The European Chamber and the EU SME Centre, together with the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME), is pleased to invite you to our upcoming Working Group meeting, where Ms Chen Jing, Vice President of CASME, will present the latest SME Development Index, the support measures available to EU SMEs in China and the SME business prospects in 2023. The meeting will be conducted in Chinese, and English interpretation will be made available.

Agenda

15:00-15:10       Opening remarks by EU SME Centre and CASME

15:10-15:40    Presentation by Ms Chen Jing, Vice President of CASME, Secretary General of High and New Technology Industry Branch

15:40-16:00       Discussion and Q&A

About the EU SME Centre

The EU SME Centre is a European Union initiative that provides a comprehensive range of hands-on support services to European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), getting them ready to do business in China. Currently in Phase IV of the project, the EU SME Centre is implemented by four consortium partners and two associated partners – the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC), the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC), Italy China Council Foundation (ICCF), Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI), Trade Promotion Europe (TPE), and the EU-China Business Association (EUCBA), bringing an unprecedented mix of relevant and complementary expertise and network to the EU SME Centre, with headquarters in Europe and in China.

About the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME)

The China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME) was approved and established by the National Development and Reform Commission in December 2006. It is a non-profit social team voluntarily formed by the SME, large enterprises that support the development of SME as well as famous experts and scholars. There are 220,000 members in the group. Awarded as the first batch of "National Public Service Demonstration Platforms for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. CASME takes the lead in establishing the secretary-general contact conference system, and its member units are composed of 287 provincial, municipal, regional, economic and information commissions and authority in charging of small and medium-sized enterprises, CASME participated in the drafting and revision of the "SME Promotion Law"; jointly published the "China Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Blue Book" jointly with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, released the "SME Development Index" quarterly, and issue "collective bonds for small and medium-sized enterprises and credit enhancement bonds" jointly with local governments.

Speakers

Ms. Jing Chen 陈晶

Vice President of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME), Secretary General of High-tech Industry Branch 中国中小企业协会副会长、高新技术产业分会秘书长

Ms. Jing Chen 陈晶

Vice President of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME), Secretary General of High-tech Industry Branch 中国中小企业协会副会长、高新技术产业分会秘书长

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Master of International Business Management, UK. She has worked in two Fortune 500 companies in important positions. She has served as an expert judge for many projects such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Small and Medium Enterprises, the integration of industry and education, the Ministry of Education's Chunhui Cup China Scholar Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and the Ministry of Finance's performance evaluation. She has been appointed by several local governments and internationally renowned management consulting firms as a consultant for SME financial reform and digital transformation.

She has served in the Association for 15 years since its inception, organised more than 200 domestic and international large-scale enterprise forums and exhibitions supported by various ministries and local governments, established strategic cooperation with more than 1,000 Fortune 500 and industry-leading enterprises and institutions, and created innovative service solutions such as pure credit and unsecured credit products, enterprise innovation and upgrading ground support project (demonstration case of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), and listing counselling for high-tech enterprises. She has led the establishment of the first one-stop enterprise service cloud platform in China, providing a series of comprehensive services such as investment and financing, digital transformation, international cooperation, intellectual property operation, technology introduction, qualification recognition and legal protection for 70,000 national high-tech enterprises and specialised SMEs across China.

英国国际商务管理硕士，曾就职两家世界五百强企业担任重要职务。 担任工信部中小企业、产教融合、教育部春晖杯中国留学人员创新创业大赛、财政部绩效评价等多个项目的专家评审。被多个地方政府和国际知名管理咨询公司聘为中小企业金融改革顾问、数字化转型顾问。
在协会成立初期至今已任职15年， 组织由各部委及地方政府支持的国内国际大型企业论坛、展会200多场，与1000多家世界500强、行业领军企业和机构建立战略合作，打造了纯信用无抵押信贷产品，企业创新升级落地帮扶工程（工信部示范案例）， 高新企业上市辅导等创新服务方案。 主导搭建国内首 家一站式企业服务云平台，为全国7万家国家级高新技术企业和专精特新中小 企业提供投融资、数字化转型、国际合作、知识产权运营、 技术引进、资质认定、法律维权等一系列综合服务。
中国中小企业协会于2006年由国家发改委批复正式成立。共有会员企业22万家，被工信部评为国家中小企业公共服务示范平台，被民政部评为全国联 合类协会第一名。

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