Advocacy Actions
Meeting with Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson
On 16th June, a group of Advisory Council members and Energy Working Group Chairs led by President Joerg Wuttke met with Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson.
Read morePresident Wuttke presents the Chamber's BCS 2020 to Heads of Mission
On 16th June, European Chamber President Joerg Wuttke presented the findings of the 2020 Business Confidence Survey (BCS) to European member state Heads of Mission.
Read morePhonecall with the Secretary-General of the Remanufacture Committee of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CPRA).
On 15th June, 2020, key representatives from the Auto components Working Group had a con-call with the Secretary General of the Remanufacture Committee of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CPRA). Some issues of key importance to the remanufacturing industry and Chamber paper content of arguments were discussed. The meeting was a follow up to the advocacy actions the Chamber had with SG Xie back in March after their Yangze River Delta Visits in June.
Read moreSubmitted comments to the NPC on the Biosecurity Law
The National People’s Congress (NPC) issued a call for comments on the Biosecurity Law (the second draft for review) with an official deadline on 13th June.
Read morePresident Wuttke Delivered a Speech at the Special Event of Global 500 Fortune and Famous Foreign Companies Energizing Wuhan
On 12th June morning, European Chamber President Joerg Wuttke was invited to attend the on-line session of the Special Event of Global 500 Fortune and Famous Foreign Companies Energizing Wuhan. Wuhan Municipal Party Secretary Wang Zhonglin attended as well and gave an opening address and nearly 80 representatives from foreign chambers of commerce, Fortune 500 companies participated in the event.
As the 1st guest to deliver the speech, President Wuttke mentioned that the Chamber in China had faced immense challenges stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak, but nothing compared to the heroic fight of the people of Wuhan, especially the sacrifice and endurance of your medical professionals. Along with the priceless success in COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control, now was considered as a good timing for Chinese government to further liberalize the economy and open up the market to the world.
The European Chamber will continue to emphasize the opportunities in Wuhan, the transportation and industrial hub of central China. And 2020 should be more than just the year that Wuhan and the world were ravaged by plague, but also into a landmark year in China’s economic story.
Webinar with China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) on Business Environment Improvement Sichuan Session
On 10th June, CCPIT organized an online webinar on Business Environment Improvement (Sichuan Session). Multiple foreign chambers of commerce and a few foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) attended the webinar. The webinar aims to keep foreign investment and foreign trade stable, further strengthen the promotion and protection of foreign investment, promote the optimization of business environment in Sichuan.
Read morePhone call between ECHI secretary and Qiuyuan Xu, SAMR
The ECHI coordinator had a phone call with Ms. Qiuyuan Xu on several issues following their last in-person meeting.
Read moreExclusive Dialogue with Chairperson of the Centre for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Madam Fu Ying
On 9th June, the European Chamber held an exclusive dialogue with Madam Fu Ying, China’s former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is currently the Chairperson of the Centre for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University. Representatives from nearly 200 companies, embassies and associations attended the event.
Read moreOnline Meeting with China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) 2nd Quarter Survey on Chinese Investment Environment
On 11th June, in order to communicate operational challenges facing by foreign enterprises in doing business in China and collecting suggestions to improve the investment environment, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) invited around 140 representatives from enterprises, European Chamber, Amcham, and government officials from Foreign Investment Department of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Foreign Investment Department of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), General Department of State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), International Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), International Department of Ministry of Finance (MOF) to attend CCPIT 2nd quarter online meeting.
Read moreMeeting with Mr Zhuang Zhaolin, Mayor of Xuzhou Municipal Government
On 3 June , European Chamber Nanjing Chapter board members and Xuzhou local members, led by Bernhard Weber, chair of the Nanjing Chapter, paid a visit to Xuzhou, Jiangsu province and met with Zhuang Zhaolin, mayor of Xuzhou Municipal Government.
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