This year marks the 20th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The past two decades of China’s WTO membership coincided with phenomenal economic and trade growth in the country. While the reforms undertaken by China over these years have significantly accelerated cross-border trade flows and led to it becoming the largest global trader in goods and second largest trader in services, debate persists over how and to what extent China has implemented its WTO commitments.

On 9th December, this year’s annual conference will deliver insightful commentary on China’s 20 years of engagement with the WTO, how the country is expected to position itself as the WTO evolves, and the ways China can contribute to WTO reform and revitalise the multilateral trade mechanism. Through keynote speeches and panel discussions, our guest speakers (former chief trade negotiators, think tank experts and global business leaders) will present their perspectives on these topics, and examine how to preserve the core values of the multilateral trade system in the years to come.

• 2021-12-09 | 13:00 - 17:00
• Beijing Ballroom, 3F, Four Seasons Hotel

The negotiations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow resulted in the completion of the Paris Agreement rulebook and kept the Paris targets alive, along with "accelerated action in this critical decade". What are the key takeaways? What message does it send to global companies and executives?

• 2021-12-07 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Four Seasons Hotel, Tang 1

In order to accelerate China-Europe communication and pragmatic cooperation on offshore wind power, under the guidance of the National Energy Administration of China, the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute and China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., together with Yancheng Municipal People’s Government and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, will host the China-Europe Offshore Wind Power Cooperation Forum in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province from November 16-17, 2021.

• 2021-11-16 - 2021-11-16 | 08:30 - 17:30
• Yancheng Marriott Hotel and Online

After China’s proposal for a ‘Global Data Security Initiative’ in September 2020, China has stepped up its cyber-related legislation in 2021 with an unprecedented speed. This is especially reflected through the promulgation of two data related superordinate laws that will work together with the Cybersecurity Law: one is the Data Security Law (DSL), which came into effect since 1st September 2021, and the other being the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), to be enacted on 1st November 2021.
The European Chamber is delighted to invite our members to our next annual Cybersecurity Conference, where we invite the right experts, at the right time, to decipher the increasingly complicated cybersecurity management framework in China to better prepare our audience to what is coming or is present.

• 2021-10-26 | 12:30 - 17:30
• Second Floor, Wangfu Ballroom, The Peninsula Beijing | 北京王府半岛酒店二层

On 23rd September, the European Chamber will release its European Business in China Position Paper 2021/2022, the culmination of six months dedicated work by our 35 working groups and sub-working groups. This year’s Executive Position Paper looks into the 14th Five-year Plan (FYP), and identifies areas of risk and opportunity, both for European businesses and for China’s economy.

• 2021-09-23 | 14:00 - 15:30
• QING II & III, 5F, Four Seasons Hotel, Liangmaqiao Road No. 48, Chaoyang District, Beijing

The European Chamber and China Hydrogen Alliance are pleased to invite you to the China-Europe H2 Workshop on 29th June, aiming to build an international platform for technological and industrial exchange, and promote collaboration in the field of hydrogen and fuel cell industry. The workshop is also a vital part of the China-Europe Energy Innovation Cooperation—Hydrogen Work Stream, as well as a Sub-forum of the International Energy Reform Forum 2021 in Suzhou.

• 2021-06-29 | 14:00 - 19:00
• Suzhou | Zoom online

The EU SME Centre and the European Chamber are pleased to invite you to join our next Policy Meeting, where Ms Kendra Schaefer, Partner at Trivium China, and Ms Isabelle Hajjar, Vice Chair of the Cybersecurity Sub-Working Group at the European Chamber and Head of Compliance for the EU & APAC Data Privacy & Cybersecurity specialist at TekID will discuss data governance models in China and the EU.

• 2021-06-28 | 15:30 - 17:30
• European Chamber Beijing offices

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, where the President (1), Vice Presidents (3) and Treasurer (1) positions are elected, will take place on 27th May 2021 at 16:30 in Beijing at the Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 3rd Floor, Beijing Ballroom.

• 2021-05-27 | 16:30 - 20:00
• 3rd Floor, Beijing Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Beijing

With support from the EU Commission, EU Delegation, Chinese counterparts, European and Chinese Banks, this event will be an efficient dialogue platform to highlight EU-China cooperation on financial sectors, and bring together regulators and industry players to exchange views and help to facilitate challenges for a better market development.

• 2021-05-19 | 09:00 - 12:30
• 3rd floor, Jade Ballroom C, Kempinski Hotel, Beijing | 北京凯宾斯基饭店三层翡翠宴会厅C

Carbon Neutrality goal is a long and hard topic. Our members may be interested in knowing about the general and thorough picture on this political and economic objective. We would like to bring some government representatives, companies’ management and experts together to share the knowledge, experience and advice on Carbon Neutrality in Europe and China. The activities will be co-organized with CIETC (Centre for International Economic and Technological Cooperation ) of MIIT in a series of meetings on the topics of general policy and practice in EU and China, energy transition\ ETS\ carbon taxation, green transportation, green supply chain, and others.

• 2021-04-26 | 14:00 - 17:00
• C405, European Chamber Beijing Office / Zoom online