Dear Working Group member,

With China set to launch its national emissions trading system (ETS) by the end of the year, most probably in the context of the 23rd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn (from 6th to 17th November), and the State Council set to approve the ETS implementing plan, many questions still remain unanswered. Up to these days, China has been struggling to get data for all industrial sectors and to determine the allocation of allowances.

• 2017-11-29 | 09:30 - 11:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th Floor, Room C-412

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the upcoming meeting on the recently released Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020, at our Beijing and Shanghai offices on Wednesday, 29th November, 14:30 to 16:00.

• 2017-11-29 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The Chamber is pleased to invite Dr. Shi Xin, Deputy Director for International Urban Cooperation Project (Asia) of European Union and Director of City-to-city Cooperation of IUC Project, to introduce the IUC Project and provide insights on participation opportunities for industries and foreign investment, followed by a Q&A session with our members.

• 2017-11-24 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

To better understand the current situation of environmental PPP model in China, the chamber will invite Mr. Lu Yuantang, Director of Environmental PPP Center of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (环境保护部环境规划院 环境PPP中心主任) to provide exclusive insights on the current legal framework, implementation situation and risk management of environmental PPP model in China, followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.

• 2017-10-23 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The chamber will invite Mr. Shen Chi, Deputy Director General, China Centre of Urban Development of NDRC (沈迟先生，发改委中国城市和小城镇改革发展中心副主任) to interpret the Overall Plan on Beijing City (2016 – 2035) and provide insights on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration

• 2017-10-20 | 10:30 - 12:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining (PCR) Working Group is glad to invite you to their next Joint Working Group Meeting, that will take place on Wednesday, 27th September, 16:00-18:00 at the European Chamber Shanghai Office. Members from Beijing can join via videoconference.

During this meeting, we will have a discussion about the recent campaign to enforce environmental law from the MEP and local environmental protection agencies.

In the past three months some members of the European Chamber have found increased difficulties to operate their business, mainly as a consequence of environmental regulation strictly enforced by the MEP and local environmental protection agencies. In some cases, companies have been requested to stop their production immediately. According to the information received by the European Chamber, the involved areas mainly include Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province, Guangdong Province, Shanghai and Tianjin.

• 2017-09-27 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

To better understand the essence of green manufacturing and upcoming implementation schemes, the chamber will invite a senior representative (Deputy Director General) of MIIT’s Department of Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization (工信部节能与综合利用司) to provide exclusive insights and interpretation on the green manufacturing system and standards, followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.

• 2017-09-13 | 09:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

Through two months’ coordination with the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), the chamber will invite Ms. Tong Li, Deputy Director of MEP’s Department of Pollutants Discharge Permit, who is in charge of standards and implementation of China’s pollutants discharge permit policy, to interpret relevant policies and regulations and introduce the status quos of implementation along with future plans, followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.

• 2017-06-19 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining Working Group, the Environment Working Group and the Research & Development Working Group are glad to invite you to their next Joint Working Group Meeting, that will take place on Thursday, 18th May, 16:00-18:00 at the European Chamber Shanghai Office. Members from Beijing can join via videoconference.

• 2017-05-18 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next Joint Working Group Meeting led by the Environment Working Group on Monday, 15 May, 2PM-330PM, for the dialogue with the Environmental Standards Institute of MEP on China's environmental management system and standards.

• 2017-05-15 | 13:30 - 15:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A