Underpinned by governmental initiatives and policies to promote greener production, improve waste management, reduce energy and water consumption and reach carbon neutrality by 2060, the circular economy has become a hot topic in China.
Chinese consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious, pushing companies to be more environmentally responsible. While China is clearly taking steps towards a circular economy, the concept is still in its nascent stage and there is space for improvement. What are the implications for European SMEs doing business with China?
The EU SME Centre and the European Chamber of Commerce in China are organising an online training seminar to discuss the concept of a circular economy in China and explore the opportunities, support measures available to European SMEs as well as the challenges they are currently facing.

• 2023-02-23 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom online

At the end of 2022, the Chinese government issued a series of measures to ease epidemic prevention and control and shifted to normal. The Central Economic Work Conference also clarified the economic goal of "seeking progress while maintaining stability" in 2023, and more policies to support enterprises are expected to be released. However, in the early stage of strategy transformation, relevant policies domestic and abroad are still being updated and changed. Especially, the first and second quarters are still in the high epidemic period, and enterprises are still facing the pressure brought by numerous external uncertainties when their vitality has not recovered. Employment management and cost control have also become one of the most concerned issues for enterprises at this stage.
2022年末，中国政府颁布了一系列放宽疫情防控的措施，全面转向常态化防控。中央经济工作会议也明确了2023年 “稳中求进” 的经济目标，预计更多企业支持政策将发布。然而在策略转变初期，国内外相关政策仍在不断更新和变化之中，尤其第一、二季度仍处于疫情高发期，企业在元气尚未恢复之际依然面临外部众多不确定性带来的压力，用工管理及成本管控也成为现阶段企业最关心的问题之一。

• 2023-02-23 | 14:00 - 15:15
• Goto Webinar

The outlook for businesses in 2023 is more challenging than ever. Fragmentation of the global system will intensify, propelled by a combination of fractious geopolitics, armed conflict, disrupted energy systems, economic strife and disarray in digital networks. Amid all the uncertainties, China’s relaxed COVID-19 policy and economic reopening offer a ray of hope, prompting optimistic growth forecasts for the year. Yet with geopolitical and operational complexities continuing, how should businesses navigate this evolving landscape?

• 2023-02-22 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Zoom Online/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the “Tour to Longtan Port and Roundtable Discussion with Jinling Customs”, which will be held on Feb 16, 2023 in Nanjing. This will be a wonder opportunity for you walk in person into Longtan Port container terminals, railway stations and other service facilities, as well as to have roundtable discussions with Jinling Customs, learning about the services of China-Europe Railway Express and the incentive policies, having your questions answered by the relevant authorities.

• 2023-02-22 | 13:30 - 16:15
• Longtan Port

After having upheld stringent COVID control measures for almost three years, the Chinese Government abruptly abandoned its ‘dynamic clearing’ strategy in early December 2022, and announced its dedication to getting things back to normal in order to realise a strong economic recovery. As a result, the number of infected cases nationwide soared at the end of last year, though the full death toll was not revealed.

• 2023-02-20 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

At the end of 2022, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Opinions on Building Basic Systems for Data to Better Give Full Play to the Role of Data Resources (Twenty Data Measures), proposing twenty measures for the establishment of a property system, a circulation and trading system, an income distribution system, and a governance system. The Twenty Data Measures aim at fully leveraging China’s abundant data resources and rich application scenarios, tapping into the potential of data resources, and shedding light on the Chinese-style data governance.

• 2023-02-17 | 14:00 - 15:30
• Zoom Webinar

"Amazon Reverse Working Method" is one of the innovation methodology and the most important success secrets of Amazon. From Kindle to Prime, smart speaker Alexa, AWS, Amazon features virtual press release and PRFAQ reverse working method from customers, giving birth to a large number of innovative projects to meet customer needs, which creates countless second curves on Amazon's path to becoming the world's most valuable company.

《亚马逊逆向工作法》是亚马逊的创新方法论和最重要的成功秘诀之一，从Kindle 到Prime、智能音箱 Alexa、AWS 等，亚马逊特色的从客户出发的虚拟新闻稿与常见问题（PRFAQ）逆向工作法，诞生了大量满足客户需求的创新项目，造就了亚马逊成为全球最高市值公司的无数个第二曲线。

• 2023-02-15 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Online Webinar

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) is delighted to invite you to the launch of our Shanghai Position Paper 2023/2024 at 16:00 on Tuesday 14th February 2023.

• 2023-02-14 | 16:00 - 18:10
• The Westin Bund Center Shanghai, Diamond ball room 1, 3rd floor

Gallup research shows that more than 50% of employees in an organization are not engaged, and 20% are not engaged at all!
In the United States alone, the annual cost of employee disengagement is $500 billion!
According to the 2012 Gallup Employee Engagement survey, only 6 percent of Chinese employees are engaged, ranking low in the world.
So how do you motivate your employees and make them self-motivated to produce better results?
The key to success is to fully understand how to use most outstanding talents and strengths in daily life and work.

盖洛普研究表明：组织中超过 50%的员工并不是敬业员工，20%的员工完全不敬业！
仅在美国，每年因为员工不敬业而造成的损失高达 5000 亿美元！
2012 年盖洛普员工敬业度调查表明，中国敬业的员工仅占 6%，排名全球靠后！
那如何才能有效激励员工，让其自动自发，创造更好的业绩？
成功的关键在于充分了解在日常生活和工作中如何运用自己最突出的才干和优势。

• 2023-02-13 | 20:00 - 21:00
• Online Webinar

In essence, no matter OKR, GRAD or KPI, which is known by most people, are just tools of performance management. Tools themselves are not good or bad, but only useful. In addition, no matter which tool, a series of supporting mechanisms need to be established around the tool in order to really play its role. Therefore, if the tool can be used correctly and some appropriate adjustments are made to the corresponding mechanism, performance empowerment can be achieved on the basis of the traditional performance management system.

从本质上来说不管是 OKR、GRAD，还是被大多数人熟知的 KPI 一样都只是绩效管理的工具，工具本身没有好坏，只有会不会用；另外，不管是哪个工具，想要真正能发挥效果还需要围绕工具建立一系列的配套难机制，所以，如果能正确运用工具，并对相应的机制做一些适当的调整是完全可以在传统绩效管理体系的基础上实现绩效赋能的。

• 2023-02-10 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Online Webinar