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)

In December 2015, Wired Magazine published an article entitled “How a Nation of Tech Copycats Transformed into a Hub for Innovation”. As Chinese companies have started to shake their titles as the “Google of China” or the “Tesla of China”, and as domestic tech companies such as Huawei, Alibaba or Mobike have started to move into, and be replicated themselves in other markets, the question of ‘are Chinese companies capable of innovation?’ has been answered.

• 2017-04-28 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Marriott Northeast, Salon 5

Combining a geopolitical overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries, Tom Miller will offer a perspective on one of the most important questions of our time: what does China’s rise mean for the future of Asia?

• 2017-04-28 | 08:30 - 10:00
• European Chamber - Sennheiser Meeting Room

The European Chamber, together with China Advertising Association (CAA) are pleased to invite you to an exclusive session with Ms Wang Xiaodong, Director of Regulation Division, Department of Advertising Regulation, State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) and Ms Meng Yajuan, Head of Legal Affairs Department, CAA. This event will be in Chinese only.

• 2017-04-20 | 09:30 - 12:00
• Rosewood Beijing Jing Guang Center Hotel, Salon 301, 3rd Floor

This year's National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) took on added significance as the last major political gatherings before the 19th Party Congress. We ask three leading China experts to read the tea leaves and predict what we can expect as we move towards a Politburo reshuffle in October/November.

• 2017-04-19 | 16:00 - 18:00
• 301 Chairman, 3rd Floor, Rosewood Beijing Jing Guang Center Hotel

The pilot scheme on work permits for foreigners was introduced in October 2016 and will be implemented nationwide in April 2017. European Chamber, in cooperation with the German Chamber of Commerce, French Chamber and Swiss Chamber cordially invites you to a briefing on the new regulations for foreigners working permit on April 7.

The scheme will classify workers into three categories and aims to streamline work permit applications for foreign workers. The Section Chief of the Beijing Municipal Center of Foreign Experts Affairs, Mr. Rong Duan, will inform about the new regulations and attendees will have the opportunity to consult with governmental officials face to face during the Q&A session.

• 2017-04-07 | 14:00 - 17:00
• Hilton Hotel, Signature Ballroom B, 3rd Floor,

On 7th November, 2016, the Chinese authorities passed a new Cybersecurity Law that will have significant ramifications for the operations of European Business when it comes in force on June 1st this year. For one, existing requirements for localizing their storage of data on servers located within Chinese territory will be further strengthened. Network operators will also be required to provide ‘technical support’ for national security and law enforcement, which may include pressure to compromise their encryption.

• 2017-04-07 | 08:30 - 10:30
• QING II&III, 5th Floor, Four Seasons Beijing

Registration is closed.

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join a tour of this newly upgraded site and speak to its operational managers and to learn from some of their best practices. This visit is relevant to anyone interested in China’s Pharmaceutical industry, in high tech automation (Industry 4.0), plant management or packaging.

• 2017-03-28 | 13:00 - 18:00
• Meeting Point: European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C411A, Lufthansa Centre

March Automotive Roundtable
- How to Keep Pace with New Regulations for the Automotive Market?

• 2017-03-28 | 18:00 - 21:00
• German Restaurant Brotzeit (for dinner) & German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing Co. Ltd. (for seminar)