The Finance and Taxation Working Group, together with multiple working groups, will hold a working group meeting titled Fiscal Foresight: Unlocking China's Consumption Tax Reform after the Third Plenum on October 17, 2024 from 9 am to 11:30 am at the European Chamber's Beijing Office and online.

• 2024-10-17 | 09:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office + Microsoft Teams

The European Chamber, the IP SME Helpdesk and the EU SME Centre are therefore pleased to invite you to our next Working Group meeting, Intellectual Property Protection in a Brave New Digital World: A Primer for SMEs, which will take place on 17th October from 15:00-17:00 offline in Beijing and online. During this training, Ms Lisa Lu, China IP SME Helpdesk IP Business Advisor, will discuss the importance of IP protection in the software industry and will cover the different types of IP used to protect software, including but not limited to copyright, patents and trade secrets. Mr Charles Feng, Director of the International Business Department and a Senior Partner of Tahota (Beijing) Law Firm will cover data privacy and IP, and Mr Phillip Neumann, Business Development Manager at AppinChina, will provide practical information on relevant processes and best practices for companies in areas such as software licensing.

• 2024-10-17 | 15:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office

The European Chamber's Maritime Manufacturing & Industrial Services, International Liner Shipping, and Energy Working Groups are delighted to invite you to attend the next cross-working group meeting on "Closing the Gap for Shipping Decarbonisation: Global Market Insights and Trends on Renewable Methanol" which is tentatively set on 31st October 2024 morning, in Chamber's Beijing and Shanghai office and via Teams online.

• 2024-10-31 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Chamber Beijing office / Shanghai office / Teams online

The European Union Chamber of Commerce Shenyang Chapter is delighted to invite you to the launch of the European Business in China – Position Paper 2024/2025 (Position Paper) on 31st October (Thursday), 2024 in Shenyang. Position Paper is the Chamber’s most important publication and the cornerstone of its annual advocacy plan which is compiled by its 35 working groups and sub-working groups over a nine-month period. Despite the heightened difficulties facing European companies in China, they are committed to staying and improving the business environment, as illustrated by the 967 constructive recommendations put forward in the Position Paper 2024/2025.

• 2024-10-31 | 10:30 - 13:30
• Conrad Hotel 3rd Floor Meeting Room 1/沈阳康莱德酒店三层一号会议室