The newly amended regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the protection of consumers' rights and interests came into effect from August 1st, 2022. This is the second time that Shanghai has revised the regulation after eight years, adding 24 new articles and amending 63 articles. This revision includes new provisions on the obligations of operators for various business activities, such as webcast, blind box sales and cross-border e-commerce, and on the handling of consumer personal information.

• 2022-09-08 | 15:00 - 16:10
• Online meeting

The European Chamber International Liner Shipping WG, Legal and Competition WG, and HR WG are delighted to co-host a working group meeting with the Management Committee of Lin Gang Special Area to support business resumption under Covid times and solidify foreign-invested companies' confidences in China.

• 2022-08-05 - 2022-08-05 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Online via Zoom

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has initiated the public consultation on the Government Procurement Law (Revised Draft for Comments).

• 2022-08-05 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Onsite European Chamber Beijing Office & Online

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to an online insights sharing session on Interpretation of the new Anti-monopoly Law, to be held on Tuesday, 12th July, 10.00 – 12.00.

• 2022-07-12 - 2022-07-12 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Zoom

At the China national level, several legislative and administrative documentations, including the Regulations on the Foreign Investment Law Implementation and the Opinions on Further Stabilizing Foreign Trade and Stabilizing Foreign Investment, stipulate that foreign investment should be encouraged and promoted; the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investment should be protected; and the threshold for foreign-invested R&D centers to enjoy preferential policies should be lowered. Overall, the foreign investment should be encouraged to invest in China to set up R&D centers.

At the Beijing municipal level, there was and absence of specified documentations addressing the establishment and development of foreign-funded R&D centers. Moreover, the boundaries for the identification of foreign-invested R&D centers were relatively blurred. Noting that, Beijing has formulated a special policy to attract foreign investment R&D centers to set up development in Beijing to serve the development of foreign investors in Beijing and promote more open, inclusive, mutually beneficial and shared international scientific and technological cooperation.

在中国国家层面，《中华人民共和国外商投资法实施条例》和《关于进一步做好稳外贸稳外资工作的意见》等文件都明确指出，鼓励和促进外商投资，保护外商投资合法权益，降低外资研发中心享受优惠政策门槛，鼓励外商来华投资设立研发中心。

在北京市层面，之前尚无针对外资研发中心设立和发展的专门文件，对于外资研发中心的认定界限也相对模糊。为此，北京市出台制订吸引外资研发中心在京设立发展专门政策，服务外商在京发展，促进更加开放包容、互惠共享的国际科技合作。

• 2022-06-24 | 14:00 - 15:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office & Zoom Online

The Ministry of Commerce has initiated the public consultation on the Regulations on Export Control of Dual-Use Items (Draft).

• 2022-05-10 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Zoom Online (link will be circulated after registration)

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

European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
Legal and Competition Working Group Kickoff Meeting and Chair Election 2022
Time: 10.00 am-12.00 pm, 9th March, 2022
Address:
1) Unit 2204, Shui On Plaza, 333 Huai Hai Zhong Road, Shanghai
2) C405, Beijing Lufthansa Centre, Office, 50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing/Zoom
3) Zoom. Zoom link will be circulated at later stage to all the registered participants.

• 2022-03-09 - 2022-03-09 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Shanghai Chapter