Dear Working Group Member,

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to our next joint financial services-related Working Groups meeting on Monday, 23rd October 2017, 12:00 – 14:00, at the European Chamber’s Beijing and Shanghai offices joined via video link.

• 2017-10-23 | 12:00 - 14:00
• European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

To better understand the current situation of environmental PPP model in China, the chamber will invite Mr. Lu Yuantang, Director of Environmental PPP Center of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (环境保护部环境规划院 环境PPP中心主任) to provide exclusive insights on the current legal framework, implementation situation and risk management of environmental PPP model in China, followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.

• 2017-10-23 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The chamber will invite Mr. Shen Chi, Deputy Director General, China Centre of Urban Development of NDRC (沈迟先生，发改委中国城市和小城镇改革发展中心副主任) to interpret the Overall Plan on Beijing City (2016 – 2035) and provide insights on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration

• 2017-10-20 | 10:30 - 12:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

Dear Working Group members,

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next Cosmetics Working Group meeting. It will be held on Tuesday 17 Oct. 2017, 2PM-4PM, at the European Chamber Beijing and Shanghai offices via videoconference.

• 2017-10-17 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

After the implementation of IATF 16949 in October 2016 China’s Auto Industry needs to update its quality management systems. Since China is holding more than 43% of all ISO/TS 16949 Certificates, it is the biggest market for Auto Quality Management System Certification and quality is the key for the success of the Chinese Automotive Industry. Therefore Automotive Roundtable will provide the platform to present and discuss the importance of quality management systems in China. The attending experts will moreover discuss potential improvements for Chinese quality management systems.

- in cooperation with Autoköpfe –
- Strategic Partner: EU Chamber –
- Event Partner: German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing

• 2017-10-17 | 17:45 - 20:45
• German Restaurant Brotzeit (for dinner) & German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing Co. Ltd. (for seminar)

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to the next IPR Working Group Meeting in our Beijing and Shanghai offices on Thursday, 28th September, 09:15 to 11:00, to collect your opinions on the EU-China policy priorities in the IP domain and share the updates on the legislative process on the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL), the Patent Law and the Copyright law.

• 2017-09-28 | 09:15 - 11:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining (PCR) Working Group is glad to invite you to their next Joint Working Group Meeting, that will take place on Wednesday, 27th September, 16:00-18:00 at the European Chamber Shanghai Office. Members from Beijing can join via videoconference.

During this meeting, we will have a discussion about the recent campaign to enforce environmental law from the MEP and local environmental protection agencies.

In the past three months some members of the European Chamber have found increased difficulties to operate their business, mainly as a consequence of environmental regulation strictly enforced by the MEP and local environmental protection agencies. In some cases, companies have been requested to stop their production immediately. According to the information received by the European Chamber, the involved areas mainly include Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province, Guangdong Province, Shanghai and Tianjin.

• 2017-09-27 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

Dear Working Group member,

Smart city construction is highly valued by both central and local government in China and regarded as future development priority in many cities with adequate financial support. According to the data released by the government authority, there are more than 500 pilot cities conducted in smart city development in China. Chinese smart city market is rising with great potential and its industry output value is expected to reach over 1,000 billion U.S. dollars.

• 2017-09-22 - 2017-09-24 | 09:00 - 17:00
• Shenyang International Exhibition Centre

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to the next Pharma Working Group meeting jointly held in Shanghai and Beijing Offices from 14:00 to 16:00, 21 September, on China's public hospital reform and its impact on the strategies of pharma companies in China.

• 2017-09-21 | 14:00 - 15:40
• European Chamber Beijing Office, C411A

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to the launch of the European Business in China – Position Paper 2017/2018 on Tuesday, 19th September 2017.

• 2017-09-19 | 14:00 - 15:30
• Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast, Grand Ballroom I