A complimentary ticket is offered to those members who completed the survey

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and Roland Berger are delighted to invite you to the launch of the European Business in China – Business Confidence Survey 2017 on Wednesday, 31^st May.

The Business Confidence Survey 2017 brings together the input of over 500 senior representatives of the European Chamber’s member companies to provide an annual overview of their performance and outlook from within the Chinese market. Some of the key findings of the report include the following:

·           Revenues and earnings before interest and taxes improved, without any marked increase in optimism about the long-term business outlook.

·           The top regulatory barriers faced by European business remain the same, and there is a lack of confidence that this situation will improve over the next five years. 

·           European companies are very positive about President Xi’s anti-corruption campaign and the incremental improvements to China’s IPR protection regime.

·           There is a disproportionate enforcement of environmental legislation against foreign-invested enterprises, state-owned enterprises and Chinese privately-owned enterprises.

·           European companies report increased competition from Chinese privately-owned companies as their capacity for innovation increases.

·           The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment must be completed to give European business the confidence it needs to ramp up investment in China.

Agenda:
14:00 – 14:30 Registration
14:35 – 14:40 Introduction by Adam Dunnett, Secretary General, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
14:40 – 14:50 Overview of survey methodology by Denis Depoux, Head of Asia of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
14:50 – 15:25 Presentation of the survey results by Mats Harborn, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
15:25 – 16:10 Discussion and Q&A

All attendees will receive a free hardcopy of the Business Confidence Survey 2017.

* The free ticket is offered to the company representative who phyiscally completed the survey and is not transferable.

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Speakers

Mr. Mats Harborn

President, Scania China

Mr. Mats Harborn

President, Scania China

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Mr Mats Harborn is President of Scania China.
From May 2017 to May 2019 Mats Harborn was the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. He had served on the Chamber's Executive Committee since 2013, as Vice President and as States' Representative.
Mr. Harborn has been actively involved in Sino-European trade and business relations. In 2005, he was appointed as the Chairman of Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China, a position he held for 8 years. He has been the Chairman China Commercial Vehicles Board of ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association) since 2010.
Mr. Harborn has a proven record of successful introductions of products and companies into China over years. He is now the Executive Director of Scania China Strategic Office, responsible for setting strategies and paving the way for high end CV sales. He joined the company as the Managing Director of Scania China Representative office as well as Scania Sales (China) Co., Ltd in 2004 and held that position until 2010. From 1997 to 2000, he had been working for Swedish Embassy in Beijing as Commerical Councelor, a key position in Sino-Swedish commercial relations. In June 2000, he became the Marketing and Information Director of Ecolean AB, helping establish Ecolean as a credible business partner in juice and dairy industry and define it as a sustainable packaging solutions provider.
Mr. Harborn received a bachelor degree from Lund University on Oriental Studies and Business Admin (1984), and a training course from The Institute of Leadership (IFL) (2008).
As a multilingual user, Mr. Harborn has a wide ranging knowledge of Chinese culture and society beyond his business and rich expertise in cross-cultural management.

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