Advocacy Actions
Presentation of the European Chamber’s Study on Overcapacity to Canadian Ambassador
epresentatives from the Chamber met with Canadian Ambassador to China to Guy Saint-Jacques to present him with the European Chamber’s recent report on overcapacity in China’s economy.The Ambassador stated that he had already read the executive summary and would look forward to reading the full report. Chamber representatives outlined their plans to continue to work on overcapacity in China in 2016 and the Ambassador expressed his interest in their future research and analysis as well.
Read moreMeeting with EU Delegation on the European Union-China Steel Working Group
Representatives from the Chamber met with Mr. Perez-Canado, Mr. Devigne and Mr. Klein to receive an update on recent discussions related to the EU-China Steel Working Group. The Delegation representatives stated that they expect the refugee crisis in Europe and state of steel imports from China to be the top issues at this year’s European Union Summit. They stated that during meetings on steel their Chinese counterparts had provided incomplete and discouraging answers regarding their plans to address overcapacity in the steel sector and did not seem to know whether they would just be collecting aggregate numbers from the provinces or actual firm-level data. While officials from the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are working together on follow-up actions, their plans appear to be largely focused on enforcing environmental regulations, not by enforcing quotas, fining companies or provinces that violate quotas and cutting subsidies. Major inputters into the steel industry have reported to the European Delegation that, to date, their sales levels have remained stable.
The representatives from the European Chamber of Commerce in China outlined their recent work on overcapacity, answered related questions and outlined their plans for further work in this area in 2016.
Founding Ceremony of the China Food and Drug Safety Association
The founding meeting of The China Food and Drug Safety Association (FDSA) was chaired by Mr. Sun Xianze, Vice-Minister of the CFDA, and Mr. Zhang Zhikuan, Director-General of the Beijing FDA. The FDSA was formally founded, its statute decided and the council elected.
Read moreComments on “IT industry CSR guideline”
The European Chamber CSR Forum submitted comments on the “IT industry CSR guideline” to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Read moreMeeting with MIIT on 2015 Telecom Catalogue
On 9 March, 2016, representatives of the European Chamber’s ICT Working Group paid a visit to the MIIT’s Information and Communication Administration Bureau on the newly released Telecom Catalogue, to seek clarifications on certain remaining questions.
Read moreSeminar with China Electronics Standardization Institute on China RoHS II
China's new regulations on Reduction of Harmful Substances (China RoHS II) will come into force on 01.Juli 2016. COCIR hold a seminar with the China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) to discuss details of the new regulations.
Read moreRoundtable with MIIT on China RoHS II Regulation
08 March 2016,COCIR China Environmental FG, COCIR EHS Policy Committee Chair and an expert from Siemens HQ, we met with MIIT officials on China RoHS II and EU RoHS update.
Read moreComments on "Administration of Human Genetic Resources (Draft by the Ministry of Science and Technology)"
The European Chamber submitted comments on the "Administration of Human Genetic Resources (Draft by the Ministry of Science and Technology)" to the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Comments on CFDA Catalogue of Raw Material for Health Food (first batch)
European Chamber Comments on CFDA Catalogue of Raw Material for Health Food
Read moreInterChamber SME Working Group Meeting
Establishing in a new market is always challenging, the working group meeting is gathering SMEs from different EU state countries to discuss how to manage SMEs in China, a changing environment.
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