Meeting with European Council President Mr. Herman Van Rompuy and EU Ambassador to China H.E. Ederer Go back »
2011-05-19 | All chapters
The European Chamber has two meetings with European Council President Herman van Rompuy during his trip to China. On 16th May in Beijing, European Chamber President Davide Cucino, along with Vice President Jens Ruebbert and Miroslav Kolesar, held a private meeting with President van Rompuy prior to his meetings with China’s President, Premier and Vice President to brief him on some of the Chamber’s major current concerns. EU Ambassador to China H.E. Ederer, Dr Franz Jessen, Head of European Commission Division at European External Action Service, and Ms. Marianne Gumaelius, Head of Trade & Investment Section of the EU Delegation also attended the meeting.
On 18th May in Shanghai, a delegation of European Chamber representatives were given feedback from President van Rompuy following his meetings in China and were invited to address questions to him. The delegation was led by Chamber Vice President and Chairman of the Board of the Shanghai Chapter Piter de Jong, and was also attended by other Shanghai Chapter board members, as well as representatives of the Cosmetics, Construction and various financial services Working Groups.