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Time2017-09-19 | 14:00 - 15:30
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Venue:Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai
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Fee:Members: 100 RMB |
Non Members: 400 RMB
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The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to the launch of the European Business in China – Position Paper 2017/2018.
The European Business in China – Position Paper (Position Paper) is the European Chamber’s primary annual publication. The 17th edition of the Position Paper offers Chinese policy-makers several hundred constructive recommendations that draw directly from the knowledge and expertise of the European Chamber’s more than 1,600 member companies.
In this year’s paper, the Chamber evaluates how the Chinese authorities have so far lived up to the commitments to economic globalisation and openness expressed during President Xi’s speech at the World Economic Forum. It also looks at the pace of implementation of State Council Document No. 5, which was released in January 2017 and includes 20 points organised under three themes:
1. Take further steps to open up to the outside.
2. Further create an environment of fair competition.
3. Further strengthen efforts to attract foreign investment.
Agenda
13:30 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 14:10 Welcome remarks by Dr Ioana Kraft, General Manager, European Chamber
14:10 – 14:35 Presentation of the Executive Position Paper by Mr Carlo D'Andrea , Chairman, European Chamber,
Shanghai Chapter
14:35 – 15:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A Session
Panellists:
Mr Edwin Li, Chair of the Compliance & Business Ethics Working Group
Ms Jeanette Yu, Vice- Chair of the Human Resources Working Group
Mr Denis Bortzmeyer, Chair of the R&D Working Group
Mr Serafino Bartolozzi, Chair of the Auto Componenta Working Group
Mr Carlo D'Andrea, Chair of the Legal & Competition Working Group
15:30 – 15:40 Closing remarks by Dr Ioana Kraft, General Manager, European Chamber
Price:
- Members: free for the first participant and discounted price for additional participants from the same company
(100RMB/person). To confirm your membership status please contact Ms Laura Alvarez Mendivil at
lamendivil@europeanchamber.com.cn
- Non-members: 400RMB/person
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Speakers
Mr. Carlo Diego D’Andrea
Mr. Carlo Diego D’Andrea
Founder and Managing Partner of D’Andrea & Partners Legal Counsel, and Founder of DP Group.
Graduated in Law at the University of Teramo (Italy), he then subsequently obtained a Masters’ degree in Corporate Advisor at LUISS University in Rome and a Diploma in Chinese Studies at Nanjing Normal University and is a member of the Italian Bar Association.
Mr. D’Andrea arrived in China in 2005 and is fluent in Italian (mother tongue), English, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He mainly deals with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, assistance in ODI/FDI and intellectual property rights.
He is also acting as National Vice President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
Mr. Edwin Li
Mr. Edwin Li
Edwin Li is Vice President & General Counsel for DSM China in charge of the company’s legal, IP and compliance matters in Greater China.
Prior to joining DSM in 2017, Edwin served as General Counsel & Compliance Officer for a Fortunate 100 MNC’s China operations for 9 years. Edwin also practiced law for over 15 years with domestic and foreign law firms in China and USA with focus on cross-border transactions, M&As, foreign direct investments in China, technology licensing, general corporate and FCPA compliance. Edwin holds Master of Law from East-China University of Politics and Laws and Juris Doctor from University of Maine School of Law. Edwin is qualified to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA and P.R. China, and an arbitrator at Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Edwin served as Chair/Vice Chair of Compliance & Business Ethics Working Group, EUCCC since 2015.
Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and sustainable living. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about $10 billion in 2021 with approximately 23,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
Ms. Jeanette Yu
Ms. Jeanette Yu
Jeanette Yu is Partner and head of Employment & Pensions Practice Area Group of CMS, China. She has more than 20 years’ experience in providing advice for international companies on labour law issues and compliance management. Her extensive track record comprises recruitment and dismissal of employees, formulating employee handbooks and implementing its policies, work permits and visa issues of expatriates, international secondment, data privacy, non-competition, social security, trade union and labour disputes. She has also been involved in significant projects of business transactions and restructuring, advising clients on employee transfer, relocation and lay-off of employees as well as negotiation of employment contracts and separation agreements.
Since 2017, Jeanette has been acting as the National Chair/Vice Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China. This year Jeanette was elected as the National Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China.
Starting from 2017, Jeanette acted as the Vice Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China, and the Chair in 2019. Jeanette is also a member of Shanghai Law Society Labour and Social Security Law Research Branch.
Dr. Denis Bortzmeyer
Dr. Denis Bortzmeyer
Previously, Denis was Head of Partnerships in the R&D Department of Arkema: this position supervises all collaborative R&D programs and partnerships, between Arkema and academic laboratories or other private companies. In 2010 and 2011 he was elected President of Axelera’s Chemical Competitiveness Cluster. He also served as President of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Carnot Institute “ Energies du Futur” in Grenoble (France) and in various Industry-Academic Boards.
In 2012, he went to China in order to build and manage the new Research Center of Arkema in China. Close to Shanghai, this facility is now the main R&D platform of the Group in Asia. Having majored in material science, Denis Bortzmeyer obtained his PhD in continuum mechanics of ceramic powders at Ecole des Mines de Paris.
Mr. Serafino Bartolozzi
Mr. Serafino Bartolozzi
Serafino Bartolozzi is an Italian graduated with a master in electrical engineering, he has worked for over 30 years in the automotive industry, starting in production for 10 years.
During this period Serafino had the chance to stay for two years in Japan, acquiring a deep knowledge of the Toyota Manufacturing System (TPM, Kaizen, JIT).
In 1996 he moved to Aftersales. In 1999 he was assigned as Aftersales director Fiat’s Japanese affiliation.
Since 2008, Serafino leads the Mahle business unit in Asia-Pacific. This position offers exposure to the Asian main markets, such as China, India, Japan and the ASEAN countries.
Since 2015 he is Chair of the Auto Components WG.
Serafino has been very active in the EUCCC lobbying activities for the reform of the Independent Aftermarket, promoting the WG activities in the industry and liaising with the CLEPA (Association of the European Auto Components Suppliers). He has also joined the EUCCC delegation to Brussels in January 2016 and February 2017 to express the concerns of European enterprises operating in China. In March 2016 he has been elected as board member of the EUCCC Chapter in Shanghai.
With a solid experience in the automotive industry and multi-cultural environment, he has achieved a formidable ability in dealing in diverse cultural contexts.
His character is open-minded, with strategic attitude, an innovator with a natural predisposition to leadership and of strong sense of duty. Ready to take risks but always conscious of the importance of making the best informed decision.