On April 23, 2019, revisions of China’s Trademark Law passed into law by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. The amendment aims at enhancing intellectual property protections and seemingly addresses US concerns over forced technology transfer and IP theft. It is noticeable that the amendment seeks to penalize “bad-faith trademark registrations without intent to use”. The amendment to the Trademark Law will take effect on November 1, 2019.

• 2019-05-31 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C405, Lufthansa Centre

Join the VIP Meeting with Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce

• 2019-05-30 | 14:00 - 16:20
• Room 2408, 24th Floor, Building 2, Chongqing Energy Mansion 重庆能源大厦2栋24楼2408室

With each passing tweet, the US-China trade dispute continues to deepen and threaten to move towards a more strategic level confrontation. While most analysts would agree the trade war has yet to have any real effect on the economy, pressure is being applied at a difficult time, when Chinese economic planners are seeking to alleviate the risk that has developed through years of aggressive credit-driven expansion.

• 2019-05-29 | 15:00 - 18:00
• Hilton Hotel Beijing, Signature Ballroom B

Pharmaceutical Working Group Meeting: Introduction of Upcoming EU-China IP Dialogue and Preparation for Rare Disease Lobby Actions

• 2019-05-29 | 14:00 - 16:10
• European Chamber Beijing Office

Intellectual Property

• 2019-05-29 | 14:00 - 16:00
• The Executive Centre 德事商务中心

Register to Now to Cast Your Vote for President!

• 2019-05-28 | 17:00 - 20:00
• Four Seasons Hotel, Beijing Ballroom (3rd Floor)

What are the best practices that brands can employ to leverage WeChat as an effective E-commerce platform, and how can brands further leverage WeChat for B2B marketing? The European Chamber Marcom Forum is delighted to invite Jenny Chen, Co-founder at WalktheChat, to share WeChat E-commerce trends and B2B case studies. In addition to a presentation there will also be time set aside for audience Q&A.

• 2019-05-23 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

Beginning a new job that needs advanced Excel skills?
This is an activity-based workshop to cover advanced Excel features and commands for Excel users who wish to deepen their knowledge of this business application.

• 2019-05-21 | 09:00 - 16:15
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C405, Lufthansa Centre

Join the European Chamber on 20th May to learn about the results of the European Business in China Business Confidence Survey 2019 and get access to the data and trends that reflect the outlook of European firms, and the opportunities and challenges that they see in the China market. This event is free for those companies who completed the survey.

• 2019-05-20 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast | 北京海航大厦万豪酒店, Grand Ballroom

The European Chamber is pleased to be a supporting organization of the Belt and Road Digitization Cooperation International Summit. The Summit is hosted by ChinaInfo100, China Wanxiang Holding Co., Ltd, and Xiaoshan District People’s
Government of Hangzhou, sponsored by Munchner Kreis, Zhejiang Intelligent Manufacture Expert Committee and Beijing
Guoshuang Technology Co., Ltd, organized by BeijingInfo100 Information Economy Research Institute and Zhejiang-Turing
Research Institute, and supported by ChinaLabs and European Chamber.

• 2019-05-18 - 2019-05-19 | 09:00 - 17:30
• Hangzhou International Expo Center