European Companies Report Improved Financial Results, but Continued Doubts over China’s Reform Agenda Remain

The European Chamber’s annual Business Confidence Survey reports that while many companies posted improved financial results in 2016, they continue to face the same longstanding market access barriers.

欧洲在华企业经营状况有所改善,但对中国改革进程仍然存疑

中国欧盟商会年度商业信心调查报告显示尽管许多会员公司在2016年经营状况有所转好，但他们仍面对长期以来存在的市场准入壁垒，并对该情况在未来五年内能否改善也表示怀疑。因此，成功签订包含强有力的市场开放条款的《中欧投资协定》对欧洲投资企业来说将会是一针强心剂。

European Chamber Report Cautions Against the Negative Aspects of China Manufacturing 2025

This report examines the effects that the China Manufacturing 2025 (CM2025) industrial policy initiative is having on China’s domestic economy and on its international relations.

中国欧盟商会为《中国制造2025》建言献策

中国欧盟商会于今日发布最新研究报告《中国制造2025：产业政策对弈市场力量》，详细探究《中国制造2025》这一产业政策计划对于中国经济以及其国际关系的影响。该报告分析了计划的目标，包括十大产业需实现的国内外市场份额，实现核心零部件自主保障和“自主创新”。通过聚焦新能源汽车、工业机器人以及半导体等五大领域，该报告概述了政府干预产业的结果。

European Union Chamber of Commerce in China: Another disappointing and limited Chinese offer to join the Government Procurement Agreement

Beijing, 06 December 2012– China promised in its WTO Accession Protocol to join the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) ‘as soon as possible’. Eleven years since WTO accession and five years after negotiations first started, China presented its fourth offer in Geneva on 5th December 2012. Although a minor improvement, notably through its inclusion of three additional provinces and through lowered threshold levels, this third revised GPA offer is still highly disappointing in terms of scope and coverage.

European Business in China Position Paper 2012/2013: Equal Access for All Would Bring about Rebalancing

Beijing, 06 September 2012 – The upcoming leadership transition provides the opportunity to enact much-needed reforms in China’s approach to foreign and domestic private investment, according to the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, which today launched the 13th annual edition of its primary lobbying document, the European Business in China Position Paper 2012/2013.

Business Confidence Survey 2012: Despite strong growth optimism, regulatory concerns and rising costs are impacting upon European companies’ investment plans.

Beijing, 29 May 2012 -- China is becoming an increasingly important strategic market for European companies, but a significant proportion may shift investments away from China’s increasingly costly marketplace to other countries due to increased market pressures and missed opportunities caused by market access and regulatory barriers, according to the Business Confidence Survey 2012 released today by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

Private equity-backed companies in China outperform exchange-listed peers and deliver greater social

Private equity investments in China are paying both financial and social dividends according to the “2012 Survey on the Economic & Social Impact in China”.

European Chamber Statement on New Restrictions on Government Automobile Purchasing