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)

On November 8th 2016, France adopted a new anti-corruption law “Sapin 2”. This new legislation gives French authorities an increased remit to prosecute French companies for corrupt practices overseas. What are the immediate implications and best practices for French companies to prevent, detect and ensure their anti-corruption and compliance policies remain in line with this updated legislation.

• 2017-03-23 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C411A, Lufthansa Centre

The European Chamber is delighted to welcome industry commentator James Stent to share his unique insight on the state of the domestic Chinese banking system and to explain why he is contending the largely negative media perception of the sector. European Chamber President, Joerg Wuttke, will moderate a Q&A session in follow up to Mr Stents’ presentation.

• 2017-03-22 | 08:30 - 10:00
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C411A, Lufthansa Centre

Together with CCUD under NDRC, the European Chamber would like to invite you to the seminar on common market under the umbrella of the Belt and Road Initiative to address prosepcts, policy framework, opportunities and chanllenges for both Chinese and European Companies.

• 2017-03-19 | 14:00 - 17:30
• International Convention Center,C&D Hotel Putian,Fujian Province

This event has been cancelled. Please note the author will be delivering a similar presentation on Wednesday 15th March, 19:30 at the Bookworm.

• 2017-03-16 | 08:30 - 10:00
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C411A, Lufthansa Centre

Even if we don’t take into account companies who may be actively cutting headcount, employee turnover and occasional employee disputes are an unavoidable reality. Companies need to protect themselves and ensure they are ready to deal with the difficulties of terminating an employee, especially one who they feel may be engaging in practices that are corrupt or potentially damaging to the company’s reputation.

• 2017-03-14 | 08:30 - 10:00
• Westin Chaoyang Hotel, Water Room, 3rd Floor, Beijing

According to the PRC Disabled Persons Security Law, which became effective on 1st July, 2008, enterprises are obliged to hire disabled persons as a specified ratio of their total staff.
In order to strengthen implementation of the PRC Disabled Persons Security Law, on 9th September, 2015, the Ministry of Finance, the State Tax Bureau and the China Disabled Persons Federation jointly issued the Methods on Levying, Use and Management of Disabled Persons’ Employment Security Fund (Methods‌). The Methods stipulate that all enterprises in China must make contributions to the Fund if they do not hire a sufficient number of disabled persons.

• 2017-03-09 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Marriott Hotel Northeast, Salon 5, B2 Floor

The European Chamber is delighted to be joined by authors Philippe Le Corre and Alain Sepulchre, who in their new book China’s Offensive in Europe, study the trends, sectors, and target countries of Chinese investments in Europe to explain why they consider China’s investment strategy in Europe as ‘a contrasting mix of economic opportunism and strategic vision’. The authors will highlight the broader impact of these changing patterns of investment; including the increasingly vocal calls for reciprocity from foreign companies investing in China.

• 2017-03-01 | 08:30 - 10:30
• Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 3rd Floor, TANG I

Gender equality is one of the greatest accomplishments of Finland during its hundred years of independence. And reciprocally, gender equality has enabled the rise of Finland from a poor agricultural nation to a modern and stable country on top of the world in education, innovation and freedom.

• 2017-02-28 | 16:30 - 18:00
• The residence of the Ambassador of Finland to China

On 25 December 2016, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress adopted China’s first Environmental Protection Tax Law (the Law). The Law is poised to replace the existing pollutant discharge fee system with a pollution tax as the main economic tool regulating environmental pollution by businesses in China. This historic development is expected to have sweeping impacts on enterprises’ compliance with China’s environmental regulations.

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to an exclusive session with Mr. Lian Qifeng, Deputy Director General, Property and Behavior Tax Department of the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) to interpret the newly interpreted law.

• 2017-02-15 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 5th Floor, QING II + III