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Time2014-09-04 | 15:30 - 17:30
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Venue:Delegation of the European Union to China
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Address:15 Dongzhimen Wai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
北京市朝阳区三里屯，东直门外大街15号 -
Fee:Members: 300
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The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to a joint event, organized together with the EU Delegation, presenting the outcome of a study on foreign investment environment in China.
This event is a members only - registration only event. Please register online for this event. For security reasons only participants who have pre-registered will be admitted to the event.
Covington & Burling LLP has recently completed a major study for European Commission's Directorate General for Trade, describing a broad range of Chinese legal measures and administrative practices that restrain foreign investment in China. Preparation of the study involved a review of over 260,000 central and local government laws and regulations, and extensive research into Chinese administrative practices. The study constitutes the most comprehensive overview of foreign investment environment in China which has been prepared to date.
Timothy Stratford, managing partner in Covington & Burling's Beijing office, will summarize the main findings of the study. Following his presentation, a panel comprised of Mr. Stratford, Mr. Joerg Wuttke, President of the European Chamber, and Mr. Francisco Pérez-Cañado, Head of the Trade Section at the EU-Delegation to China will discuss the implications of the study for European stakeholders.
Agenda
15:00 – 15:30 Registration
15:30 – 15:35 Welcome Remarks by the European Chamber
15:35 – 15:45 Welcome Remarks and Keynote about the Study by EU Delegation
15:45 – 16:30 Presentation of the Study
16:30 – 16:45 Moderated Panel Discussion
16:45 – 17:30 Moderated Q&A Session
Sponsorship Opportunities:
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Event Terms & Conditions:
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Speakers
Mr. Timothy P. Stratford
Tim Stratford is managing partner in Covington & Burling LLP’s Beijing office and a member of the International Trade, Corporate and Government Affairs Practice Groups. Mr. Stratford’s practice is focused on advising international clients doing business in China and assisting Chinese companies seeking to expand their businesses globally. As a former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Mr. Stratford is the most senior former U.S. trade official working as a member of the U.S. business community in China. Except for the five years he spent in Washington, D.C. in government service (2005-2010), Mr. Stratford has lived and worked continuously in the greater China region since 1982.
While at USTR, Mr. Stratford was responsible for developing and implementing U.S. trade policy toward mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Mongolia. He worked closely with other senior U.S. and Chinese officials from numerous government departments and agencies to address problems encountered by companies engaged in bilateral trade and investment and co-chaired a number of important bilateral working groups and dialogues established under the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade and the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue.
Prior to serving at USTR, Mr. Stratford was General Counsel for General Motors’ China operations, where he was a member of GM’s senior management team in China and oversaw the company’s legal and trade policy work. Mr. Stratford also served previously as Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Brigham Young University, and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.
Mr. Francisco Pérez Cañado
45 years old, married with two daughters, Spanish national, studied international economics (incl. political and legal aspects) in Spain (Univesidad Autonoma de Madrid), the UK (University of Kent at Canterbury), and Italy (Universita Degli Studi di Pavia), with further specialisation in Spain (Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de Granada), and the US (Harvard). Worked for the Spanish Embassy in Budapest dealing with trade and economic matters before joining the European Commission's Directorate General for Trade, where he held successive positions as Head of Section, Deputy Head of Unit and Acting Head of Unit dealing amongst others with bilateral and multilateral policy, relations with Member States, relations with third countries, and trade and development. Joined the EU Delegation in Beijing in July 2013 as Head of the Trade Section
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.
Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.
From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.
From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.
Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin.
In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.