In recent years the Chinese Government has stepped up its efforts to support China s economy to move up the value chain from a low cost production base to an innovation oriented economy and has taken various measures to encourage foreign investors to set up  Research and Development facilities in China. In 2006 alone 26 new R&D Centres were set up in Shanghai by foreign entities adding up to 196 R&D Centres in the city in total which represents 25 % of the national number of foreign invested R&D Centres.

In this half day conference, we are delighted to welcome five experts to present on various aspects of setting up and running R&D Centres in China and the specifics of Shanghai.

AGENDA
 08.00  08.30am Registration and Breakfast

08.30  09.00am The Shanghai Government s R&D Policies, Speaker: Shen Qing, Deputy Director, Europe and America Business Office of the Shanghai Municipality Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission, Shanghai Foreign Investment Commission (Chinese with English translation) )to view her CV, please click here)

09.00  09.20am PRC R&D  Protecting and Capturing IPR, Speaker: Geoffrey Lin, Senior Associate Lovells (to view his CV, please click here) 

09.20  09.40am An Overview of Key Chinese Tax Incentives Related to Technologies, Speaker: Simon Tan, Partner Deloitte and Vice-Chairman of the Finance and Taxation Working Group of the European Chamber (to view his CV, please click here)

09.40  10.00am Break

10.00  10.20am HR

10.20  10.40am Philips experiences with R&D in China, Speaker, Dr.Frans Greidanus,
Chief Technology Officer Philips (to view his CV, please click  here)

10.40  11.00am Q&A Session

The Conference will be moderated by Mr. Joseph Rogers, Co-Chair of the IPR Working Group

 

Registration

To register for this event, please email the below given form to Ms. Mahsa Bouromand at mbouromand@euccc.com.cn  by Tuesday October 16th, noontime. Confirmations and cancellations by phone are not accepted. Please note that cancellations should be done before October 16th, noontime.

No-shows who fail to cancel before this time will be invoiced for the event.
Registrations done after the deadline will be accepted only if space permits and are charged an additional 50 RMB walk in fee. 

 

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Event review

China Research and Development Conference 2007 - Minutes

In recent years, due to the various encouraging policies ratified by the Chinese government, more and more multinational enterprises are now keen to open R&D centres in the world’s most energetic market. In 2006 alone 26 new R&D Centres were set up in Shanghai by foreign entities adding up to 196 R&D Centres in the city in total which represents 25 % of the national number of foreign invested R&D Centres and foreign Research and Development centres are booming in China

On October 18th, the European Chamber in Shanghai held its first conference that specifically related to Research and Development in China for foreign enterprises. Four speakers covered a large number of theoretical and practical aspects of setting up and running R & D Centres, from government policiesto IPR protection to tax incentives and HR and highlighted the key issues and challenges related to R&D centres in China. 

Ms. Qing Shen, the Deputy Director of Europe and America Business Office of the Shanghai Municipality Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission, outlined the guidelines to establish foreign invested R&D centres in Shanghai. She pointed out that establishing foreign R&D centres is the main part of attracting foreign investment in Shanghai. Although it is still at the elementary stage, the city itself has a great potential in developing foreign R&D centres because it is at the leading position in education and scientific research in China and has been attracting large numbers of talents from different fields all over the world. To view the presentation, please  click here

Mr. Geoffrey Lin, a Senior Associate at Lovells gave a presentation entitled “Protecting and Capturing IPR in China”, explaining how foreign invested R & D centres could be more effective in the protection of trade secrets, establishing protective measures, and patent protection. To his conclusion, laws on prohibiting the misappropriation of trade secrets exist in China, but the enforcement is still challenging. He suggested companies should implement effective preventive systems internally and externally to limit the infringement of trade secrets. For Patent, it is necessary to develop and pursue a patent filling strategy to capture R&D generated IP. To view the presentation, please  click here. 

Simon Tam, Partner Deloitte explained the Chinese tax incentives related to technologies. He explained the policies including major incentives, R&D expenses super-deduction, and high and new-tech enterprise status and what companies should do to be qualified to get tax incentives. 

Dr.Frans Greidanus, the Chief Technology Officer Philips, from practical perspective, discussed the R&D achievements of Philips in China focused in Shanghai, related strategies on Human Resource management and Intellectual Property Rights protection, and the possible future development on Chinese funding schemes.

The conference was a great success in terms of providing informative, thoughtful and updated information. The presentations prompted focused discussions, which covered the key aspects related to foreign R&D development in China. The Chamber thanks all those who spoke and attended, and looks forward to providing more quality events in this area in the near future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Shen Qing, the the Deputy Director of Europe and America Business Office of the Shanghai Municipality Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Mr. Geoffrey Lin, a Senior Associate at Lovells

 

 

    

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

During Q&A Session: Mr. Joseph Rogers, the Moderator (Co-Chair of the IPR Working Group). Ms. Shen Qing (the third left), Mr. Geoffrey Lin, Mr. Simon Tam (Partner Deloitte ), and Dr. Frans Greidanus (the Chief Technology Officer Philips)

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