Throughout the past few years, the EU has been revamping its regulatory toolbox in order to better address emerging economic, geopolitical, technological and climate challenges. As a number of these regulations will impact the China operations of European companies, the European Chamber brings to you the Interpreting the EU’s Toolbox Series, where experts will provide an overview of the instruments that are being rolled out. The third episode of the series will focus on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR).

• 2023-10-23 - 2023-10-23 | 15:30 - 16:30
• Online

The European Union Chamber of Commerce Shenyang Chapter is delighted to invite you to the launch of the European Business in China – Position Paper 2023/2023 (Position Paper) on 13th October (Friday), 2023 in Shenyang. Position Paper is the Chamber’s most important publication and the cornerstone of its annual advocacy plan which is compiled by its 35 working groups and sub-working groups over a nine-month period. Despite the heightened difficulties facing European companies in China, they are committed to staying and improving the business environment, as illustrated by the 967 constructive recommendations put forward in the Position Paper 2023/2024.

• 2023-10-17 | 15:50 - 19:00
• Conrad Hotel 3rd Floor Meeting Room 1/沈阳康莱德酒店三层一号会议室

*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

In the process of business operation and management, the effective far turnover rate of equipment determines the cost, quality, capacity and profit. Therefore, equipment management has always been one of the important issues and challenges. In order to help enterprises to further understand and carry out the "Lean Management" work, as far as possible to eliminate all kinds of waste in the process of work and production, from the work site to achieve cost reduction, help the gold industry to achieve the goal of profit growth. The European Shenyang Chamber and the Foreign Investment Company Association will organise a "Lean Management Workshop" in the near future to help enterprises to improve their management level and enhance their competitiveness.

企业运营管理过程中，设备的有效远转率决定着成本、质量、产能和利润。因此，设备管理一直都是重要课题和挑战之一。为帮助企业进一步了解并开展“精益管理” 工作，尽可能地排除工作与生产过程中的各种浪费，从工作现场实现降低成本，助力金业实现利润增长的目标。中国欧盟商会联合市外企协会将于近期组织“精益管理研修班”，助力企业提高管理水平，提升竞争力。

• 2023-10-11 - 2023-10-12 | 09:00 - 17:00
• Meeting Room, 5th Floor, Jianshan (Dalian) Co., Ltd 坚山（大连）有限公司 5 楼会议室

International Equal Pay Day, celebrated on 18th September, aims to promote the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. It further builds on the United Nations' commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls.
Attaining equal pay stands as a significant milestone for both human rights and gender equality. The journey requires collective efforts from the global community—including businesses, workers' and employers' organisations—to champion pay parity for commensurate work. Nonetheless, there's more work ahead to further advance the economic empowerment of women.

• 2023-09-25 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

To implement the important instructions and guidelines of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the revitalization and development of Northeast China and Liaoning, fully implement the three-year action plan for comprehensive revitalization and enhance the level of open cooperation, the Liaoning Provincial People's Government, in collaboration with the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, is organizing the Liaoning-Europe Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Conference and the 10th Sino-German Lightweight Technology Annual Conference.

为贯彻落实习近平总书记关于东北、辽宁振兴发展的重要讲话和指示批示精神，全力实施全面振兴新突破三年行动，提升开放合作水平，在打造对外开放新前沿上实现新突破，进一步加强与欧洲的经贸合作，以轻量化技术为突破点加强辽宁与欧洲重点企业之间的经济技术合作，中国欧盟商会携手辽宁省人民政府联合举办“辽宁—欧洲经贸合作推介会暨第10届中德轻量化技术年会”。

• 2023-09-25 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Shenyang New World EXPO Conference Room 204-205 新世界博览馆204—205会议室

The Art of Upward Management will help students build a mindset for upward management from two dimensions and eight aspects, focusing on case studies, from theory to methods, from thinking to behavior, from scenarios to systems, to help students improve their ability for upward management, thereby building a good work atmosphere and achieving a win-win situation for organizational goals, team goals, and personal technical performance.

《向上管理的艺术》将帮助学员构建向上管理的思维，从两个维度，八个方面，聚焦案例，从理论、到方法、从思维、到行为，从场景、到系统，帮助学员提升向上管理的能力，从而构架良好的工作氛围，达到组织目标、团队目标、个人技绩效的双赢局面。

• 2023-09-21 | 09:00 - 16:00
• Online training

On 20th September, the European Chamber will publish its European Business in China Position Paper 2023/2024 (Position Paper 2023/2024), the culmination of nine months dedicated work by our 48 working groups, sub-working groups, desks, and fora. This year’s Executive Position Paper focuses on how China’s post-COVID-19 recovery has faltered and what Chinese policymakers can do to address this.

• 2023-09-20 | 14:00 - 15:40
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, 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