The 10th EU-China SME Policy Dialogue

2019-07-25 | Beijing

The 10th EU-China SME Policy Dialogue

On 25th July, European Chamber and EU SME Centre representatives joined the 10th EU-China SME Policy Dialogue. Chaired by Kristin Schreiber, director, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission, and Zhang Feng, chief engineer, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the dialogue touched upon recent policy developments on topics of key interest to both European and Chinese SMEs, including access to financing, late payments, innovation and internationalisation.

The representatives from the EU SME Centre and the European Chamber provided an overview of the services the Centre provides to European small businesses wanting to enter and operate in the Chinese market. They also talked about the recent SME policy environment developments in China and their impacts on European SMEs already based in the country. Both sides agreed to explore further cooperation on a variety of areas, including late payments.