The 2022 Southwest China Annual General Meeting (AGM), one of the most important annual events, will be held in Chengdu on 20th April. Jörg Wuttke, president of the European Chamber, will share the key message for 2022. Massimo Bagnasco, vice president of the European Chamber and chair of the Southwest China Chapter, will review the chapter’s work in 2021, and its economic prospects and work arrangements for 2022.

The European Chamber Southwest China Chapter will also launch the Southwest Position Paper 2021/2022 at the AGM. In recent years, the Chinese Government has announced several plans aimed at developing the Southwest China region, with the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing designated as key players. These plans include making the two cities and their hinterlands China’s fourth city cluster and setting up logistics hubs for the Belt and Road Initiative. The report outlines how European businesses can contribute to the region, and the difficulties they encounter when trying to do so.

• 2022-04-20 | 18:00 - 21:30
• Wenweng Shishi Meeting Room, 3F, Tivoli Chengdu at Cultural Heritage Park 成都非遗博览园缇沃丽酒店 3楼文翁石室厅

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to attend the HR Forum meeting on Monday, 11th April, 2022 15:00 to 16:30 hosted in the Chamber Beijing Office and via Zoom (you will receive a link upon registration).

• 2022-04-11 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405 / Online via Zoom

On 23rd February, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on Sustainable Corporate Governance. The European Chamber has invited Ms Orsolya Csorba, Counsellor for Competition, Justice and Consumer Policy at the Delegation of the European Union to China to provide a debriefing on the Commission’s proposal. Ms Csorba will provide the debriefing onsite in Beijing on Thursday, 31st March from 10:00AM to 11:00AM. Members wishing to attend online will be provided a Zoom link.

• 2022-03-31 | 10:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Beijing offices

The European Chamber is happy to invite you to the kick-off meeting of the Standards and Conformity Assessment Working Group (SCA WG), which will take place onsite from Beijing and online via Zoom on Tuesday, 29th March, from 15:00 to 16:30.

• 2022-03-29 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Beijing office

Working Group Meeting

• 2022-03-25 | 15:00 - 15:40
• Zoom

At this meeting we will discuss recent developments in Europe and potential implications on business in China from both the regulatory perspective and the geopolitical perspective. Ms Ester Canada Amela, Senior European Affairs Manager, European Chamber will provide a brief update for WG members on recent EU regulations that the Chamber envisions will come to impact member companies in China.

At this meeting we will also hold Working Group Chair and Vice Chair Elections for 2022/2023. We encourage as many of our members as possible to attend to have their say in the leadership and representation of the Working Group in the year ahead.

• 2022-03-24 | 16:30 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office, Shanghai

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to attend the Finance & Taxation Working Group Kick-off Meeting 2022 that will take place Friday 18th March at 9:00-11:00 am (Beijing time), both online and offline options are available.

• 2022-03-18 | 09:00 - 11:00
• Online / Chamber Beijing Office

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to the next Cosmetics Working Group meeting with Position Paper Discussion + Chair Election + Regulation Illustration at 2:00-4:00pm, Wednesday, 3rd March 2022 via Zoom platform.

• 2022-03-03 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Zoom

At this meeting working group members will discuss the agenda for this year’s Position Paper and decide upon what should be highlighted in the Maritime Manufacturing & Industrial Services Working Group Position Paper 2022/2023 (e.g., decide which key recommendations to keep and new key recommendations to put in). The European Business in China – Position Paper is the European Chamber’s primary annual publication. It delivers to the Chinese Government detailed recommendations for improving the business environment, spread across industry sectors and horizontal issues. The Position Paper details how persistent issues, such as limited market access and a complex regulatory environment, prevent European businesses from contributing fully to China’s sustainable development.

• 2022-03-01 | 09:30 - 10:30
• Online via Zoom

The European Chamber is delighted to invite Dr. Guo Peiyuan, the General Manager and Founder of SYNTAO, to interpret the top 10 CSR trends of 2022 as guidance for companies.

• 2022-02-17 | 14:00 - 15:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office + Online