The fragility and interconnectedness of our world powers continues to quickly unravel throughout the pandemic and the impact is clear: a declining economy. Taking this into consideration, key questions arise: who will be the first to break under this ultimate stress test? Looking forward, will the US remain isolated and raise further its national walls? Will China step forward and call for global unity?

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and author of Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment for a webinar moderated by Ivo H. Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Former US Ambassador to NATO; Former Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council. Book your seat now and join us for this webinar on Monday 12th October from 9am-10:30am (GMT+8) via Zoom.

• 2020-10-12 | 09:00 - 10:00
• Online - Zoom Platform

The European Chamber is honored to invite mentors from the initial cycle of the mentoring programme Charlotte Roule, CEO of ENGIE China, Vice President of European Chamber and Denis Depoux, Global Managing Director, Managing Director Greater China, Head of Asia of Roland Berger to share their views on the importance of the women’s representation in leadership teams and how the CIMI can facilitate the female leadership development. This webinar will be moderated by Laurie O'Donnell, Managing Director at Cornerstone International Group.

• 2020-09-25 | 11:00 - 12:00
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform

CNIM Industrial System China, a high quality French industrial company in China, was created in January 2005 as the Chinese subsidiary of CNIM Group with a 160 years of history. CNIM Industrial Systems China is a company located in China, in Gaoming area. Historically set-up to address the Asian market of heavy duty & customized escalators dedicated to airports and metro stations, with over 3000 references delivered in the largest cities. CNIM Industrial Systems China also provides large welded structures to industrial actors. Today we deliver worldwide industrial solutions for demanding clients of high requirements industries such as automotive, nuclear, energy, process.
塞纳自动梯（佛山）有限公司是拥有160年历史的法国著名工业集团CNIM在中国的分公司。公司成立于2005年，位于广东省佛山市高明区。塞纳自动梯（佛山）有限公司在成立初期，主要业务是向亚洲地区的机场和地铁站供应量身定制的重载扶梯。到目前为止，我们在多个一线城市共有3000多台重载扶梯的交付业绩。与此同时，我们根据客户的独特需求还研发了各种定制机电设备以及物料搬运设备，并且逐步拓宽和延伸我们的业务领域。

• 2020-09-25 | 10:30 - 12:15
• CNIM Transport Equipment (Foshan) Co., Ltd. 塞纳自动梯（佛山）有限公司

First introduced at a politburo meeting in May, the new ‘dual circulation’ strategy (DCS) has immediately become a buzzword and been widely discussed both home and abroad. The strategy envisions a new economic development mode by relying less on global integration and expanding domestic reliance.

2020年5月，中共中央政治局常委会会议首次提出“构建国内国际双循环相互促进的新发展格局（双循环）”战略。“双循环”战略，旨在 “逐步形成以国内大循环为主体、国内国际双循环相互促进的新发展格局”，在全球经济波动、不稳定因素增加的大背景下，提高国内经济的弹性和自给自足的能力，在刺激内需的同时，继续吸引外资，稳定国际贸易。“双循环”战略的提出，引起海内外的密切注和广泛讨论。

• 2020-09-23 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

On June 1st, 2020, the Chinese Central Committee and the State Council jointly released the Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (“the Masterplan”), a large-scale plan to transform the entire island province into a free trade port (FTP) – making it the largest special free trade zone in China. The Masterplan laid out a series of special policies for Hainan – liberalization of trade of goods and services, facilitation of investment, opening-up of key sectors, and free exchange of people, capital, and data. Coupled with preferential policies of the Hainan Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone, Hainan is expected to be the rising hub of new investment and business opportunities.

• 2020-09-23 - 2020-09-24 | 09:00 - 18:00
• Haikou, Hainan

Following this year's Two Sessions, additional focus and interest has been given to Hainan Province. Sharing insights from the island and investment opportunities, Eric Lin from Deloitte and Deputy Director Peng Wei from the Hainan Department of Commerce will come to Shenzhen to talk with European Chamber South China Members.

• 2020-09-15 | 14:30 - 16:30
• China Resources Building - Deloitte Offices

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd is a company that specializes in aircraft and airborne component maintenance, repair and overhaul.

• 2020-09-11 | 14:00 - 16:30
• GAMECO Reception 前台

The European Chambe is delighted to invite you to the online press conference for the launch of the European Chamber’s annual European Business in China Position Paper (Position Paper) at 10:00 am on 10th September via Zoom. President Joerg Wuttke will present the report and lead the Q&A.

• 2020-09-10 | 10:00 - 11:00
• Zoom (Online Meeting)

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd is a company that specializes in aircraft and airborne component maintenance, repair and overhaul.

• 2020-09-04 | 14:00 - 16:30
• Crossing 8

Investment in the fintech sector has remained strong even in the face of turmoil and volatility in global markets and despite macroeconomic concerns. Demand for fintech innovations by financial institutions has continued to grow.

FinTech can bring numerous benefits to both consumers and businesses. . Fintech has grown for several reasons: changes in expectations about financial services and consumer behaviour; a more affordable infrastructure spurred by Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data and cloud computing; digital currencies and mobile technologies and their effect on reducing barriers to entry to the financial services industry. Fintech, thus, has continued to transform the global financial landscape. On the other hand, FinTech innovations can pose risk for consumers and businesses, with the increasing need of protecting the privacy of customers’ information in an online environment.

In this context, China has been at the forefront of the industry’s growth. China is the largest fintech market in the world, in 2018 it accounted for 46% of all fintech investments globally. China had the right conditions to promote this incredible development: traditional banking systems were not well-developed and the regulatory environment was far less constraining towards fintech businesses. These two factors combined boosted the industry in China.

The European Chamber is pleased to invite renown experts of the industry to offer insights, trend analysis and predictions for the evolution of the sector, as well lessons to be learnt from the Chinese model. We welcome Dr. Bonnie Buchanan, Head of Department of Finance and Accounting, Professor of Finance, University of Surrey (United Kingdom), Michael Moon, Managing Director, Payments & Trade Markets, Asia Pacific, SWIFT, Piyush Singh, Managing Director, Head of Financial Services Asia Pacific and Africa, Accenture, and Diego Garcia Fernandez, Head of Business Development Alipay Spain Wallet. and David Wen, Professor at the International Business School at Zhejiang University. Join us Thursday 3rd September, 4:00am-5:15pm (GMT+8) online via Zoom.

• 2020-09-03 | 16:00 - 17:15
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform and in-person from the European Chamber Shanghai Office