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

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

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)

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

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Mareike Ohlberg, Senior Fellow in the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund for a webinar hosted by Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer to bring to light the challenges this new Chinese authoritarianism can pose to democracy. Book your seat now and join us for this webinar on 29th July from 4:00pm to 5:15pm GMT+8 (10:00am-11:15am GMT+1).

• 2020-07-29 | 16:00 - 17:15
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform

The 2020 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Annual Meeting will bring together AIIB’s Governors and Senior Management in a virtual session to connect stakeholders and experts to discuss how to build a more inclusive and resilient tomorrow.

• 2020-07-28 | 17:00 - 20:00
• Zoom (On-line Meeting)

In order to answer questions about Guangzhou's entry policy, we have invited officials from the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, Education Bureau, and the Epidemic Control Group for an exclusive Q&A webinar and to answer our members' questions sent in advance.
为了跟进关于广州入境政策的进展，中国欧盟商会邀请广州市公安局、教育部门、以及疫情防控指挥部，为会员企业解答关于广州入境政策的疑问。

• 2020-07-28 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Online

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to welcome Tom Orlik, Chief Economist for Bloomberg Economics and author of the book “China: The Bubble that Never Pops” for a webinar hosted by Zhu Ning, Professor and Deputy Dean at The National Institute of Financial Research (NIFR), Tsinghua University. Book your seat now and join us for this webinar on 28th July from 9:00am to 10:15am GMT+8 (July 27th 9:00pm-10:15pm EST).

• 2020-07-28 | 09:00 - 10:15
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform

As the financial services market in China continues to open up to foreign firms, foreign banks, insurers, and asset & wealth managers, interesting opportunities begin to arise. There are a number of challenges along the entire life-cycle, from the outset of thinking through the optimal entry strategy, to designing the operating model, through to navigating the local regulatory regime, and eventually building and scaling up a profitable franchise in China.
The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to the first event of the series "The Future of Finance", which will take place on Monday 27th July 2020 at 5pm (GMT+8). Participants can join online via Zoom or in person from the Shanghai Chapter of the European Chamber.

• 2020-07-27 | 17:00 - 18:30
• Either offline attendance in the Chamber's office or online through Zoom

Over the past three decades, China has achieved significant economic growth and political rise, whereas little is known about the effort of China's rural labourers and migrants, which has largely enriched the coastal elites, instead of creating the egalitarian, capitalist, society China espouses.

• 2020-07-24 | 09:00 - 10:30
• Zoom Online Meeting