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(…) The Government has continued to autonomously liberalize foreign equity restrictions in a swathe of services sectors; in 2012, it commenced implementation of partial or complete lifting of foreign equity restrictions in 17 services subsectors, under 6 sectors: professional services; communications services; distribution services; educational services; environmental services; and health related and social services. (…)

(…) In 2012, the Government also commissioned a study on domestic regulations for the services sector, covering healthcare travel, private higher education, technical and vocational education and training, and environmental services. (…)

The Capital Market Master Plan 2 (CMP2) was formulated with the theme of "Growth with Governance", and focuses on expanding the role of the capital market to invigorate national economic growth while addressing concerns about the efficacy of markets in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. (…) Prominence is given to social and environmental issues, so that investment can be harnessed through the capital market to connect communities and businesses that deliver sustainable value creation.

In promoting free trade and business incentives, the government has established five economic growth corridors to further develop Malaysia's strategic investments regions. Malaysia's five corridors had their very own clear and concise visions, focus and own authority to oversee the developments in their specified region. The five economic regions are:
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v. Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).

(…) The country is moving from resource-based economy to high technology, knowledge-based and capital-intensive industries such as medical devices and green technologies.(…)

(…) ETP (Economic Transformation Programme) has identified manufacturing related NKEAs (National Key Economic Areas) that require focused development and support. It aims to build up higher value-added subsectors such as LED lighting, solar panels and generic drug manufacturing.

Firms will also be encouraged to adopt and comply with international standards and requirements on quality, safety and environment to improve market access for their products and services.

(…) The MEUFTA (Malaysia-European Free Trade Agreement) negotiations which commenced on 6 Dec 2010 is a comprehensive FTA covering 13 working groups which include market access for goods, services, investment, competition policy, intellectual property rights, government procurement as well as sustainable development issues covering labour and environment.

The Tenth Malaysia Plan (10th MP) with the theme "Towards Economic Prosperity and Social Justice" contains the new policy directions, strategies and programmes for the period between 2011 and 2015. The Plan allocates a total of RM 230 billion for development expenditure for the five-year period that would enable Malaysia to emerge as a high income nation. The Plan outlined five key strategic thrusts as follows:
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v. build an environment that enhances quality of life.

To further improve the business environment, APEC has identified priority areas for regulatory reforms based on the World Bank Ease of Doing Business indicators. These include starting a business, access to credit, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and dealing with permits. Malaysia also participated actively in the finalization of the Environmental Goods List and is committed to implementing the commitment by 2015. (…)