Meeting with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

2018-01-17 | Beijing

A delegation of the CCPIT visited European Chamber Beijing office and discussed cooperation plan in 2018 between the two organizations. The issues discussed at the meeting included EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, access to the China Manufacture 2025, impacts of the change from approval to filing for foreign investment on foreign business, position and expectations of European business on reciprocity and the Belt and Road initiative. It was agreed that a quarterly roundtable discussion can be organized to discuss the prioritized topics. Industry experts and domestic companies can also be invited to the discussions. For the first discussion, it was suggested to discuss the topic on the change from approval to filing for establishing a FIE in China. Alternative topic could be the reform in financial service sector. Both parties shall check internally to finalize the agenda at a later stage.