The devastating results for companies of global cyber-attacks Wanncry, and Petya earlier in the year reiterated the critical importance of cybersecurity to all companies. Mitigating the security risks, securing processes and finding appropriate solutions, services and products to handle security threats, vulnerabilities or even simple misconfigurations has become a business critical issue.

• 2017-09-14 | 16:00 - 17:30
• TANG III, 3d Floor, Four Seasons Hotel

The European Chamber is delighted to welcome veteran China watcher, Kerry Brown, to share some of the key ideas underpinning his most recent book, CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping, mapping Xi’s grassroots climb from banished farmhand to one of the most powerful leaders in modern Chinese history.

• 2017-09-12 | 09:00 - 10:30
• QINGI, 5th Floor, Four Seasons Hotel

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to an Exclusive Dialogue with Mr Ye Wei, Deputy Director General of Department of Foreign Investment Administration, MOFCOM to interpret Guo Fa [2017] No. 39.

• 2017-09-08 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Rosewood Beijing Hotel, Ballroom, 2nd Floor

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to welcome Sarah Qin, chief consultant, EBS, to interpret the new policies and assess the impact these changes will have on HR practitioners at the working level.

• 2017-09-07 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Rosewood Beijing Hotel, Salon 201, 2nd Floor

In their recently released report The Fat Tech Dragon: Baseline Trends in China’s Innovation Drive, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) have sought to make a quantitative assessment of where China stands in terms of innovation. In doing so they have assessed a wide range of macro-economic indicators; going beyond simply measuring R&D as a percentage of GDP, to paint a broader picture of the China innovation, its links to industrial policy, and its implications for companies; both Chinese and multinational.

• 2017-09-06 | 09:30 - 11:00
• Four Seasons Hotel, Tang III

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,