The European Chamber is happy to invite you to the kick-off meeting of the ICT Working Group (WG) and Cybersecurity Sub-WG which will take place onsite from Beijing and online on 21st March 10:00-12:00. If you want to join this meeting, please register here before 19th March COB. The European Chamber is happy to invite you to the kick-off meeting of the ICT Working Group (WG) and Cybersecurity Sub-WG which will take place onsite from Beijing and online on 21st March 10:00-12:00. If you want to join this meeting, please register here before 19th March COB.



The main topics for this meeting will be the revision of the activities of the WGs in 2023, as well as the establishment of the WG priorities for 2024 and the discussion on the upcoming ICT WG and Cybersecurity Sub-WG Position Paper. Thus, members are strongly encouraged to join the discussion and provide input on the key issues which will likely shape the activities of these two Working Groups this year. During this meeting we will hold our 2024-2025 chair elections. Working Group members interested in running for this year’s Chair elections, should take notice of the below:

• 2024-03-21 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Beijing offices and online

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. This expanding toolbox includes instruments aiming at combatting economic distortions and creating a level-playing field in the Single Market, ensuring reciprocity with third countries in areas like procurement and combatting coercive actions initiated by those countries, fostering sustainable processes and preventing carbon leakage among industry players. As 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 fourth episode of the series will focus on the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), and it will take place on 5th March 16:00 online.

• 2024-03-05 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online

On 13 July 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China, together with six other government agencies, jointly released China’s very first regulatory document governing generative artificial intelligence (AI) – Interim Measures on the Administration of Generative AI Services, which will become effective on 15 August 2023. The Measures apply to the use of generative AI technology to provide, to the general public within the Chinese territory, services generating texts, images, audio, video, or other such content, and set forth a series of compliance requirements relating to data, algorithms and content among other aspects. In the meantime, companies integrating AI into their business and operations also need to comply with broader data protection laws, regulations and standards, and make necessary adaptations to their existing compliance regime.

2023年7月13日，国家网信办、国家发改委、教育部、科技部、工信部、公安部以及广电总局联合发布了中国首份生成式人工智能监管文件——《生成式人工智能服务管理暂行办法》，后者将于2023年8月15日正式施行。《办法》适用于利用生成式人工智能技术向中国境内公众提供生成文本、图片、音频、视频等内容的服务，并就此提出了数据、算法、内容等方面的一系列合规义务。与此同时，企业在进行人工智能落地实践过程中，同样面临更为广泛的数据保护相关法律、法规、标准的要求，并需对既有合规体系进行必要调整。

• 2023-07-28 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to our upcoming closed-door Working Group meeting, where Ms Sophie Mueller, Head of Unit for Standardisation at DG GROW, and Ms Betty Xu, Director at SESEC, will provide an overview of the EU’s and China’s standardisation strategies. The meeting will take place on the 24th May from 15:30 to 17:00 online via Zoom.

• 2022-05-24 | 15:30 - 17:00
• Zoom

InDiCo will organise a presentation of the highlights of their latest study on policy, regulation, and standardization of China’s ICT sector from the perspective of the 14th 5-year plan (2021-2025) by the Consultancy BESTAO on Monday, 16th May 2022, from 3 to 4:30 PM Beijing Time / 9 to 10:30 AM CEST.

• 2022-05-16 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Online

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 provides a leadership development platform through the Cross-Industry Mentor Initiative (CIMI) and encourages potential future female leaders to step up to the C-suite level. As part of the CIMI, we will organise a series of activities and invite speakers from different sectors to tell their stories and share their experiences in leadership.

On 31st August, we are delighted to host a webinar highlighting the careers and experiences of three female leaders in technology sectors to inspire young professionals in our community.

• 2021-08-31 - 2021-08-31 | 16:00 - 17:45
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405 / Online via Zoom

The European Chamber ICT and Cybersecurity Working Groups are delighted to invite you to our first working group meeting of 2021 under the theme of 'Decoupling'. In this meeting, we will have the lead pens for the European Chamber's 'Decoupling Report' to present in detail the sections of trade (supply chains and critical inputs); and data and networks (data, network equipment and telecommunications services).

• 2021-01-25 | 16:00 - 17:35
• European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C412

The European Chamber is thus pleased to invite you to join our upcoming Working Group meeting on the 3rd November from 16:00 to 17:30, where Ms Mandy Luo, Project Coordinator at the International Digital Cooperation project on ICT standardisation (InDiCo), will present the findings of a dedicated study concluded in September 2020 on the landscape for association standards in China in the ICT and emerging technologies sectors.

• 2020-11-03 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom/Beijing and Shanghai offices

The European Chamber has received a first draft of the Product Quality Law. Although this draft is not publicly available for comments, the European Chamber would like to invite you to a closed-door session where the Chamber will share this first draft and members will have the opportunity to provide initial comments on it.

• 2020-07-10 | 09:30 - 11:30
• Zoom