China Inc. continues to go global. While the days of purchasing football clubs may be over, investment in high technology and in modern services still remains on the governments ‘encouraged’ list providing a myriad of opportunities for European companies seeking capital and for the third parties needed to facilitate these deals.

• 2017-10-26 | 09:00 - 12:00
• Four Seasons Hotel, 5th Floor, QINGII&III

If foreign managers take on a leading position in a company in China, they have to make decisions on a daily basis to maintain the company’s operations. This seminar aims to give an overview of the main tax, finance and legal requirements for compliant business operations to all foreign decision makers in order to be prepared for the daily business tasks, and aims to raise awareness for potential pitfalls and risks in the course of running a business in China.

• 2017-10-20 | 14:00 - 17:30
• Kempinski Hotel Dalian

The European Chamber is delighted in welcoming Vivian Wu, a partner at Baker McKenzie and Lars Ake Severin, CEO at PSU China Consulting, to highlight steps companies should undertake to ensure they have appropriate compliance programs put in in place to respond to whistle blowing. This advice extends to how companies should respond if an employee brings forward accusations of misconduct or how they should react if they are subject to a dawn raid by authorities.

• 2017-10-19 | 16:00 - 18:00
• Four Seasons Hotel, QING I

After the implementation of IATF 16949 in October 2016 China’s Auto Industry needs to update its quality management systems. Since China is holding more than 43% of all ISO/TS 16949 Certificates, it is the biggest market for Auto Quality Management System Certification and quality is the key for the success of the Chinese Automotive Industry. Therefore Automotive Roundtable will provide the platform to present and discuss the importance of quality management systems in China. The attending experts will moreover discuss potential improvements for Chinese quality management systems.

- in cooperation with Autoköpfe –
- Strategic Partner: EU Chamber –
- Event Partner: German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing

• 2017-10-17 | 17:45 - 20:45
• German Restaurant Brotzeit (for dinner) & German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing Co. Ltd. (for seminar)

The event will cover four key areas of discussion; Repair & Maintenance Information (RMI) databases, Automotive Product Recalls and Field Actions, Data Protection, and Independent Aftermarket.

• 2017-10-17 | 14:00 - 18:00
• Hilton Hotel Beijing, 3rd Floor, Signature Ballroom B