On 1st November 2019, China's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) released a draft version of Regulation on the Implementation of Foreign Investment Law. The Draft provides much-needed clarity on certain challenging issues in the Foreign Investment Law (FIL), such as how to reconcile the corporate structure of foreign investment enterprises during the transition period, while leaving certain areas for further clarification. In addition, further ramp up efforts to protection on IP rights, the Draft provides that China establishes the punitive compensation system for intellectual property infringement.

• 2019-12-06 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Hogan Lovells Beijing Office

Chinese government authorities have recently issued a series of policies and draft amendments to push forward the establishment of the Social Credit System (SCS). Foreign enterprises are particularly concerned at how the SCS could affect the business operation of their Chinese subsidiaries.

The SCS will establish an information-sharing platform covering all the rating information on all companies registered in China. In principle, the equal enforcement of regulations will likely to create a more level playing field. However, this may be an overly optimistic interpretation, as the system does have the potential for discriminatory use towards international companies, as well as other major concerns such as the “joint sanctions” – blacklisted companies will receive not only sanctions from the government enforcement authority, but should restrictions and negative treatment from other government agencies.

• 2019-11-29 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing

In order to support the implementation of Foreign Investment Law, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has initiated the public consultation of Provisions on Foreign Investment Information Report (Provisions) and Notice on Matters Related to the Report on Foreign Investment Information (Notice) as the supplementary measures for the Provisions.

• 2019-11-25 - 2019-11-25 | 09:10 - 11:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office C405

This symposium will focus on current antitrust issues facing companies doing business in China, in the EU, US and other important foreign markets.

• 2019-11-20 - 2019-11-21 | 09:00 - 17:00
• Multi-Functional Hall, Grand Building, BEIJING FRIENDSHIP HOTEL

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) and the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China) jointly invite you to attend this event on China’s Corporate Social Credit System (SCS) on November 11th at AmCham China Office.

• 2019-11-11 | 14:00 - 15:40
• Infinity Ballroom, Hilton Beijing | 北京希尔顿酒店 天元宫厅

With user-generated content gaining much more influence, some cases of overzealous consumer activism can damage brands’ reputation significantly overnight. When such improper rights protection affects brands, the communication strategy to deal with consumers and media is vital to protect a brand’s reputation and defuse crisis.

• 2019-09-25 | 10:00 - 12:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

On April 23, the 13th Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed the 4th amendment to the Trademark Law of China. The new trademark law will come into effect on 1st November, 2019. As part of the government’s effort to further strengthen the protection of intellectual property in China, the new trademark law especially targets the registration of bad faith trademark application.

• 2019-09-17 | 09:30 - 11:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office

On 15th March, the National People’s Congress of China has approved the Foreign Investment Law, which will become effective on 1st January 2019. This Law will change the legal framework for foreign investment in China. To better understand its impacts on the foreign business, we are delighted to invite Ms. Nancy Zhang, Partner of Junhe Law Firm to share with us her insights on this matter.Ms. Zhang has insights in critical areas relating to mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring transactions in China and has helped clients design creative transaction structures to maximize their interests. She is also recognised as one of China's foremost lawyers in 'Who's Who Legal: M&A and Governance' in 2017 and 2018

• 2019-04-09 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office

Dear member,

As you may know, every year, the President of the European Chamber leads a delegation of senior representatives to present the annual Position Paper to high level representatives of the European Union Institutions in Brussels. This year the trip took place in the last week of September. In an effort to create awareness about this important initiative and to follow up on the outcome of these high level meetings, the Chamber would like to invite you to a meeting for a debriefing session with Massimo Bagnasco, VP of the Chamber.

• 2018-12-03 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C412

E-commerce is playing an increasingly significant role in both domestic and cross-border trade, with China – accounting for 42% of the global e-commerce market – on the forefront of this trend. The EU SME Centre and the European Union Chamber of Commerce are pleased to welcome you to join our Inter-Chamber SME Working Group, SME Forum, Legal and Competition, Intellectual Property Rights joint Working Group Meeting. In this meeting, Mr. Michael Tan from Taylor Wessing and Mr. Kyle Freeman from Dezan Shira will discuss the implications of the newly issued E-Commerce Law, as well as the opportunities European businesses and more concretely SMEs can find by embracing an e-commerce model in China. This meeting will take place at the European Chamber Beijing and Shanghai offices on the 30th November from 13:30 to 15:30.

• 2018-11-30 | 13:30 - 15:30
• European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Beijing office