How can French enterprises get a deeper understanding of the particularities and complexities of the Chinese market, so as to better adapt to and integrate in an era of digital transformation？How can Chinese companies fully understand and adapt to the French market, to better "go global" in an era of globalization? This forum will invite representatives from China and France’s governments, business communities, and academic circles to engage in in-depth discussions on these questions and more. In the process, they will promote bilateral business exchanges along with the stable and far-reaching development of Sino-French relations, jointly helping to write a new chapter of cooperation for the future.

• 2023-11-16 | 16:00 - 19:00
• China Europea International Business School (CEIBS)

Forum Background

The comprehensive strategic partnership between the European Union (EU) and China turns 20 this year. Over the past two decades the EU and China, two of the world’s leading economies, have engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation in a win-win manner and achieved significant success in fields such as politics, economy, culture, and science. As of the end of 2022, EU-China bilateral trade volume reached $847.3 billion, with each side the second-largest trading partner of the other. The stock of two-way investment between China and the EU has exceeded $230 billion, benefiting people on both sides and contributing greatly to world peace and economic prosperity.

Looking ahead, the two sides hold great potential for cooperation and share common interests in promoting economic growth and financial stability, coping with the energy crisis, curbing inflation, and pursuing green and digital transitions. As such, they have decided to set up a financial working group under the China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) mechanism to strengthen cooperation in financial areas such as financial liberalisation, infrastructure, and regulation, as well as sustainable finance and fintech. However, some tension does exist within the relationship – EU authorities have recently opened an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric car imports, for example.

• 2023-11-14 | 16:30 - 19:10
• CEIBS Shanghai Campus

5月30日，国家互联网信息办公室发布《个人信息出境标准合同备案指南（第一版）》（“备案指南”），为6月1日起执行标准合同的备案工作提供了指引，对个人信息出境标准合同备案方式、备案流程、备案材料等具体要求作出了说明。

On 30th May, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Guidelines for Filing Standard Contracts for the Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information (First Edition) (‘Filing Guidelines’), which provided guidance for the filing of standard contracts effective as of 1st June. The guidelines provided specific requirements for the filing methods, filing procedures, and filing materials for Standard Contract for Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information.

• 2023-07-04 | 14:00 - 15:30
• Zoom Online/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

After China’s proposal for a ‘Global Data Security Initiative’ in September 2020, China has stepped up its cyber-related legislation in 2021 with an unprecedented speed. This is especially reflected through the promulgation of two data related superordinate laws that will work together with the Cybersecurity Law: one is the Data Security Law (DSL), which came into effect since 1st September 2021, and the other being the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), to be enacted on 1st November 2021.
The European Chamber is delighted to invite our members to our next annual Cybersecurity Conference, where we invite the right experts, at the right time, to decipher the increasingly complicated cybersecurity management framework in China to better prepare our audience to what is coming or is present.

• 2021-10-26 | 12:30 - 17:30
• Second Floor, Wangfu Ballroom, The Peninsula Beijing | 北京王府半岛酒店二层

The European Chamber is pleased to invite experts in the field to our 2021 Beyond Cybersecurity Conference, through insightful presentations and discussions they will dive deep into challenges and outlook of cybersecurity for European companies in China.

• 2021-07-13 | 09:00 - 12:10
• Swissotel Grand Shanghai

The InDiCo team has more recently been working on a research study on China Market Access conditions (certifications schemes and mandatory standards) for ICT Products and Services, and they would like to invite European Chamber members to participate.

• 2021-07-01 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Online

研讨会：从实践理解企业的网络安全等级保护合规工作

• 2021-04-27 | 14:00 - 15:30
• Zoom, European Chamber Beijing Office

Despite presenting serious challenges throughout 2020, COVID-19 has not managed to impact the ineluctable roll-out of new, significant pieces of Cybersecurity implementation rules and draft laws in China. One notable release was the draft Data Security Law in July 2020. China’s determination to more-stringently regulate its cyberspace have been paralleled by a doubling of compliance endeavours from foreign businesses in China, which has increased both the cost and the operational burden of doing business, at least in the short-term.
In order to examine how the Cybersecurity Law and the Data Security Draft Law will coexist, and what the long-term impact will be on European companies operating in China, the European Chamber as assembled a distinguished group of government representatives, lawyers, security experts and industry representatives to discuss this topic at its annual Cybersecurity Conference.

• 2020-10-22 | 13:30 - 18:30
• Second Floor, Wangfu Ballroom, The Peninsula Beijing | 北京王府半岛酒店二层

On June 1st, 2020, the Chinese Central Committee and the State Council jointly released the Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (“the Masterplan”), a large-scale plan to transform the entire island province into a free trade port (FTP) – making it the largest special free trade zone in China. The Masterplan laid out a series of special policies for Hainan – liberalization of trade of goods and services, facilitation of investment, opening-up of key sectors, and free exchange of people, capital, and data. Coupled with preferential policies of the Hainan Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone, Hainan is expected to be the rising hub of new investment and business opportunities.

• 2020-09-23 - 2020-09-24 | 09:00 - 18:00
• Haikou, Hainan

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you for a study trip to two selected NI demonstration sites: Active House construction of VELUX China in Langfang Economic & Technical Development Zone and Jingjinji Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Area in Wuqing Gaocun Technology Innovation Park. We hope this field study can demonstrate how the concept of NI has come to revolutionize the traditional construction and green energy industries.

• 2020-08-25 | 09:30 - 16:30
• VELUX (China) & Jingjinji Big Data Center