The Automotive Working Group would like to invite you to the next working group meeting, which will take place from 2:30-4:30 pm, on Monday, Oct 30th. This meeting will be a regular discussion-based working group meeting and the discussion will focus on the recent regulatory developments in the automotive sector. If you have any relevant topics which you’d propose for WG discussion, please feel free to bring them to Ink Zheng at izheng@europeanchamber.com.cn

• 2017-10-30 | 14:30 - 16:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

Dear Working Group Member,

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to our next joint financial services-related Working Groups meeting on Monday, 23rd October 2017, 12:00 – 14:00, at the European Chamber’s Beijing and Shanghai offices joined via video link.

• 2017-10-23 | 12:00 - 14:00
• European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

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 Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

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 Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

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

Dear Working Group members,

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next Cosmetics Working Group meeting. It will be held on Tuesday 17 Oct. 2017, 2PM-4PM, at the European Chamber Beijing and Shanghai offices via videoconference.

• 2017-10-17 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

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

On 1 April, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), together with the State Council and President Xi made the announcement of decision on establishing the Xiong An New District as the national new district, which will be the third national new district after the Shanghai Pudong New District and Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The European Chamber is pleased to invite Ms. Zheng Mingmei, Director of Smart and Low-Carbon City Department, China Centre for Urban Development of NDRC and Secretary General of Smart City Development Alliance of NDRC to provide exclusive insights on the plan of Xiong An New District under the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration, and provide updates on the development of smart cities after the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (Two Sessions), followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.

• 2017-04-25 | 14:00 - 15:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

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