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

To better understand the essence of circular economy in China as well as its impact and potential opportunities for European business, the European Chamber is pleased to invite Mr. Lu Dongsen, Director, Division of Circular Economy, Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection of NDRC (国家发改委资源节约和环境保护司循环经济处 陆冬森处长), to share his insight and analysis on the development of circular economy in China and opportunities for European business, followed by a roundtable discussion with members.

• 2018-06-25 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

Dear Working Group member,

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next Finance and Taxation (F&T) Working Group meeting and Chair Election. It will be held on Friday, 16 March, 9:30 – 11:30 at the European Chamber offices in Beijing, Shanghai and South China via video conference.

In this meeting,Lin Fang, Corporate Tax Partner of PwC China, will give a presentation on "China Foreign Direct-investment Policy Updates for European Companies". He will share the latest insights on the following hot issues:
1. Development situation of foreign invested companies in China
2. Important measures to attract more foreign investment and implementation situation in practice - including Circular 88: withholding tax deferral treatment for foreign direct re-investment
3. Practice and development of Negative List System for foreign investment.

• 2018-03-16 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C412

The European Chamber has been closely tracking this transition from a fee-based regime to a tax-based one and its impact on European business in China. On 26 January 2017, the Chamber submitted comments on the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax (Draft for Comments) during a public consultation initiated by the State Administration of Taxation (see attached). To help members understand the essence of the transition, the European Chamber is pleased to invite Deputy Director General Sun Qun, Department of Property and Behaviour Tax of SAT, to interpret the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax, and its enforcement plans and relevant guidance, followed by a roundtable discussion with members.

• 2018-02-08 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

Dear Working Group member,

As China is making efforts to transform its economic growth pattern into a more sustainable, green and low-carbon model, a green financial system is likely to be established to stimulate green investment through a full array of financial products and services.

• 2018-01-10 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next Finance & Taxation Working Group meeting + Chair Election. It will be held on Friday, 15 April 2016, 09:30 – 11:30 at the European Chamber Beijing, Shanghai and South China offices via video conference. At this meeting, we will have a discussion on the Finance & Taxation Position Paper 2016/2017 and hold 2016-2017 Chair and Vice Chairs Election.

• 2016-04-22 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 5th Floor, Room C411A

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the working group meeting on the most recent BEPS actions taken by the Chinese tax authorities and their direct and immediate impacts to foreign companies doing business and investing in China.

• 2016-01-14 | 13:00 - 15:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office, Beijing Lufthansa Center C411A