To better understand the current situation of environmental PPP model in China, the chamber will invite Mr. Lu Yuantang, Director of Environmental PPP Center of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (环境保护部环境规划院 环境PPP中心主任) to provide exclusive insights on the current legal framework, implementation situation and risk management of environmental PPP model in China, followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.

• 2017-10-23 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The Chamber will invite Mr. Shen Chi, Deputy Director General, China Centre of Urban Development of NDRC (沈迟先生，发改委中国城市和小城镇改革发展中心副主任）to interpret the Overall Plan on Beijing City (2016-2035) and provide insights on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration.

• 2017-10-20 | 10:30 - 12:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Chamber is delighted to welcome Christian Kessel, head of Bird & Bird’s International Automotive Sector Group. During the workshop he will focus on contract law issues in the automotive supply chain in China, such as general purchasing terms of OEMs, warranty issue and statutory guarantees.

• 2017-10-19 | 14:30 - 18:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Shui On Plaza, Unit 2204

Ms. Angela Mou, Vice President, Corporate Communication of Tetra Pak Greater China will share Tetra Pak’s idea and practices in driving environmental excellence, and keeping sustainability as part of the core business development and to inspire people to be part of the change through the cooperation with various partners.

• 2017-10-19 | 09:00 - 10:30
• The European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

With the new application system for foreigners’ work permit implemented on April 1st 2017 and the 2017 Foreign Permanent Resident ID starting to process in June in Shanghai, the batch of newly promulgated policies have drawn much attention as well as confusion. How has this new system been implemented in Shanghai over the past months? Which lessons can be learned from the visa application experiences in practice?

• 2017-10-18 | 16:00 - 17:50
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

The European Chamber is delighted to welcome Dr Yukon Huang, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and a former World Bank Director for China, advisor to the World Bank, ADB, AIIB and various governments and corporations, to share with participants his view on the upcoming Party Congress, based on his book “Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom is wrong”.

• 2017-10-17 | 09:00 - 10:30
• INTERCONTINENTAL SHANGHAI PUDONG

The European Chamber in association with Bird & Bird and the China In-house Lawyer Association has the pleasure of inviting you to “China Automotive 2017”.
The European Chamber is delighted to welcome leading automotive sector experts, including industry representatives and Bird & Bird's partners from China and Europe. The experts will provide commercial perspectives on the latest key legal topics on the European and Chinese automotive markets.

• 2017-10-12 | 14:30 - 18:00
• The Westin Bund Centre | 3 Floor, Room: Diamond Ballroom III

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to the next IPR Working Group Meeting in our Beijing and Shanghai offices on Thursday, 28th September, 09:15 to 11:00, to collect your opinions on the EU-China policy priorities in the IP domain and share the updates on the legislative process on the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL), the Patent Law and the Copyright law.

• 2017-09-28 | 09:15 - 11:00
• European Chamber Office Shanghai, Unit 2204

The Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining (PCR) Working Group is glad to invite you to their next Joint Working Group Meeting, that will take place on Wednesday, 27th September, 16:00-18:00 at the European Chamber Shanghai Office. Members from Beijing can join via videoconference.

During this meeting, we will have a discussion about the recent campaign to enforce environmental law from the MEP and local environmental protection agencies.

In the past three months some members of the European Chamber have found increased difficulties to operate their business, mainly as a consequence of environmental regulation strictly enforced by the MEP and local environmental protection agencies. In some cases, companies have been requested to stop their production immediately. According to the information received by the European Chamber, the involved areas mainly include Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province, Guangdong Province, Shanghai and Tianjin.

• 2017-09-27 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Chamber is glad to invite you to a dialogue on the new regulations on soil and groundwater pollution that will take place on Thursday, 21st September, 9:00-11:00 in the European Chamber Shanghai office.

China's public enemy number one is environmental pollution. In order to fight and defeat this enemy, the authorities have considered necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive. The European Chamber has invited several experts to address these new requirements and liabilities on the new regulations on soil and groundwater contamination for enterprises and the practical approach to prevent soil pollution.

• 2017-09-21 | 09:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204