European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

Petrochemicals, Chemicals and Refining Working Group

Living with a Demand Shock While Building a $10 Billion Project

Tuesday 12 May, 10-11:15am (Zoom online meeting)

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Dear Working Group member,

As COVID-19 has spread around the world, chemical manufacturers are struggling from a variety of problems: massive supply chain disruptions, production shutdowns, decreased demand, worker shortages, transportation issues, and many more complications. European manufacturers in China have essentially faced two waves of the virus, first as much of business in China came to a standstill, and now as the rest of the world has followed. The chemical industry must find new ways to respond and adapt to this uncertain situation.

Join us for a discussion with Mr Jörg Wuttke, President of the European Chamber, Vice President and Chief Representative, China at BASF, on the challenges facing PCR companies during the pandemic.

Tentative Agenda

9:30-10:00         Zoom testing

10:00-10:05       Opening remarks by Ms Karin Xu, National Chair of the Petrochemicals, Chemicals and Refining Working Group

10:05-10:25       Presentation by Mr Jörg Wuttke

10:25-11:10       Q&A and open discussion

11:10-11:15       Closing remarks by Mr Xavier Durand-Delacre, National Vice Chair of the Petrochemicals, Chemicals and Refining Working Group

Mr Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations. Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects. From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he was the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.

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Speakers

Mr. Jörg Wuttke

President, European Chamber; Chief Representative China, BASF (China) Co., Ltd.

Mr. Jörg Wuttke

President, European Chamber; Chief Representative China, BASF (China) Co., Ltd.

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Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.

Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.

From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.

From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.

Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin.

In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.

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