Join YCIS Beijing’s Open Day on December 7 to understand how you can support your children on their bilingual journey. From the early stages of their life through graduation, the journey of a bilingual learner is both unique and challenging. Being able to fully communicate in a second language and thoroughly understand a second culture is a struggle that could take learners many years or even decades.

• 2017-12-07 | 09:00 - 11:30
• YCIS，Honglingjin Park, No.5 Houbalizhuang

InterChina and Taylor Wessing are delighted to once again host their annual business forecast. InterChina will share their views on the business issues for the year ahead, drawing on their survey of around 100 China country heads, combined with recent project experience. Executives on the corporate panel will then share their views on developments in their industries and implications for corporate strategy. This in external event.

• 2017-12-06 | 08:30 - 10:30
• The Capital Club

This is the first time that the Shenyang Position Paper has been released as a standalone publication. It is based on the concerns and recommendations of European Chamber member companies operating in the city. It aims to offer constructive recommendations to both Shenyang and national-level policy-makers, in part by contributing to the ongoing debate regarding the best approach to revitalising the economy of Northeast China.

• 2017-12-05 | 10:30 - 12:00
• Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 5th Floor, QING II + III

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 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

• 2017-05-31 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Wang Fu Ballroom, The Peninsula Beijing Hotel

The European Chamber, partnering with AmCham China, invites you to attend an exclusive dialogue with Mr Zhang Xiaoqiang, former Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Executive Vice Chairman of the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE).

• 2017-05-24 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center

The advancement of the digital age has blurred the lines between B2B and B2C marketing. Marketers are increasingly asking are B2B buyers really different from B2C and should the approach to selling to these two groups be fundamentally different?

• 2017-05-23 | 19:00 - 21:00
• The Opposite House, BEI Room

The EU Chamber is delighted to welcome back Yukon Huang, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington DC and former World Bank country Director for China. Huang will talk about three challenges facing China in the coming years: (1) US-China trade tensions; (2) China’s growth and debt dilemma; and (3) Implication of Xi’s corruption campaign . The presentation draws on his forthcoming book “Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom Is Wrong”

• 2017-05-19 | 09:00 - 10:30
• Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, 3rd Floor, Hangzhou Room

This seminar will provide a list of proactive steps that companies can take in order to counter fraud and other forms of white-collar crime, better understand their potential business partners and limit their risk profile in China.

• 2017-05-18 | 09:00 - 10:45
• Four Seasons Hotel, TANG I