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

The next IPR Working Group meeting is scheduled on Tuesday 14 March in Beijing, Shanghai & South China where we will hold the 2017-2018 IPR Working Group Chairs elections. Next to that, we will also be kicking off the 2017/18 IPR Position Paper (PP) discussion. Therefore we strongly encourage you all to attend this meeting and have your say in our lobbying priorities, strategy and direction of the group for the year to come.

• 2017-03-14 | 09:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the Quality and Safety Services Working Group 2017 Kick-off Meeting. At the meeting, a roundtable discussion on the explosion incidents of SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 7 will be conducted along with a presentation on a joint research project with the State Council Development and Research Center.

• 2017-03-13 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

Following the gesture made by President Xi at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January in further opening up and boosting foreign investment in China, the State Council issued the Notice on Several Measures on Promoting Further Openness and Active Utilization of Foreign Investment on 17 January, 2017. To offer a comprehensive perspective on the opportunities and challenges for the environmental protection and energy conservation sectors in the coming years, the chamber will invite representatives from ECIPU of MOFCOM to introduce government-level projects and have a roundtable discussion regarding the regulatory environment with our members in these sectors.

• 2017-03-10 | 09:00 - 11:00
• Courtesy of Siemens Ltd, China Guangzhou Branch

Following the gesture made by President Xi at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January in further opening up and boosting foreign investment in China, the State Council issued the Notice on Several Measures on Promoting Further Openness and Active Utilization of Foreign Investment on 17 January, 2017. To offer a comprehensive perspective on the opportunities and challenges for the environmental protection and energy conservation sectors in the coming years, the chamber will invite representatives from ECIPU of MOFCOM to introduce government-level projects and have a roundtable discussion regarding the regulatory environment with our members in these sectors.

• 2017-03-10 | 09:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The European Chamber South China Chapter is organizing the factory tour at Luxottica Tristar (Dongguan) Optical Co., Ltd. on 9th March (Thursday). Exceptionally, this event will be limited to 15 people, all General Managers of manufacturing companies, all members, and operating in Guangdong.

• 2017-03-09 | 14:00 - 16:30
• Luxottica Tristar(Dongguan) Optical Co., Ltd.

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

The one-day event aims to present and showcase some of the latest development of 5G and IoT in both the EU and China, covering topics including EU-China S&T cooperation priorities in the fields of ICT, standardisation, cooperation on large scale pilots and testbeds, as well as to identify potential ways forward towards better cooperation between both sides in these two fields.

• 2017-03-09 | 09:00 - 18:30
• JW Marriott Hotel Beijing Central

As Wechat is becoming a critical communication tool, it's quite neccessary for companies to tap into China’s 700 million WeChat users and understand what they like and dislike about your products and services. This half-day workshop will help you understand how WeChat can improve your stakeholder communications and build a community to keep professional readers more engaged.It also includes issues like how to use WeChat as an export tool, how to generate demand for your brand, and how long it takes to set all this up.

• 2017-03-07 | 13:30 - 18:00
• Four Seasons Hotel( Guangzhou)

The Aviation and Aerospace Working Group cordially invites you to the next working group meeting on Tuesday March 7th, from 4:00-6:00 pm at EUCCC Sennheiser room. At this meeting, we will host the 2017 chair election and organize discussions to identify the advocacy priorities for the Aviation and Aerospace Working Group for the year ahead.

• 2017-03-07 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Sennheiser Room