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

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• 2020-12-08 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office & Zoom Online Meeting

The Finance & Taxation Working Group is pleased to invite you to the meeting “OECD Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Pillar One and Pillar Two Breakdown”, which is taking place on Tuesday, December 8th, 10:30-12:00 (China time), both online (via Zoom) and on-site at the European Chamber’s Shanghai and Beijing offices.

• 2020-12-08 - 2020-12-08 | 10:30 - 12:00
• Zoom, European Chamber Beijing and Shanghai Offices

GNSS.asia is pleased to announce the opening of the registration for the EU-China Online Industry Workshop, organised to shed light on the specifics of China’s GNSS market. To learn more about China’s GNSS market trends, discover current policy priorities, and explore where European GNSS applications have a competitive potential on the Chinese market, join the EU-China Online Industry Workshop! The event is taking place on 4 December at 10 am CET.

• 2020-12-04 - 2022-08-31 | 17:00 - 18:30
• This is an online seminar and registration will only be confirmed by Europe once you send us your interest

The R&D and HR Working Group are pleased to invite you to a working group with the China Country Representative of the EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion, to have an exchange session about international talent mobility in the academic and corporate world.

• 2020-12-04 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office Shanghai, 22nd Floor, Room 2204

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the next Auto Components Working Group Meeting: Observations in Chinese Automotive market at 10.00-11.30am, 4th December, 2020 at the European Chamber Shanghai Office. During the meeting, Mr. Ron Zheng, Automotive Senior Partner at Roland Berger, together with Mr. Huxiong Xu and Mr. Shuai Shi, Principal at Roland Berger, will share with you the main observations in Chinese market, including COVID implications and disruption trend on global and Chinese market, with a focus on the Chinese auto supplier industry. They will also share some of the options that suppliers could take in dealing with this transformation.

• 2020-12-04 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Big Meeting Room, Unit 2204

The European Chamber Marketing and Communications Forum is delighted to invite seasoned journalists from AP, AFP and Yicai (第一财经) to have an off-the-record discussion on the following topics. What stories are China-based media most interested in right now? How has coverage shifted throughout the pandemic? What’s news agency’s content plan for the near future/2021? What are the opportunities and continued challenges for media outlets and brands presented by the incoming US administration’s approach on China?

• 2020-12-03 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Offline at European Chamber Beijing Office Or Online via Zoom

In 2020, with the slow-down of global economic growth and COVID-19 outbreak, companies are responding positively and effectively. In addition, China has vowed to step up the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta in order to make the region the pacesetter of the new development pattern with the domestic market as the mainstay and the domestic and foreign markets complementing each other.

• 2020-12-02 | 14:00 - 15:15
• Qixia Room, KPMG Nanjing Centre

Banking, and finance in general, can play a vital role in the fight for a more sustainable, greener planet. Progress in the climate bond market can contribute significantly to accelerate climate action. It is strikingly clear that climate change and climate policies will affect all economic actors in our short- to medium-term future. Climate change will directly impact both states and companies. Therefore, climate mitigation policies and support for the ecological and energy transition are more necessary than ever before.

The European Chamber is pleased to welcome representatives from Amundi, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Bank of China, European Investment Bank (EIB), and Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to dive deep into the role finanance has into creating a greener future. Book your seat, join us 28th November at 4:00pm in SEB Shanghai's office or online via zoom.

• 2020-11-27 | 16:00 - 17:30
• SEB Shanghai Branch & via Zoom