Even if we don’t take into account companies who may be actively cutting headcount, employee turnover and occasional employee disputes are an unavoidable reality. Companies need to protect themselves and ensure they are ready to deal with the difficulties of terminating an employee, especially one who they feel may be engaging in practices that are corrupt or potentially damaging to the company’s reputation.

• 2017-03-14 | 08:30 - 10:00
• Westin Chaoyang Hotel, Water Room, 3rd Floor, Beijing

According to the PRC Disabled Persons Security Law, which became effective on 1st July, 2008, enterprises are obliged to hire disabled persons as a specified ratio of their total staff.
In order to strengthen implementation of the PRC Disabled Persons Security Law, on 9th September, 2015, the Ministry of Finance, the State Tax Bureau and the China Disabled Persons Federation jointly issued the Methods on Levying, Use and Management of Disabled Persons’ Employment Security Fund (Methods‌). The Methods stipulate that all enterprises in China must make contributions to the Fund if they do not hire a sufficient number of disabled persons.

• 2017-03-09 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Marriott Hotel Northeast, Salon 5, B2 Floor

Like 2016, The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Shenyang Chapter is honored to invite you and your partner to the “Kick Off 2017 & Local Position Paper KICK OFF“ at 6 pm March 7th at Sofitel Shenyang Lido.

• 2017-03-07 | 18:00 - 21:00
• Sofitel Shenyang Lido Hotel

On 7th March, 2017, the European Chamber of Commerce in China will release a major study on the China Manufacturing 2025 (CM2025) industrial policy initiative that officially commenced in 2015. Titled China Manufacturing 2025: Putting Industrial Policy Ahead of Market Forces, the report provides a detailed examination of the focus and goals of the initiative for upgrading China’s industrial base and moving to the forefront in ten industries that the Chinese authorities have identified as future drivers of the economy. It also evaluates the initiative’s ramifications for European business, both in China, Europe and third-country markets.

• 2017-03-07 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Imperial Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel

The European Chamber is delighted to be joined by authors Philippe Le Corre and Alain Sepulchre, who in their new book China’s Offensive in Europe, study the trends, sectors, and target countries of Chinese investments in Europe to explain why they consider China’s investment strategy in Europe as ‘a contrasting mix of economic opportunism and strategic vision’. The authors will highlight the broader impact of these changing patterns of investment; including the increasingly vocal calls for reciprocity from foreign companies investing in China.

• 2017-03-01 | 08:30 - 10:30
• Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 3rd Floor, TANG I

Gender equality is one of the greatest accomplishments of Finland during its hundred years of independence. And reciprocally, gender equality has enabled the rise of Finland from a poor agricultural nation to a modern and stable country on top of the world in education, innovation and freedom.

• 2017-02-28 | 16:30 - 18:00
• The residence of the Ambassador of Finland to China

This seminar will be hosted by tax expertise from Price Waterhouse Coopers, and aims to give an overview of practice and impact of B2V so that foreign decision makers can be prepared to embrace the changes and choose the most economical way of running a business in China.
本研讨会将邀请普华永道税务部的专家，与您分享营改增的法规要点、政策解读和行业代表性问题。

• 2017-02-28 | 14:30 - 18:00
• Kempinski Hotel

Full of prosperity tea culture, presenting Chinese tea culture history, processing of making tea and tea-tasting culture. Tea art performance, zither performance and tea tasting.

满园春色茶文化（了解中国茶文化历史，制茶工序，品茶顺序等。观赏茶艺表演，欣赏中国古筝，品中国名茶。）

• 2017-02-18 | 14:00 - 16:00
• 2nd Floor of Yulong City at Middle Street

On 25 December 2016, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress adopted China’s first Environmental Protection Tax Law (the Law). The Law is poised to replace the existing pollutant discharge fee system with a pollution tax as the main economic tool regulating environmental pollution by businesses in China. This historic development is expected to have sweeping impacts on enterprises’ compliance with China’s environmental regulations.

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to an exclusive session with Mr. Lian Qifeng, Deputy Director General, Property and Behavior Tax Department of the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) to interpret the newly interpreted law.

• 2017-02-15 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 5th Floor, QING II + III

January Automotive Roundtable will invite the industry players including OEMs, related services platform to share their views on used car market in China.

• 2017-01-24 | 18:00 - 20:30
• Restaurant “Blue Marlin”