Dear Working Group member,
The Finance and Taxation Working Group invites you to the next Working Group meeting and elections at the European Chamber Beijing, Shanghai and South China (Guangzhou) offices via videoconference. At this meeting, Mr. Bo Yu, Tax Partner of PwC China, will give a presentation on "China Foreign Direct-investment Policy Updates for European Companies". He will share the latest insights on the following hot issues:
1. Development situation of foreign invested companies in China
2. Important measures to attract more foreign investment and implementation situation in practice
- including Circular 88: withholding tax deferral treatment for foreign direct re-investment
3. Practice and development of Negative List System for foreign investment.
Additionally, we will have a discussion on the F&T Position Paper (PP) 2018/2019. The next WG meeting is aimed at targeting the Key Recommendations (KRs) of this year’s PCR Position Paper (PP). We encourage our members to send any comment about the current paper, their correspondent concerns and potential new content. We recommend to send your input for the PP – F&T WG to Mr. Antonio Salvador at asalvador@europeanchamber.com.cn by Friday, 9 March COB at the latest.
Likewise, the Finance and Taxation Working Group is calling for candidates for 2018-2019 chair election. This year the Finance and Taxation Working Group is going to elect one National Chair and five National Vice Chairs:
- one Working Group Chair based in Beijing, Shanghai or South China to serve as the National Chair;
- two Vice Chairs based in Beijing, Shanghai or South China to serve as the National Vice Chairs and Local Chairs (only a National/Local Chair is allowed by Chapter);
- three other National Vice Chairs based in Beijing, Shanghai and South China respectively.
To apply, please send a short biography and motivation letter, stating whether you intend to run for Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, toMr. Antonio Salvador at asalvador@europeanchamber.com.cnin Shanghai, Ms. Cecilia Rovelli at crovelli@europeanchamber.com.cn in Beijing and Ms. Anna Rudawska at arudawska@europeanchamber.com.cn in South China by Friday, 9 March COB at the latest. Please kindly note that all relevant documents will be circulated to members in advance for review and consideration.
Working Group meeting agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 Presentation on "China Foreign Direct-investment Policy Updates for European Companies" by Mr. Bo Yu, Tax Partner of PwC China
10:00 – 10:20 Q&A session
10:20 – 10:40 Chair and Vice Chairs elections
10:40 – 11:30 Discussion on the 2018/2019 Finance and Taxation Position Paper
As usual, we welcome your suggestions for possible agenda topics and speakers for this and future meetings. We encourage as many of our members as possible to attend to have their say in the leadership and representation of the Working Group in the year ahead.
Registration
If you would like to attend this meeting, please register online or contact Mr. Antonio Salvador at asalvador@europeanchamber.com.cn in Shanghai, Ms. Cecilia Rovelli at crovelli@europeanchamber.com.cn in Beijing and Ms. Anna Rudawska at arudawska@europeanchamber.com.cn in South China indicating which office you would like to attend by Thursday, 15th of March, COB. As always, we welcome your suggestions for agenda topics and possible speakers for future meetings. Should you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us.