The CFSTC is hoping to engage with members of the European Chamber’s Financial Services Working Groups to better understand foreign companies’ work on financial standardization and within the European Union as well as opinions of European companies in China on how China's national financial standards, industry standards, group standards and enterprise standards impact their daily practical work.

• 2020-12-22 | 09:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

The Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Dairy Industry, FSMP and PN Working Group are delighted to invite you to the last working group meeting in 2020 with a distinguished researcher and professional from the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA).

• 2020-12-22 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing

Ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea have just signed one of the world’s largest regional free trade agreements: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Notably, this agreement is the second in Asia to happen without participation from the United States, signaling a leadership tilt towards Asia and a great step towards multilateral trade integration in the region. An agreement so far-reaching surely comes with geopolitical and economic implications, among others.

This Webinar welcomes experts to dive into RCEP and its implications for Asia, the economy and foreign business in China. Join us Monday, 21st December 2020 4:00pm-5:30pm (GMT+8) online via Zoom.

• 2020-12-21 | 16:00 - 17:15
• Online - Zoom Platform

Victory for democratic candidate Joe Biden brings a tinge of optimism in restoring the world economic order and the likelihood for the US to re-engage in multilateral trade in the Asia-Pacific.

• 2020-12-17 | 14:00 - 15:00
• Online

The European Chamber and the EU SME Centre are pleased to invite you to our next meeting, where SME Forum Chair and Consultant at Dezan Shira Marco Förster and EU SME Centre Advocacy Manager Ester Cañada Amela will discuss the key hurdles encountered by European SMEs in China, and how the EU SME Centre can support them grow in a challenging yet exciting market. The meeting will take place on Thursday, 17th December from 3:30PM to 4:30PM at Dezan Shira's office in Guangzhou.

• 2020-12-17 | 15:30 - 16:30
• Dezan Shira & Associates Guangzhou

We are pleased to hold an annual Working group meeting for summarising AA WG work and look ahead to next year.

• 2020-12-11 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, C405

2020 has been a year of unprecedented disruption and volatility for businesses. As well as placing enormous health and economic costs on organisations, the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified and accelerated latent geopolitical risks and trends. International companies in China now find themselves facing a more polarised geopolitical environment and a domestic agenda geared towards greater self-sustainability which pose significant challenges for their corporate strategies and operations both in China and globally.
The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to a webinar on December 9 where our distinguished speaker Chris Torrens, Partner at Control Risks, will share his observations on the profound geopolitical changes taking place in 2020-21 and the focus for organisations looking to future-proof their China - and global - businesses.

• 2020-12-09 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Zoom (On-line Meeting)

Compared with traditional commercial bank customers, consumer finance customers and auto finance customers have a higher credit risk: they are more vulnerable, and more likely to default and obtain bad personal credit records. At the same time, these customers might be unfamiliar or do not proactively seek the security net that insurance provides. Meanwhile, insurance groups and holding companies strive to bring synergies to their markets by cross-selling between life insurance, health insurance and P&C companies, which requires them to obtain the qualification of cross-selling each other’s products in China. Many foreign-owned insurance companies do not have this cross-selling qualification, and those that do have obtained it in the past only for selected business lines. Meanwhile, draft regulation for commercial banks to cross-sell insurance has been released. In addition, consumer finance companies and auto finance companies seek to act as insurance agents in the same way that banks do. To successfully compete in the market, insurance companies, consumer finance companies and auto finance companies must be enabled to apply for this qualification.

• 2020-12-09 | 16:30 - 17:45
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

Dear Members,

The Auto, Aviation, Construction, Energy, and Rail Working Groups are pleased to invite you to the meeting “Mixed Ownership Reform of State-owned Enterprise: Practice and Prospect”, which is taking place on Tuesday, December 8th, 15:30-17:00pm (China time), on-site at the European Chamber’s Beijing offices.

Renqiang Shao, Chief Economist of CRRC (bio attached), will share his insights on mixed ownership reform of state-owned enterprise. CRRC is the world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment and gradually expands its portfolio to energy and automotive sectors. Hydrogen energy and new-energy vehicles are their new focus.

Agenda
o Introduction and Opening Remarks
o Presentation by Renqiang Shao, Chief Economist of CRRC
o Q&A and Open Discussion
o Closing Remarks

• 2020-12-08 | 15:30 - 17:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office C405

With a new president of the United States in 2021 comes hope of restoration of the U.S. and EU transatlantic bond. But will change really bring progress? After a rocky four years under the Trump presidency, a U.S.-EU strained relationship is undeniably collateral damage of the failed U.S.-China battle. With an equally complex relationship with China, the United States and Europe will need to step back and restrategise in order to stand a chance against Chinese dominance.

Our guests in this Webinar will provide an outlook on what may lie ahead for this important alliance and the need for a transatlantic strategy China.The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Thomas Friedman, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist; Author of “The Lexus and the Olive Tree”, “The World Is Flat” and “Longitudes and Attitudes” for a webinar moderated by. Book your seat now and join us for this webinar on hursday, 3rd December 10:00am-11:00am (GMT+8) / Wednesday, 2nd December 9:00pm-10:00pm U.S. EST via Zoom.

• 2020-12-03 | 10:00 - 11:00
• Online - Zoom Platform