The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has made it increasingly important for traditional industries to accelerate their digital transformations. The auto industry is certainly among those that have seen the greatest promise of AI, and is at the forefront of using AI to create the new mobility future.

• 2017-12-04 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

The long-awaited, revised Standardisation Law was promulgated by the National People’s Congress on 4 November, 2017, bringing significant changes to the previous standardisation system. This is a fundamental piece of legislation that will impact a wide range of sectors. Throughout the drafting process, the European Chamber actively participated in relevant consultations and provided revision suggestions.

• 2017-12-01 | 14:30 - 16:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 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

In June of this year, The New York Times warned that “as China moves to start enforcing a new cybersecurity law, foreign companies face a major problem: They know very little about it.” Though the Times may be guilty of hyperbole, while the implementing rules are still being formulated a lot of guess work remains on how this incredibly broad piece of legislation will actually be enforced.

• 2017-11-14 | 13:30 - 18:00
• Wang Fu Ballroom, The Peninsula Beijing Hotel

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to an upcoming election and policy exchange session, which will be held in our Beijing and Shanghai offices on Monday 18 September, from 16h30 to 18h. During the meeting, an update will be given on the latest developments regarding cross-border data transfer. Members will also be invited to share their opinions and feedback on recent ICT policies, including but not limited to the critical information infrastructure (CII) protection and data protection rules released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and the National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee (TC260).

• 2017-09-18 | 16:30 - 18:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

Following the MIIT Notice on Cleaning Up and Regulating the Internet Access Service Market released in January 2017, China has been cracking down unauthorised VPNs, and has intensified relevant efforts following the entry into force of the Cybersecurity Law. As a result of frequent media reports, we have been receiving an increasing amount of queries from members regarding the consequences of the current VPN ban.

• 2017-08-04 | 14:00 - 14:30
• Telecon

As a follow-up to the first session of this year’s Cybersecurity Compliance Series focusing on China’s personal information protection framework and the cybersecurity review, we are pleased to invite you to the second session of this series: Personal Information Protection Compliance Obligations and Practices, which will take place on Friday 14 July, from 16h to 18h at the European Chamber Beijing and Shanghai offices, featuring He Yanzhe from the China Electronics Standardisation Institute (CESI). He is among the drafters of various Chinese personal information security standards. At this meeting, an introduction will be given to the latest version of the Personal Information Security Specification and other relevant standards in the making, followed by a roundtable discussion.

• 2017-07-14 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the revised Administrative Measures on Internet News Information Services on May 2nd, taking effect on 1st June, 2017, and quickly followed up with the Implementing Rules on the Licensing of Internet News Information Services.

• 2017-06-13 | 16:00 - 18:00
• Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, 3rd Floor, Xi'an Room

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the first session of this year’s Cybersecurity Compliance Series: China’s Personal Information Protection Framework and Latest Developments on Cybersecurity Review. It will be held on Monday 22nd May, 2017, from 13h to 15h at the European Chamber Beijing and Shanghai offices.

• 2017-05-22 | 13:00 - 15:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

On 1 April, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), together with the State Council and President Xi made the announcement of decision on establishing the Xiong An New District as the national new district, which will be the third national new district after the Shanghai Pudong New District and Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The European Chamber is pleased to invite Ms. Zheng Mingmei, Director of Smart and Low-Carbon City Department, China Centre for Urban Development of NDRC and Secretary General of Smart City Development Alliance of NDRC to provide exclusive insights on the plan of Xiong An New District under the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration, and provide updates on the development of smart cities after the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (Two Sessions), followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.

• 2017-04-25 | 14:00 - 15:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A