The normalisation of life in China after COVID management controls were lifted 12 months ago led many to think that a robust and swift economic recovery would follow. However, while it looks like the government’s official 2023 target of achieving around a five per cent growth rate will be met, a combination of economic challenges and policy developments have cast a shadow over the potential for a stronger economy in 2024 and beyond.

In China, consumer demand remains muted, the property market is still in the process of stabilising, and overall business confidence remains low. An increasing number of Chamber member companies are looking to alternative investment destinations to diversify and avoid excessive dependence on a single location; others are separating parts of their China operations from their global ones, to remain compliant with legislation in China and the rest of the world, as well as to guard against risks arising from geopolitical tensions. Some companies take a different approach, doubling down on their presence in China in view of the importance of their China activities to their global portfolio.

• 2023-12-12 | 14:00 - 18:10
• Signature Ballroom, Hilton Beijing

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 solutions, raw materials and technologies of the future are likely to result in profound implications on the global supply and value chains while reshaping entire industries.

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?

Faced with the above and further related questions, the European Chamber launched an event series—Battling it out - Decoding the Global Industrial Strategy Race—to bring members a comprehensive understanding on the industrial strategies adopted by the world’s top three superpowers and their implications on both state and industry players.

• 2023-11-10 | 12:30 - 14:00
• Wang Fu Ballroom II

On 13th August, China’s State Council released the Opinions of the State Council on Further Optimising the Foreign Investment Environment and Increasing Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment (Opinions). The European Chamber has stated that the 24 points contained in the Opinions could go a long way towards improving business confidence if they are implemented in a timely, coordinated and consistent manner. The publication of detailed implementation guidelines will be an extremely important part of this process.

• 2023-10-12 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Signature Ballroom B, Hilton Beijing

The reform of Chinese state assets and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has long remained the core element of China’s economic reform process. In 2015 the Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Reform of State-owned Enterprises (Guiding Opinions) was released as the key framework document to further modernize and improve the overall competence of SOEs. Successively, in 2020, the Three-year Action Program of SOE Reform (2020-2022) (Three-year Action Program) was issued and elaborated on the goals, timeline and future road map of the reform, which proves Chinese government’s ambition for the SOE system to make real changes.

国资国企改革长期以来是中国经济体制改革的重心。2015年，《关于深化国有企业改革的指导意见》（《指导意见》）出台，成为现阶段国企改革的框架性纲领文件，对进一步提高国企现代化和综合能力作出指示。2020年，《国企改革三年行动方案（2020－2022年）》等各项方案正式出台，国企改革的目标、时间表、路线图得到明确，展现了中国政府对深化国资国企改革的决心。

• 2023-09-21 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Signature Ballroom B, Hilton Beijing

To help our members better understand the broader state of EU-China relations and China’s economic recovery strategy following its reopening of its borders earlier this year, as well to provide instruction on the latest policy and regulatory trends, and best government affairs (GA) practices, the European Chamber is delighted to invite you to our first GA Conference, themed ‘Rebuilding Trust for Collaboration’.

• 2023-06-07 | 13:30 - 18:30
• Beijing Ballroom, 3F, Beijing Four Seasons hotel

ESG In Human Capital Strategy Development
European Chamber 2023 Human Capital Conference
中国欧盟商会人力资源大会

• 2023-03-27 | 13:30 - 17:20
• Beijing Ballroom, 3F, Beijing Four Seasons Hotel

At this year’s annual Human Capital Conference, the European Chamber is delighted to invite CEOs and Human Resources leaders from well-known companies to provide insights on the changing trends in leadership styles, and share their best practices. There will also be a group discussion to collect and share the inputs from different industries.

• 2020-11-12 | 13:00 - 18:30
• Four Seasons Hotel, Beijing Ballroom

The EU SME Centre and the European Chamber are delighted to invite you to join the first Policy Meeting of the EU SME Centre’s Phase III, which was launched on the 1st October 2020 for an 18-month period. In this inaugural event, Mr Chen Long, Partner at Plenum, and Ms. Imogen Page-Jarrett, Research Analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, will provide a hot off the press press analysis of the Fifth Plenum, specifically with regards to China’s mid- and long-term strategy, embodied in the 14th Five-Year Plan and in the leadership’s vision for 2035. The conversation will be moderated by Mr. Renzo Isler, the newly appointed Director at the EU SME Centre.

• 2020-10-30 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Four Seasons Beijing Tang I, third floor

Upgrading its healthcare system has been one of China’s major reform priorities in recent years, with the provision of advanced, innovative medical devices at the core of this plan. Medical devices play a crucial role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, so they are key to China’s goal of improving the overall health of the population, as laid out in the government strategy ‘Healthy China 2030’.
The European Chamber is delighted to hold its second Medical Device Forum On 29th October in Beijing, co-hosted by the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR), under the theme “The ‘New Normal’ in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Innovation Drives ‘Healthy China’”.
医疗改革一直是中国改革进程的首要议题。医疗器械在预防、诊断和治疗疾病方面发挥着至关重要的作用。《“健康中国2030”规划纲要》提出改善人民健康水平的目标，而医疗器械正是实现这一目标的关键。
为促进产业发展、三医联动，中国欧盟商会协同欧洲放射、电子医学与卫生信息技术行业协会(COCIR)，定于2020年10月29日在北京举办第二届医疗器械论坛。本届会议主题为“后疫情时代的新常态—创新助力‘健康中国’”。

• 2020-10-29 | 09:00 - 17:05
• First Floor, Infinity Ballroom, Hilton Beijing | 北京希尔顿酒店一层 天元宫

联合国妇女署中国办公室将于 10 月23日举办在线讲座“关注雇主责任——与企业相关的性别平等法律及政策”。智联招聘为此次讲座的支持机构。

• 2020-10-23 | 10:00 - 11:15
• ZOOM在线会议