One of the mottoes of the new Commission under the auspices of President Ursula Von der Leyen has been to “strive for more at home in order to lead in the world”. Throughout the new leadership’s 100 first days, a number of road-maps that will likely pave the way of Europe’s strategic development and global positioning in the next five years have been developed. Looking at EU-China cooperation and competition, perhaps two of the most relevant road-maps devised by the new Commission are its Artificial Intelligence (AI) White Paper – released on 19th February – and its industrial strategy – rolled out on 10th March.

• 2020-03-16 | 16:00 - 17:30
• online

COVID-19 has impacted communities in multiple regions since its outbreak and continues to spread around the globe. While its further consequence may still take time to be gauged, transportation has been severely stroked, it is more expensive and time-consuming with less available options for passengers and goods to reach their destinations. Several sectors, such as aviation, global maritime shipping, and land transportation – which are all backbones of the world economy - are facing greater challenges, the derivatives of which will unavoidably extend across global economy, who find themselves without goods and without workers.

• 2020-03-13 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Online Webinar

In the past few weeks, enormous efforts are made by the government and businesses in China to battle the coronavirus epidemic. Amid this critical period, emerging technologies, such as cloud computing, 5G, and AI, have stood out to enable a new norm of working mobility and connectivity. The crisis, nevertheless, has made digital strategy a new necessity for many enterprises, thereby catalyzing China’s transition into the modern digital economy

• 2020-03-12 | 15:30 - 17:00
• online

While Chinese authorities endeavors to control the spread of COVID-19, it is critical for enterprises to restart their businesses in a timely manner. Nevertheless, irrespective of whatever the work environment is, the potential risks for employees to be exposed to or interact with infectious people cannot be ignored. To prevent workplace exposures to the virus, infection control strategies should be taken by employers.

• 2020-03-10 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Online Event

How to Take the COVID-19 Outbreak as An Opportunity for Your Business Transformation, Digitalisation and Innovation

• 2020-03-03 | 16:00 - 18:00
• online

The European Chamber, in cooperation with the German Chamber, have recently surveyed their members on this topic, garnering more than 600 responses. European Chamber President Joerg Wuttke and Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce North China Dr Stephan Woellenstein, will share the results.

• 2020-02-27 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online Event

Current outbreak of the novel coronavirus significantly disrupts business operations across China. Businesses and their employees face unprecedented challenges in many different aspects. This webinar will give a comprehensive and practical overview on how business can tackle these challenges from commercial, tax and HR perspectives.

• 2020-02-27 | 16:00 - 17:50
• Online Webinar

Force majeure exists as a doctrine under Article 180 of the PRC General Rules on the Civil Law (中国《民法总则》) and Article 117 of the PRC Contract Law (中国《合同法》). It is defined as objective event or situation which is unforeseeable, unavoidable and insurmountable (不能预见、不能避 免、不能克服的客观情况（事件）).

• 2020-02-26 | 15:00 - 16:25
• online

Since the novel coronavirus outbreak in January, major companies across different sectors of the world economy — from chemicals to logistics to automotive — have seen their operations in China suffer.

• 2020-02-19 | 10:00 - 11:45
• online

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been described as everything from the Chinese Marshall Plan to a tool for debt-trap diplomacy. Extensive reporting on the BRI has been done from political, economic, and strategic perspectives, but much less has been written from the business perspective.

• 2020-01-16 | 16:00 - 18:00
• Qing II & III, Four Seasons Hotel