The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the Environment Working Group 2017 Kick-off Meeting and Chair Election.  It will be held on Friday, 10 March, 9AM-11AM, at the European Chamber Guangzhou Office.  Members from Beijing and Shanghai Chapters are welcomed to join in the meeting through videoconference systems at our offices.  

 

Following the gesture made by President Xi at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January in further opening up and boosting foreign investment in China, the State Council issued the Notice on Several Measures on Promoting Further Openness and Active Utilization of Foreign Investment on 17 January, 2017 as attached.  Environmental protection, energy conservation along with sustainable urbanization are emphasized in the notice, which may lead to more opportunities for foreign investment in these sectors in the following years with more friendly regulatory environment of China.

 

To offer a comprehensive perspective on the opportunities and challenges for the environmental protection and energy conservation sectors in the coming years, the chamber will invite representatives from the EU-China Industrial and Commercial Investment Promotion Union (ECIPU) of MOFCOM to introduce government-level projects and have a roundtable discussion regarding the regulatory environment with our members in these sectors. 

 

ECIPU was established in 2013 under MOFCOM, to promote exchange of domestic enterprise and world Chinese merchants by leveraging recourses of Chinese and foreign strategic partner organizations.  It has over 60 member companies, which are all domestic companies including major SOEs primarily focusing on environmental protection, energy conservation, smart technologies and societies.  ECIPU has engaged with various local governments on the development of sustainable industrial parks, environment management as well as EU-China Urbanization Partnership.  For more information, please kindly see the attached.

 

At the meeting, Ms. Liang Dan, Chair of ECIPU will first give a brief introduction on ECIPU and its relations with MOFCOM, followed by the presentation on China - Europe International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition by Ms. Huang Yumin, Executive Secretary General of ECIPU.  And we also will invite Mr. Li Wenhua, Executive President of TUNGTAI International Holding Group Limited. (通泰国际控股集团) to present Smart City Partnership Project and TUNGTAI Industrial Park with Local Government.  

 

Agenda:

08:30-09:00  Registration

09:00-09:10  Opening & Roundtable Introduction by the National Chair of Environment Working Group

09:10-10:20  Dialogue with EU-China Industrial and Commercial Investment Promotion Union (ECIPU):     

                     Opportunities and Challenges for the Environmental Protection Sector

-       Introduction on ECIPU by Ms. Liang Dan, Chair of ECIPU  

-       Presentation: China - Europe International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition by Ms. Huang

         Yumin, Executive Secretary General of ECIPU

-       Presentation: Smart City Partnership Project and TUNGTAI Industrial Park with Local Government by Mr. Li

        Wenhua, Executive President of TUNGTAI International Holding Group Limited.

-       Q&A and roundtable discussion on the regulatory updates in the environmental protection sector

10:20-10:40  Introduction of the election procedure and distribute the vote ticket + Candidate Introduction and Election

10:40-11:00  Discussion on upcoming Working Group agenda and work plan for the year of 2017  

 

As always, we welcome your suggestions for possible agenda topics and speakers for future meetings.  We encourage as many of our members as possible to attend to have their say in the leadership and representation of the Working Group in the year ahead.

 

Election:

Should you be interested in running the Chair and Vice Chair Election, the Chamber is kindly advice to firstly read the attached document which outlines the roles and responsibilities of a Working Group Chairperson. Based on past experiences, for Environment Working Group, the dedicated time of a Chairperson is about 20% of his/her time and of a Vice Chairperson is about 10% of his/her time. 

 

Should you be interested in putting your name forward for election or nominate any candidate, please send a short biography and a motivation letter, stating which position (Chair or Vice Chair) you intend to run for and why to Kevin GAO at kgao@europeanchamber.com.cn in Beijing or Mr. Antonio Salvador at asalvador@europeanchamber.com.cn in Shanghai or Ms. Anna Rudawska at arudawska@europeanchamber.com.cn in South China by Friday, 3 March, 2017 COB. Please kindly note that all relevant documents will be circulated to members in advance for review and consideration, and the application after the deadlines will not be considered.

 

Background and Procedures:

The Environment Working Group Chairs and Vice Chairs play a crucial role in driving the Group. The responsibilities of Chairpersons include taking a leading role in the drafting of the Position Paper, communicating key messages to the Chinese and European governments and steering Group meetings.  The required characteristics of a Chair and Vice Chair are a senior industry representative with relevant industry expertise and government contacts who has the time and willingness to support the group.  Previous participation in the Group is essential.

 

In accordance with European Chamber internal guidelines, the Business Manager will send another email to the Working Group at least 7 days prior to the election with the bios and motivation letters of all candidates attached.  Voting for the election must be conducted in person at the Group meeting (one vote per company) after each candidate has been given an opportunity to give a short speech on why they would like to run for election.   The duration of the term for both Chairs and Vice Chairs is one year.  All elected Chairpersons must sign the attached Code of Conduct following election.

 

The maximum duration of Chairperson or Vice Chairperson is three consecutive years.  Candidates are only eligible for Chair or Vice Chair positions if he/she is physically based in China.  Only Corporate members are eligible for Chair and Vice Chair positions.

 

The European Chamber appreciates your great support to the Environment Working Group and looks forward to better collaboration with all of you in 2017!

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