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)

The European Chamber will hold a joint Working Group meeting to facilitate discussion on the revision of the law among members.

• 2023-11-14 - 2023-11-14 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Shanghai office (online connection with Beijing office)

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

The Heating, Quality and Safety Services (QSS) and Standards and Conformity Assessment (SCA) Working Groups are pleased to invite you to the next working group meeting on the implementation situation and outlook on CCC system with officials from the Certification Supervision and Management Division, State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR).

• 2020-10-30 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Shanghai, 22nd Floor, Room 2204

At this meeting, Mr. Chengfei Yuan, Tax Director at PwC China, will offer insights into key areas of tax and financial policy as per official MOF and SAT notices.

• 2020-02-27 - 2020-02-27 | 15:30 - 16:45
• Zoom

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to our next Working Group meeting, where Mr Tao Cheng, Director of the Division for Standards Innovation Development at the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation will discuss the recently released ‘Shanghai Standardisation Regulations’ (上海标准化条例), which entered into force on 1st October 2019.

• 2019-12-23 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai offices

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 Union Chamber of Commerce Shanghai

To help member companies capture new opportunities emerging from the new opening-up policies, the Chamber will invite officials from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development to provide a review of Beijing’s construction sector in 2017 and an outlook for the new year, followed by insights on the implementation of the pilot plan in Beijing as well as roundtable discussion with the members.

• 2018-01-29 | 14:00 - 15:40
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

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 Shanghai Office

The Chamber will invite Mr. Shen Chi, Deputy Director General, China Centre of Urban Development of NDRC (沈迟先生，发改委中国城市和小城镇改革发展中心副主任）to interpret the Overall Plan on Beijing City (2016-2035) and provide insights on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration.

• 2017-10-20 | 10:30 - 12:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office