free session to all European SMEs

• 2024-05-16 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Teams/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

In today's international environment, a large number of foreign-funded enterprises are concerned about economic shocks and pursue flexible cash liquidity to ensure that overseas subsidiaries in need have enough cash. Our event will discuss the compliance requirements and tax considerations when companies based in China need to repatriate cash offshore.现今的国际环境下，大量外资企业出于对经济震荡的顾虑，追求灵活的现金流动性，以保障有需求的境外分公司拥有足够现金。我们的活动将讨论当位于中国的企业需要调拨现金至境外时有哪些税务合规要求及税务考量点。

• 2024-05-15 | 14:30 - 16:15
• TC Group Nanjing office 道普瑞绅管理咨询南京办公室

Throughout the past months, various actors in the EU have been sounding the alarm bells regarding overcapacities generated by Chinese production in a number of key sectors. Will the overcapacity set China, the EU, and the US on a dangerous course of trade confrontation in 2024? What are the policy options the three actors have at hand to address this issue? And how should companies incorporate all of these considerations in their business strategy?

Join us on 29th April for the fresh insights from Rhodium Group on China’s overcapacity outlook, as well as for a discussion with European industry representatives on their on-the-ground experience dealing with overcapacities.

• 2024-04-29 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Teams/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Nanjing invited the ESG expert team to hold a workshop on sustainable automotive value chain. The workshop is based on sustainable supply chain management in the automotive industry, aiming to help enterprises understand the concept and value of sustainable supply chain management, and conduct a comprehensive scan of their own ESG management through relevant standards, management and evaluation methods in combination with relevant European policies. Empower enterprises to improve ESG management and promote sustainable supply chain development in the global automotive industry. In this event, the ESG expert team will guide the sustainable supply chain management work and explain the operational difficulties in detail.
中国欧盟商会邀请责扬天下ESG专家团队举行汽车可持续价值链工作坊，工作坊基于汽车行业可持续供应链管理展开，旨在帮助企业了解可持续供应链管理的概念、价值，结合欧洲相关政策，通过相关标准、管理及评估方法，对企业自身的ESG管理进行全面扫描，赋能企业提升ESG管理水平，推动全球汽车行业供应链可持续发展。 本次活动，责扬天下ESG专家团队将针对可持续供应链管理工作进行指导，并就其中的操作难点进行细致的讲解。

• 2024-04-11 | 09:30 - 11:30
• Room C, 37F, IFC

The National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) passed a significantly revised version of the Company Law on 29th December 2023, which will enter into force on 1st July 2024. This timing coincides closely with the expiration of a five-year grace period for foreign-invested companies to adjust to China’s Company Law by the beginning of 2025. This grace period began when the Foreign Investment Law (FIL) came into force on 1st January 2020.

• 2024-04-11 | 18:30 - 20:30
• Sheraton Changzhou Xinbei Hotel 常州富力喜来登酒店

Corporate compliance management is gradually becoming a topic of critical importance within current business environment. Compliance is not only a key factor to companies’ economic interests, but would also affect companies’ reputation and sustainability. We would like to share some insights in relation to key operational process of corporate compliance management (e.g. procurement, sales and third party management) as well as digital anti-corruption and anti-fraud idea, for the purpose of providing implementation strategies for corporate management to establish a comprehensive compliance management system.

• 2024-04-10 | 14:30 - 16:15
• EY Nanjing Office 安永南京办公室

On 22nd March, 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) officially issued the ‘Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross-border Flow of Data’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘New Rules’), revamping the cross-border data transfer rules in place since 2022. The New Rules constituted a much-awaited announcement that is expected to lessen the administrative burdens and cross-border data transfer bottlenecks facing many companies, and provide a more internationalized environment for MNCs as well as Chinese local companies with overseas needs.

• 2024-03-29 | 16:30 - 18:00
• Teams/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

2024 is an important year for China on further economic recovery and also provides challenges and opportunities for companies to explore business in China. The ‘Two Sessions (Lianghui)’ and the China Development Forum (CDF) will guide China’s economic growth and provide new engines for business. At the same time, a stable and healthy bilateral EU-China relationship is strategically significant for the economy and companies.

Welcome to join us to outlook the China economic growth, explore the opportunities under the uncertain EU-China relations, discuss how will the 'Two Sessions' convey confidence in 2024 economy, and talk with economists and experts on new business opportunities in China.

• 2024-03-27 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Teams / European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

The National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) passed a significantly revised version of the Company Law on 29th December 2023, which will enter into force on 1st July 2024. This timing coincides closely with the expiration of a five-year grace period for foreign-invested companies to adjust to China’s Company Law by the beginning of 2025. This grace period began when the Foreign Investment Law (FIL) came into force on 1st January 2020.

The revised Company Law presents several new requirements for businesses, including updates to capital contribution rules for limited liability companies (LLCs), new diligence requirements for management and supervisors, and the requirement of an employee representative on boards of directors of some companies. It also includes new options for companies, such as the ability of companies with a small number of shareholders or a small scale of business to have no supervisor, the option for an audit committee in lieu of a supervisory board or individual supervisors for LLCs and greater freedom to choose which personnel can serve as legal representative.

During this seminar, participants will gain valuable insights as the experts delve into the intricacies of the New Company Law, offering expertise on the challenges faced by foreign-invested companies in China, with focus on limited liability companies. The discussion will focus on common issues and specific challenges encountered by foreign companies operating in China.

• 2024-03-21 | 15:00 - 16:15
• Universe Meeting Room, 6F, DB Schenker Technology Solution Center (Nanjing)

The European Chamber cordially invites you to attend the launch of its latest publication, produced in partnership with China Macro Group (CMG), on 20th March 2024.

European Chamber president Jens Eskelund and CMG co-founder and managing director Markus Herrmann Chen will present the key findings of the report. Following this, president Eskelund and former Chamber presidents Joerg Wuttke, Mats Harborn and Davide Cucino will discuss the impact that state-led risk management and economic-security-focussed policies are having on European companies in China.

• 2024-03-20 | 09:00 - 11:30
• Beijing Ballroom, 3F, Four Seasons Hotel