Extensive power cuts have and are continuing to cripple critical industrial outputs and create instability for the business landscape in China. With increased pressure from authorities to meet targets for energy reduction, the current power shortages experienced across the nation are at the forefront of China’s Carbon neutrality ambitions to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and ultimately achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Issues are exacerbated by insufficient new energies power supply and surging prices of coal/gas that increase costs for power producers that will likely to persist this coming winter. However, we need to ensure that there is a balance between Energy Security and China’s long term carbon neutrality targets through a more sustainable approach.

• 2021-11-03 - 2021-11-03 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Office, Shanghai

How to react to the Notice on Further Deepening the Liberalization Reform of the On-Grid Tariff Scheme for Coal-Power?

• 2021-11-02 | 10:00 - 11:00
• zoom link shall be shared before the event

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) and the National Determined Contribution Transport Initiative For Asia (NDC-TIA) project will host this workshop together to:

1. Facilitate international experience sharing on climate strategies, targets and policy making in the transport sector.
2. Provide a platform for relevant stakeholders to discuss the way towards achieving the climate targets in the transport sector, with a focus on four key areas (energy, road freight, aviation and shipping).

• 2021-10-29 | 14:00 - 17:10
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 5th Floor, Meeting Room C405, and Zoom online

In order to better guide foreign enterprises to operate in compliance with regulations in China and help foreign enterprises break through the difficulties of resolving foreign-related commercial disputes, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center will hold a working group meeting on Cross-Border Dispute Resolution of Foreign Enterprises on October 28th, 14:00-16:00

• 2021-10-28 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center 上海市经贸商事调解中心

Europe’s Transformation towards Sustainable Chemistry
With the EU Commission presidency of Ursula von der Leyen in 2019, the European Green Deal was announced to transform the EU economy into a climate-neutral and sustainable economy and to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals SDGs. One important part of the European Green Deal is the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) which is bringing in fundamentally new concepts like Safe and Sustainable by-Design and Essential Use as a legal requirement. Further on well-established concepts mainly under the REACH Regulation and CLP Regulation will be strengthened resulting in decisive restrictions of entire substance groups. This seminar will discuss the latest developments since the publication of the CSS in October 2020 with two experts from Merck.

• 2021-10-28 - 2021-10-28 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, 22nd Floor, Room 2204

The Finance & Taxation Working Group is pleased to invite you to the meeting “Corporate Restructuring: PRC Tax Considerations”, which is taking place on October, 22nd, 15:00-16:00, on Zoom and at the Shanghai office of the European Chamber.

• 2021-10-26 | 15:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office and Online Zoom

After China’s proposal for a ‘Global Data Security Initiative’ in September 2020, China has stepped up its cyber-related legislation in 2021 with an unprecedented speed. This is especially reflected through the promulgation of two data related superordinate laws that will work together with the Cybersecurity Law: one is the Data Security Law (DSL), which came into effect since 1st September 2021, and the other being the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), to be enacted on 1st November 2021.

The two laws, along with other recently promulgated regulations falling under the Cybersecurity Law, are to bring heavy impact to the business community in China. Foreign companies that previously had a global approach to data protection and compliance are pressed to revise their regional cybersecurity compliance and re-organize its China strategy vis-à-vis the new regulations, as the new laws and regulations might pose restrictions, additional compliance burdens, or risks, to their current cybersecurity practices.

The European Chamber is delighted to invite our members to our annual Cybersecurity Conference, where we invite the right experts, at the right time, to decipher the increasingly complicated cybersecurity management framework in China to better prepare our audience to what is coming or is present.

• 2021-10-26 | 13:00 - 17:30
• Zoom

氢能源作为清洁、高效、安全、可持续的二次能源，在实现“双碳”目标的进程中扮演重要角色，发展氢能产业将积极推动能源体系向绿色低碳转型。自2020年以来，国家机构加速推出氢能源相关政策，要求加强氢能源技术研发、实施建设，推动氢能源产业快速发展。北京在国内氢能产业发展中走在前列，率先打造了氢能创新链和产业链，促进京津冀在全国范围率先实现碳达峰目标，并引领全国氢能技术创新和产业发展。2020年，随着北京市经济和信息化局发布《北京市氢燃料电池汽车产业发展规划》，大兴国际氢能示范区的正式建立，标志着北京建立国际氢能产业新高地的决心。中国欧盟商会诚邀北京市投资促进局、北京市经济和信息化局、大兴区、房山区与昌平区经信局的相关领导，与中国欧盟商会各工作组代表，共同从政策制度、生产制造、应用以及第三方检验检测等不同角度，就如何推动北京和全国氢能产业的积极健康发展做出深入交流和探讨，共同助力中国碳中和事业。

• 2021-10-22 | 09:00 - 11:30
• Offline Only

The European Chamber is pleased to invite members to our online briefing session to understand how European companies view the potential impact of EU Blocking Statute Regulation third-country operations, to be held in Beijing-onsite and by video-conference online on the 22th October 16:00PM-17:00PM.

• 2021-10-22 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online (Webex)

At the meeting, the European Chamber would invite the directors and experts of NCSC to update our members with the latest climate policies and rules，and discuss the cooperation opportunities.

• 2021-10-21 | 09:30 - 11:00
• National Centre for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC)