The European Chamber, together with the China Academy for Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and the Seconded European Standardization Expert for China (SESEC), invites you to the first in a series of exchanges exploring on digital policy and standardisation efforts in both Europe and China. This first meeting will focus on AI policy and standardisation, and it will take place offline in Beijing on 10th April 2024 from 15:00 to 17:00. Joining the discussion offline to discuss the topic from a variety of angles will be Ms Margot Dor, Director of Government Affairs at ETSI, Wu Tongning, Deputy Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence Research Center at the CAICT, Maggie Yin, Vice President of Government Affairs at RELX, and Michael Chang, Chair of the ICT Working Group at the European Chamber.

• 2024-04-10 | 15:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office

The European Chamber is happy to invite you to the kick-off meeting of the Corporate Social Responsibility Forum (CSR Forum) which will take place onsite from Beijing and online on 28th March 14:00-16:00. If you want to join this meeting, please register here or contact Mr. Ziyao Jing at zyjing@europeanchamber.com.cn before 25th March COB.

The main topics for this meeting will be the review of the activities of the Forum in 2023, as well as the establishment of the Forum priorities for 2024. Thus, members are strongly encouraged to join the discussion and provide input on the key issues which will likely shape the activities of the Forum this year. Please find attached for your reference the Forum Position Paper that was developed and rolled out in September 2023. During this meeting we will hold our 2024-2025 chair elections.

• 2024-03-28 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Beijing Offices, Beijing Lufthansa Center, Office C405

European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
CSR Forum Meeting & 2024 Forum Chair Election
Time: Tuesday 10.00 - 11.15am, 26th March 2024
Venue: European Chamber office, Room 2204, Shui On Plaza, 333 Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu, Shanghai
Please RSVP to Ms. Lauren Zheng at sh_govaffairs_c@europeanchamber.com.cn before 22nd March 2pm.

• 2024-03-26 | 10:00 - 11:15
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Big Meetingroom

The EU SME Centre and the European Chamber Carbon Market Working Group are glad to invite Director Ma Jun from the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) and industry players across China to explore the recent practices on corporate green supply chain management, the critical role of SMEs and challenges they face, and the different approaches large enterprises can adopt to support their SME partners throughout the supply chain to improve their environmental performance.

• 2024-03-19 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing | Online

Throughout the past few years, the EU has been revamping its regulatory toolbox in order to better address emerging economic, geopolitical, technological and climate challenges. This expanding toolbox includes instruments aiming at combatting economic distortions and creating a level-playing field in the Single Market, ensuring reciprocity with third countries in areas like procurement and combatting coercive actions initiated by those countries, fostering sustainable processes and preventing carbon leakage among industry players. As number of these regulations will impact the China operations of European companies, the European Chamber brings to you the Interpreting the EU’s Toolbox Series, where experts will provide an overview of the instruments that are being rolled out. The fourth episode of the series will focus on the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), and it will take place on 5th March 16:00 online.

• 2024-03-05 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online

The European Chamber Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) rewards excellence in sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and raises awareness about sustainable business practices and responsible operating models. In September 2024, the Chamber will celebrate the 8th consecutive year of the SBA ceremony. As part of the SBA, the Sustainability Talk series aims to bring corporate leaders together to explore effective sustainable business development.

• 2024-03-05 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office 中国欧盟商会上海办公室

Numerous applications were received from companies based in and outside of the European member states in the 2023 submission process. To highlight the successful stories of the winning applications from this year, we group the winners by the countries of origin. In this talk, we are inviting companies originating from France, FORVIA Faurecia China, Lesaffre, and VEOLIA, who won the 2023 SBA in these categories respectively - Decarbonisation Leader, Rural Development Pioneer, and Circular Economy Pioneer, to outline their successful projects and practices. To recognise the contribution of French companies to sustainability, the Chamber is also inviting a representative from the Consulate General of the Republic of France in Shanghai to deliver the closing remarks.

• 2023-12-14 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office 中国欧盟商会上海办公室

How can French enterprises get a deeper understanding of the particularities and complexities of the Chinese market, so as to better adapt to and integrate in an era of digital transformation？How can Chinese companies fully understand and adapt to the French market, to better "go global" in an era of globalization? This forum will invite representatives from China and France’s governments, business communities, and academic circles to engage in in-depth discussions on these questions and more. In the process, they will promote bilateral business exchanges along with the stable and far-reaching development of Sino-French relations, jointly helping to write a new chapter of cooperation for the future.

• 2023-11-16 | 16:00 - 19:00
• China Europea International Business School (CEIBS)

Forum Background

The comprehensive strategic partnership between the European Union (EU) and China turns 20 this year. Over the past two decades the EU and China, two of the world’s leading economies, have engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation in a win-win manner and achieved significant success in fields such as politics, economy, culture, and science. As of the end of 2022, EU-China bilateral trade volume reached $847.3 billion, with each side the second-largest trading partner of the other. The stock of two-way investment between China and the EU has exceeded $230 billion, benefiting people on both sides and contributing greatly to world peace and economic prosperity.

Looking ahead, the two sides hold great potential for cooperation and share common interests in promoting economic growth and financial stability, coping with the energy crisis, curbing inflation, and pursuing green and digital transitions. As such, they have decided to set up a financial working group under the China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) mechanism to strengthen cooperation in financial areas such as financial liberalisation, infrastructure, and regulation, as well as sustainable finance and fintech. However, some tension does exist within the relationship – EU authorities have recently opened an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric car imports, for example.

• 2023-11-14 | 16:30 - 19:10
• CEIBS Shanghai Campus

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the 2023 Sustainable Business Awards Conference & Ceremony: Embracing the Green Transition & Measuring Unexpected Impacts. Commemorating the 7th annual Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) in collaboration with SynTao as the knowledge partner, the SBA rewards companies that put sustainable economic growth, green development, innovation, risk management and social welfare at the forefront of their values.

The conference will explore the intricacies of accelerating the green transition and measuring sustainability, with insights from experts from across industries. Followed by a ceremony to announce this year’s Sustainable Business Awards winners.

• 2023-09-06 | 14:30 - 18:00
• The Langham Xintiandi, Shanghai