The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to a webinar on 6th November where our distinguished speakers from McLarty - Mr. John Holden, Senior Director & Ambassador Robert O. Blake Jr., Senior Director - will touch thorny issues such as the trade war, decoupling, resilience of supply chains and relocation in ASEAN countries, and also share their insights on the US presidential and congressional elections.

• 2020-11-06 | 09:00 - 10:30
• Zoom Online

Although the pandemic abruptly halted Asia’s momentum as a rising economy, after this crisis the region plans to be well on its way to making the ‘Asian Century’ a reality. Excluding newly industrialized economies in Asia, regional growth is estimated at 6.6% in 2021, according to the Asian Development Bank. Asia’s leaders are faced with an array of challenges when looking to continue growth, considering institutional, financial, environmental transformations amongst many others are needed to make this possible.

Will Asia turn to its European counterparts for guidance? How should Europe engage? Inevitably, how will the upcoming US elections play a role in this relationship?

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Dr. Parag Khanna, Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap and author of The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century for a webinar moderated by Vijay Gokhale, 32nd Foreign Secretary of India 2017 – 2018, Indian ambassador to China 2016-2017. Book your seat now and join us for this webinar on Friday 30th October from 9:30am-10:30am (GMT+8) via Zoom.

• 2020-10-30 | 09:30 - 10:30
• Online - Zoom Platform

Despite presenting serious challenges throughout 2020, COVID-19 has not managed to impact the ineluctable roll-out of new, significant pieces of Cybersecurity implementation rules and draft laws in China. One notable release was the draft Data Security Law in July 2020. China’s determination to more-stringently regulate its cyberspace have been paralleled by a doubling of compliance endeavours from foreign businesses in China, which has increased both the cost and the operational burden of doing business, at least in the short-term.
In order to examine how the Cybersecurity Law and the Data Security Draft Law will coexist, and what the long-term impact will be on European companies operating in China, the European Chamber as assembled a distinguished group of government representatives, lawyers, security experts and industry representatives to discuss this topic at its annual Cybersecurity Conference.

• 2020-10-22 | 13:30 - 18:30
• Zoom/网络直播

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

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

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 Chamber is pleased to invite you to our next Working Group meeting, where Country Manager at Atradius China, Mr Hong Lin, will provide an overview of the Atradius Payment Practices Barometer, and Manager Director for AMS BV Group, Mr Fabian Blake, will discuss the late payments from the perspective of foreign businesses in China.

• 2020-09-01 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Multiple Venues