collective term for the three types of foreign-funded enterprises in mainland China: Sino-foreign equity joint ventures 中外合资经营企业 zhōng​wài​hé​zī​jīng​yíng​qǐ​yè, Sino-foreign contractual joint ventures 中外合作经营企业 zhōng​wài​hé​zuò​jīng​yíng​qǐ​yè, and wholly foreign-owned enterprises 外资企业 wài​zī​qǐ​yè