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

During August, the European Chamber, along with the US-China Business Council and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), participated in an anonymous survey based on an annual research project financed by the influential Chinese think thank CF40 (China Finance 40 Forum) and conducted by CASS (the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). This year the project was focused on shredding light on the difference in perceptions between China’s regulators and foreign financial institutions when it comes to the opening up, underlining that there is a big gap. On one hand, China’s officials think they make great efforts to push forward the financial opening. On the other hand, foreign financial institutions feel limited improvement and wish the opening could bring more impactful changes.

On this basis, CASS has now published the report at the second Shanghai Bund Summit and are delighted to share the results with members of the European Chamber’s Financial Services Working Groups. At this meeting, Mr. Qiyuan Xu, Senior fellow, Head of Economic Development Department and Deputy Director of RCIF (Research Center of International Finance) at CASS will present the report.

• 2020-11-24 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

The European Chamber’s Financial Services Working Groups (Banking & Securities WG, Consumer Finance & Non-Banking Financial Institutions WG and Insurance WG) are delighted to invite you to the Joint Working Group Meeting “Financial Services Joint WG meeting: Work Session & Feedback to EUD ahead of CBIRC and CSRC Seminar” which is to take place on Wednesday 16th September 2020, 10:00-11:30AM CST.

• 2020-09-16 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Beijing and Shanghai offices

The US-China relation has been in turmoil as of recent. The trade war gave way to the US-China Phase One Trade Deal which has helped accelerate some opening in the financial services sector. However, as the relationship is further subjected to a lot of strain, doubts remain in the horizon about what fruits will bear this tension and what impact will the financial services sector take. This event tries to tackle this and much more, explaining in detail possible scenarios that we need to consider and be ready for. To present a detailed picture of the situation we will count with the expertise of Michael Hirson who leads Eurasia's Group's coverage of China.
Register here online or email Pablo Galvez at pgalvez@europeanchamber.com before Sunday, 28 June, COB. You will receive a confirmation email containing the link to join the meeting via Zoom after registration closes.

• 2020-06-29 | 09:00 - 10:30
• Online - Zoom (Link to be sent upon confirmation/registration)

At this meeting, Andrew Polk, Co-Founder and Partner, Trivium and Long Chen, Co-Founder and Partner, Plenum will present their understanding of the opening up of the Chinese financial sectors, and the great uncertainty seen in the first half of 2020. They will also offer their insight on how consumer finance and insurance providers and banks can navigate the current hybrid regulatory environment.

• 2020-06-17 | 09:00 - 10:30
• Zoom meeting (online or via call in) /European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

In recent years, there is an increasing array of issues related to the field of cybersecurity, data and cloud servicing that are having a very significant impact on the Banking industry. The purpose of this meeting is to shed light into some of these problems, the current regulatory framework, the impact on foreign banks, ways to improve the situation and discuss what banks can do to mitigate some of the problems.

• 2020-05-20 | 09:00 - 10:40
• Online - Zoom (Link to be sent upon confirmation/registration)

The Banking & Securities Working Group will hold Chair elections on March 30.

The Chairperson and Vice Chairs play a crucial role in driving the Working Group, including a leading role in the drafting of the annual Position Paper, in communicating key messages to Chinese and European government authorities, and in steering activities of the Working Group. The ideal Chair and Vice Chair is a senior industry representative with relevant expertise and government contacts who has the time and willingness to support the Working Group for 12 months. Previous participation in the Working Group is essential. Before applying for the position of Chair or Vice Chair, we recommend that you obtain approval from your company.

The maximum duration of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson position is three consecutive years. Only candidates who are physically based in China are eligible to run for Chair or Vice Chair positions.

The Banking & Securities Working Group is going to elect one Chair and two Vice Chairs (one in Beijing and one in Shanghai).

• 2020-03-30 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Zoom meeting (online or via call in)

Given the current difficult situation we are going through in China, the Chamber has decided to provide the members with a safe way to communicate with each other, get updates on what the Chamber is doing regarding the outbreak as well as any valuable developments. This is also a way to provide with personal feedback to each other on how each company is coping with the situation. Besides this, we will also approach some important lobbying issues to move the group forward.
This is a Joint Working Group Meeting being lead by Banking & Securities but open to both Consumer Finance and Non-banking Financial Institutions and Insurance Working Groups.

• 2020-02-19 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom Online Meeting Platform

We are pleased to invite you to the next working group meeting that will take place on 25th November, 16:00-18:00 in Beijing and Shanghai.

• 2019-11-25 - 2019-11-25 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber offices Beijing

中国加强社会信用体系建设，全面提升营商环境已进入新阶段。中国政府部门自2013年已发布近350项中央层面的法律、法规、政策，以及超过1000项地方管理规定，明确定义了企业社会信用体系。至2019年中期，社会信用体系下的多个机制已经开始运行，多项评级已全面覆盖中国境内所有企业。

• 2019-11-19 | 14:00 - 15:30
• Ballroom B, Hilton Beijing | 北京希尔顿酒店 里程宫B厅