Industry concentration in special parks and enforcement of environmental and safety regulations are leading to an increasing number of company relocations. Join us in this seminar to learn from Taylor Wessing, InterChina and Festo about the Chinese legal framework and real experiences.

• 2017-10-24 | 09:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

The European Business in China – Position Paper is the European Chamber’s primary annual publication. The 17th edition of the Position Paper offers Chinese policy-makers 795 recommendations that draw directly from the knowledge and expertise of the European Chamber’s more than 1,600 member companies.

• 2017-10-24 - 2017-10-24 | 18:30 - 20:00
• Fairmont Peace Hotel 和平饭店

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 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

Social event

• 2017-10-19 | 18:00 - 21:00
• Rooftop Garden, Oakwood Residence Funder Chengdu

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