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

In this live online workshop, give your staff the opportunity to build their skills covering influencing styles, conflict styles, and ethical negotiation to further empower collaborative work. Participants will engage in practical activities and be given tools applicable to their daily jobs and build confidence to enhance representation of organizations and themselves. Through relevant and useful content, online group discussions, case study analysis, and trainer-reviewed homework exercises, participants will receive valuable feedback and complete the course with a continued action plan.

在此线上研讨会中，您的员工将有机会增强自己的技能，其中包括影响风格，冲突风格和道德谈判的能力，这些技能将会进一步增强员工的协作能力。参与者将通过实践活动获得适用于其日常工作的工具，建立信心以增强组织及其自身的代表性。本次课程将通过在线小组讨论，案例研究分析以及家庭作业练习，给予参与者宝贵的学习经历。

• 2020-09-01 - 2020-09-04 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Online

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to invite experts of the transportation industry to offer insights, trend analysis and predictions for the evolution of the sector, we welcome Jens Eskelund, Managing Director, Maersk China, Mats Harborn, President, Scania China Group, and Joel Sutherland, Managing Director Supply Chain Management Institute, Professor of Practice, University of San Diego School of Business. Join us Tuesday 1st September, 9:00am-10:15am (GMT+8) online via Zoom.

• 2020-09-01 | 09:00 - 10:15
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform and in-person from the European Chamber Shanghai Office

From the previous LEAN meetings, top management involvement has been discussed and all managers need and must be involved in LEAN activities and working on it on a daily basis. Awards were communicated quite in detail and pointed out different ways in different companies.

The third LEAN discussion will be in Andritz in Foshan. Andritz starts to use LEAN tools (partial of global initiatives) a few years ago with results to have low/middle-end fruits and they are working to shape the factory digitalization (real-time “data” talk to data) to have further improvement. The factory serves more than 10 different industries with all traditional manufacturing processes (Machining, Welding, Assembling, Casting, Forging and Painting) with Project / Product / Service Operation Modules.

• 2020-09-01 | 09:30 - 15:00
• ANDRITZ China Headquarter building

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to attend this webinar to learn more on Cross-industry Mentor Initiative and be prepared to enroll the next phase. If you are the female leaders who are in the mid- to senior-level management aiming to break the bottlenecks in the career path, wishing to brand yourself better and expand the networking, please sign up and listen to the sharing from our speakers.

• 2020-08-31 | 16:30 - 17:30
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform

This meeting of the South China Healthcare Sub-Forum is to discuss the recent "Buy China" policies enacted with the support of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission and to determine what action to take moving forward.

• 2020-08-28 | 11:00 - 12:00
• European Chamber - Chinese Overseas Scholars Venture Building

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to an online discussion upon the topic “Looking Back and Ahead: The Ongoing Legislation Progress of China’s Social Credit System and its Future Prospects”, where our distinguished guests Dr. LUO Peixin, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice, Dr.YAO Jia, Law Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ms. GAO Yan, Partner, Tax Services, PwC China will share their insights and interpretations on critical official documents as well as their perspectives on the future progress in the regard.

• 2020-08-24 | 09:00 - 10:45
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

The European Chamber is pleased to invite Mr. Eric-Mark Huitema, Director General of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Mr. Anders HOVE, CFA, Project Director, German Energy Transition Expertise for China Project, Mr. Luke LU, Founder and CEO of Zbestpower Technology Co., Ltd. to share their insights and experience in the integration of green energy and mobility, as well as how the renewable energy and NEV market can seize the opportunities brought about by China’s New Infrastructure Plan.

• 2020-08-14 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom (On-line Meeting)

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and author of the book “China’s Gilded Age: the Paradox of Economic Boom & Vast Corruption” for a webinar hosted by David Rennie, Beijing Bureau Chief and Chaguan Columnist at The Economist. Book your seat now and join us for this special webinar on 13th August from 9:00am to 10:15am GMT+8 (12th August 9:00pm-10:15pm EST).

• 2020-08-13 | 09:00 - 10:15
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform