals impacting national security and categorize investments as encouraged, restricted, or prohibited. This move aligns with a global trend of increased investment oversight, with potential impacts on sectors like AI, electric vehicles, and biomedicine, and also includes a mechanism to respond to foreign sanctions, drawing parallels and distinctions with U.S. and EU investment review systems.