Since 2008, the policy of deducting research and development (R&D) expenses for tax purposes has been formally recognized in legal terms. In order to encourage innovation and technological progress, and to assist businesses in enhancing their competitiveness and sustainable development capabilities, in recent years, the scope of the R&D expense deduction policy has gradually expanded.

• 2023-12-14 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Dun'an New City, 4th Floor, Alan's Western Restaurant

In the ever-evolving landscape of sustainability, the forthcoming workshop holds immense promise for key stakeholders in Shenyang, with a special focus on European businesses, automotive industry players, and other manufacturers. This gathering is strategically designed to equip the audience with actionable insights, fostering a collaborative environment where knowledge-sharing and real-world case studies around EU and China, North and South of China as well as automotive industry become the catalyst for positive change. The workshop's emphasis on practical know-how, especially from an end-user perspective, ensures that attendees, including European businesses in Shenyang, automotive industrialists, and manufacturers, gain invaluable tools to not only enhance their operations but also contribute meaningfully to the city's sustainable development.

• 2023-12-05 | 14:00 - 19:00
• Conrad Hotel 3rd Floor Ball Room/沈阳康莱德酒店三层大宴会厅

Decarbonization of the electric power system is the key to realize the “double carbon” target. EU SMEs have to increase the usage of renewable energy while decreasing coal power when facing the ever-growing demand in electricity. However, to meet the target is not simply stop using coal power, but to realize multi-energy integration and complementation by optimizing the combination of coal and new energy, and furtherly establish low-carbon electric power system with renewable energy as the main body.

• 2023-11-24 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Blue-whale SOHO 蓝鲸SOHO联合办公

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 energy technologies, raw materials and technologies of the future are likely to result in profound implications on the global supply and value chains while reshaping industries especially high-tech sector such as semiconductors.

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?

• 2023-11-03 | 15:00 - 16:45
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing

*Participants from the automotive-related industry and automotive supply chain will enjoy free tickets.
Data sharing is a topic that is gaining traction worldwide.

The EU, for example, is enacting horizontal and sectoral legislation to further boost data sharing. The European strategy for data of February 2020 also foresaw the creation of common European data spaces in strategic sectors such as manufacturing, mobility and green deal. One of the most prominent data spaces is Catena-X, the first collaborative, open ecosystem for the automotive industry of the future, linking global players into end-to-end value chains, with the shared goal of a standardized global data exchange.

In China, at the end of 2022, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly issued the Opinions on Building Basic Systems for Data to Better Give Full Play to the Role of Data Resources (Twenty Data Measures), aiming at fully leveraging China’s abundant data resources and rich application scenarios, and shedding light on Chinese-style data governance. Since then, relevant government agencies have stepped up efforts in exploring concrete policy measures.

• 2023-10-11 | 14:00 - 15:40
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

The technology behind generative artificial intelligence (AI)—which can produce content such as text, imagery and audio—is developing at astonishing speeds. Following the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, this and other generative AI applications such as Stable Diffusion and GitHub Copilot, have captured public attention worldwide, thanks to their wide utility.

While the full economic potential of this technology is yet to be tapped into, there are a host of considerations and concerns for businesses and governments to take into account in the era of generative AI, not to mention the potential for legal and regulatory challenges.

• 2023-09-19 | 15:00 - 16:50
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

2023 has seen China’s continued regulatory efforts that could impact foreign companies’ investment decisions in the country – for example, the newly introduced Anti-espionage Law and the tighter supervision over data. At the same time, the government has also rolled out a series of measures to optimise the business environment for foreign investors in a bid to demonstrate its support of FDI. The complex context in China has led to lots of discussions on whether China is still an attractive investment destination, especially amid the global supply chain diversification trend post-COVID. How should we identify the real status of FDI in the Chinese market today and tomorrow?

• 2023-09-13 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

Climate change has become one of the focuses that attract global attention. China also proposed at the 2020 United Nations General Assembly to fully implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, striving to achieve peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. The first challenge faced by enterprises in reducing emissions is how to calculate emissions more accurately, scientifically, and comprehensively, which is the foundation of enterprise emission reduction. The disclosure of emissions from enterprise products and operations may become a necessary policy requirement in the future. More and more regional markets and supply chains will impose restrictions on emissions to help reduce emissions and assume social responsibility.

European Parliament recently voted to officially pass the proposal on carbon border adjustment mechanism. It is reported that the CBAM plan (carbon tariff) will be implemented from October 1, 2023.

• 2023-09-01 | 13:30 - 16:30
• 24th Floor 2407 Room 24层 2407室

Faced with an increasingly unstable geopolitical and economic environment, industrial policy has been inserted as a core component of the agendas of the world’s three largest economies – the United States (US), China and the European Union (EU). Their strategies and regulations on renewable and low-carbon energy technologies, raw materials and technologies of the future are likely to result in profound implications for global supply and value chains while reshaping industries, especially high-technology sectors such as semiconductors.

What is the outlook for global geopolitics and trade amid this industrial strategy race? What are the implications of the various policy measures for the strategies of multinational companies? As the world drifts further away from globalisation, how will the elevation of industrial strategies impact the liberalisation of global trade?

• 2023-08-30 | 15:00 - 16:45
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

On 13th July 2023, Germany released its very first comprehensive strategy on China, which signals a concerted effort with the European Union (EU) outlook to view China as “a partner, competitor, and systemic rival”, with the focus being increasingly put on the latter two aspects. The strategy highlights the changing dynamics in China that require Germany to shift its approaches, de-risk its economy, and cut reliance on China in critical sectors while pursuing diversification in its supply chains.

The strategy calls on German companies to take geopolitical risks sufficiently into account. It reiterates that the general ceiling of investment guarantees of EUR 3 billion per company per country also applies to China, and will be subject to rigorous scrutiny. Special measures such as state export credit guarantees and export controls are also put forward to avoid unwanted technology transfers and thus protect German exporters, especially in terms of sensitive dual-use or security-related technologies. The strategy also underlines the importance Germany places on diversifying its economic ties, and actively expanding business relations around the world with actors that share its values and interests.

• 2023-08-25 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom Online/C405, European Chamber Beijing Office