2021 has witnessed tremendous changes in China’ digital landscape – more than ever, intellectual property (IP) protection in digital economy plays a crucial role in ensuring successful business operation in China. What can European companies do to protect their IP, when Covid pandemic continues to keep business as well as infringers online, and at a time when China promogulated Data Security Law and Personal Information Protection Law? The European Chamber and China IP SME Helpdesk cordially invite you to the joint Working Group Meeting ‘IP Protection in China’s Evolving Digital Economy: E-commerce, Data localisation, and more’. Speakers include Mr Matias Zubimendi, IP Business Advisor at China IP SME Helpdesk, and Ms Jin Ling, Head of IP Commercial & Digital Services at Beijing Lusheng Law Firm.

• 2021-11-19 - 2021-11-19 | 10:30 - 12:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

On 18th November, to further promote efforts in increasing market access to Beijing municipal’s service industry, as well as increasing the protection and attraction of foreign talent as part of the sector’s development, the European Chamber will hold a policy interpretation event with experts from Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau and Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Entry-Exit Management Division, who will outline Beijing’s plans for further opening-up in the local service industry, the pilot free trade zones, and the recent policy updates regarding foreign talents’ entry and exit.
Please note this event will be in Chinese with simultaneous interpretation provided and will be off the record.

• 2021-11-18 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Zoom Online

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to our next Education Roundtable “The Future of International Education in China”, which is taking place on 18th November 10:00-11:00, fully in-person at the European Chamber’s Shanghai Office.

• 2021-11-18 | 10:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Chamber’s Rail Working Group is delighted to invite you to join a Meeting with the topic “Introduction and Sharing of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Rail Projects and Their Operation Modes (Chinese Language)” on Thursday, 18th November 2021 at 10:00-11:00 in the European Chamber Beijing Office.

• 2021-11-18 - 2021-11-18 | 10:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office

The Investment Working Group is pleased to invite you to the meeting “Investing in China: Localization Strategies for Multinationals”, which is taking place on September, 23rd, 16:30-18:00, online via Zoom and in-person at KPMG Beijing office and at the European Chamber Shanghai office (venue details above).

• 2021-11-18 - 2021-11-18 | 16:30 - 18:00
• KPMG Beijing Office/ European Chamber Shanghai Office/Zoom

The European Union Chamber of Commerce’s Financial Services WGs have been working with the EU Delegation in Beijing to organise regular meetings with the regulators (CBIRC and CSRC). The next “seminar” should be held in the coming months. Cyber security, data transfer, data protection seem to be common issues that the whole industry has to face and would like to discuss with CBIRC. A virtual meeting between the banks, insurance and NBFI companies' COOs, CIOs, Heads of IT, Heads of Legal, Heads of Compliance was organised on November 17th to prepare the meeting thoroughly and identify concrete examples of areas where issues might arise.

• 2021-11-17 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Online

The Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) has come into effect on 1st November, 2021. This law affects every company and every industry’s handling of employee data including the collection, storage, and use of information. Similar to Europe’s GDPR, it brings about many questions and challenges for HR leaders in China looking to be compliant with this new regulation.

At this working group meeting, Ms Isabelle Hajjar, Head of Compliance - Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, TekID will examine key considerations for HR leaders from a cybersecurity perspective and Ms Jeanette Yu, Partner, CMS will share her expertise from a legal standpoint.

• 2021-11-17 | 16:00 - 17:15
• European Chamber Shanghai Office and Online Zoom

In order to accelerate China-Europe communication and pragmatic cooperation on offshore wind power, under the guidance of the National Energy Administration of China, the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute and China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., together with Yancheng Municipal People’s Government and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, will host the China-Europe Offshore Wind Power Cooperation Forum in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province from November 16-17, 2021.

• 2021-11-16 - 2021-11-16 | 08:30 - 17:30
• Yancheng Marriott Hotel and Online

The EU SME Centre and the European Chamber are pleased to invite you to join our next Policy Meeting, where Mr David Kelly, Research Director at China Policy, and Mr Long Chen, Co-founder and Partner at Plenum, will provide their perspectives on the outcomes of the Sixth Plenum. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 16th November 2021 from 14:30 to 16:00 at the Hilton Beijing Signature Ballroom A.

• 2021-11-16 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Hilton Beijing, 3rd Floor Signature Ballroom A

The Shanghai Chapter of the European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next HRD Roundtable “HR Challenges in China: Retention, Decrease in Foreign Talent, Compliance and Legal Risks”, which is taking place on 16th November at 10am at our Shanghai Office.

• 2021-11-16 | 10:00 - 11:15
• European Chamber Shanghai Office and Online Zoom