Members FIRST event

Following on from our successful “Women in Business” event series, and to mark the global “Movember” movement, we are now delighted to bring our first ever event specifically focused upon men’s issues.

Men continue to face challenges, particularly in this post-pandemic world, from work stress, societal expectations, family tensions and economic pressures. Instead of opening up, sharing and reaching out for help, men often keep quiet when facing these stresses and mental health challenges.

Through sharing the personal experiences, faced by men, we hope to reduce shame and awkwardness about opening up, reaching out and seeking help – whether for personal challenges or when helping others.

The “Movember” awareness drive started in 2003, when two friends from Australia, inspired by a fundraising effort of a friend for his mother’s breast cancer, began growing a moustache every November to raise funds and awareness of men’s issues. Movember has grown over the years to become a men’s version of the global “pink ribbon” movement in support of breast cancer. In recent years the focus has expanded globally to include men’s mental health suicide prevention, and awareness of testicular and prostate cancer and the need for regular screening and care.

We have invited a number of businessmen to openly share their personal experiences of dealing with a particular challenge as a man, at work or in life, how they coped with it and any advice they have for others. An interactive “game” and Q&A will follow.

Whether you are male or female, whether you wish to share or just listen, please join us to learn more about this meaningful, often ignored and highly relevant subject.

• 2023-11-10 | 17:00 - 19:00
• Residence G

This seminar is for IT leaders and digital transformation leaders of multinational enterprises, focusing on establishing efficient connectivity and ensuring data security and compliance in the face of emerging digital technologies, aiding companies in their digital transformation.

Join us on November 8, 2023 Wednesday

在新的产业革命潮流中，数字技术及其应用已成为全球主要经济体竞相发展的关键领域。随着这一浪潮的推进，跨国企业的IT负责人身上的责任与期望也随之增大。不仅要搭建高效的链接桥梁，还要确保数据的安全和合规性。

为此，我们诚挚邀请您参加2023年11月8日周三的研讨会，与欧洲在华企业的IT负责人以及数字化转型负责人一同探讨这些重要议题。

• 2023-11-08 | 13:30 - 17:00
• F1 meeting room, Building A, Guangzhou Information Port 广州信息港A座一楼会议厅

Faced with an increasingly unstable geopolitical and economic environment, industrial policy has been inserted as a core component in the agendas of the world’s largest three economies – the United States (US), China, and the European Union (EU). These strategies and regulations on renewable and low-carbon energy technologies, raw materials and technologies of the future are likely to result in profound implications on the global supply and value chains while reshaping industries especially high-tech sector such as semiconductors.

What is the global geopolitical and trade outlook look like amid this global industrial strategy race? What are the implications of the varying policy measures on the strategies of multinational companies? As the world is seemingly moving away from globalisation, how will the elevation of industrial strategies impact the liberalisation of global trade?

• 2023-11-03 | 15:00 - 16:45
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing

WeChat Channels (“Channels”) are already an useful and necessary marketing platform for corporate. This year, quite a number of new features of Channels have been released, making corporate much easier to obtain traffic.

• 2023-11-03 | 09:00 - 16:00
• Online

To follow up on the advocacy letters sent to the relevant authorities on the Social Insurance Arrangement for Employees Working in Different Locations, Ms. Jeanette Yu, Chair of HR Working Group will provide an update on the feedback we have received; Meanwhile, we will discuss the upcoming advocacy activities.

• 2023-10-31 | 10:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office | European Chamber Shanghai Office | Online Teams

The European Chamber South China Chapter is delighted to invite you to meet with the Minister Counsellor for trade at the EU Delegation Ms. Marjut Hannonen in the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct 24th, in Guangzhou.

Ms. Marjut Hannonen will update the European community in Guangzhou on EU-China trade relations, global trade outlooks, as well as her insightful knowledge of how these developments impact European business operating in China.

We are inviting members, general managers and C-suits. Here, you can catch Ms. Hannonen's enlightening keynote speech, participate in Q&A sessions, and unwind with your peers during the coffee gathering.

Don't miss out on the chance to network with Ms. Hannonen and learn about the latest developments in global trade straight from the source! Save the date, Oct 24, and join us at this exciting event.

• 2023-10-24 | 17:00 - 19:00
• 17th Floor, Central Tower, 5 Xiancun Road, Zhujiang New Town

Throughout the past few years, the EU has been revamping its regulatory toolbox in order to better address emerging economic, geopolitical, technological and climate challenges. As a number of these regulations will impact the China operations of European companies, the European Chamber brings to you the Interpreting the EU’s Toolbox Series, where experts will provide an overview of the instruments that are being rolled out. The third episode of the series will focus on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR).

• 2023-10-23 - 2023-10-23 | 15:30 - 16:30
• Online

The Stein am Rhein symposium (stars) – in collaboration with the European research consultancy China Macro Group (CMG) as knowledge partner – is holding its 8th stars China symposium from 22-25th October at the Futian Shangri-La in Shenzhen.

• 2023-10-22 - 2023-10-25 | 09:00 - 18:00
• Futian Shangri-La 深圳福田香格里拉

*Participants from the automotive-related industry and automotive supply chain will enjoy free tickets.
Data sharing is a topic that is gaining traction worldwide.

The EU, for example, is enacting horizontal and sectoral legislation to further boost data sharing. The European strategy for data of February 2020 also foresaw the creation of common European data spaces in strategic sectors such as manufacturing, mobility and green deal. One of the most prominent data spaces is Catena-X, the first collaborative, open ecosystem for the automotive industry of the future, linking global players into end-to-end value chains, with the shared goal of a standardized global data exchange.

In China, at the end of 2022, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly issued the Opinions on Building Basic Systems for Data to Better Give Full Play to the Role of Data Resources (Twenty Data Measures), aiming at fully leveraging China’s abundant data resources and rich application scenarios, and shedding light on Chinese-style data governance. Since then, relevant government agencies have stepped up efforts in exploring concrete policy measures.

• 2023-10-11 | 14:00 - 15:40
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

Position Paper Launch 2023/2024

• 2023-09-28 | 15:30 - 16:30
• Floor 4