Advocacy Actions
Meeting with MEE and CCPIT on Environmental Protection Policies and Enforcement in China
Chamber National Vice Chair Dr Christoph Schrempp led a delegation of 12 members to attend the seminar with the officials from the Ministry of Ecological Environment (MEE) and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) on environmental protection policies in China.
Read moreMeeting with DG Environment Director Astrid Schomaker on Industrial Priorities and Recommendations in Environmental Sector in China
Upon coordination with Ms Vicky Pollard, First Counsellor of Environment and Climate Change, Delegation of the European Union to China and Mongolia, representatives from the Chamber’s Environment Working Group, Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining Working Group and Corporate Social Responsibility Forum attended the meeting with Ms. Astrid Schomaker, Director, Global Sustainable Development, Directorate-General for the Environment (DG Environment), European Commission (EC) and Mr. Bartosz Cieleszynski, Policy Officer, Bilateral & Regional Environmental Cooperation, DG Environment of EC, to present the priorities and key concerns recently from industrial perspective in the sector of environment.
Read moreMeeting with State Administration of Taxation on Implementation of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax
The European Chamber has been closely tracking this transition from a fee-based regime to a tax-based one and its impact on European business in China. On 26 January 2017, the Chamber submitted comments on the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax (Draft for Comments) during a public consultation initiated by the State Administration of Taxation. To help members understand the essence of the transition, the European Chamber invited Deputy Director General Sun Qun, Department of Property and Behaviour Tax of SAT, to interpret the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax, and its enforcement plans and relevant guidance, followed by a roundtable discussion with members.
Read moreSeminar with Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision on Standardisation
DDG of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision visited European Chamber Shanghai Chapter and met with representatives of multiple working groups.
Read moreComments on NPC's Draft of Law on Soil Pollution Prevention and Control
In December 2017, the National People's Congress (NPC) issued the Law on Soil Pollution Prevention and Control (Draft for Second Deliberation) for public consultation.
The European Chamber's Environment Working Group, Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining Working Group and Corporate Social Responsibility Forum on behalf of member companies, submitted their consolidated comments to NPC.