As e-commerce continues to grow, intellectual property protection on online platforms has become a major concern for many of the Chamber’s member companies, which has been listed as a key recommendation in the European Business in China Position Paper 2024/2025.
European Chamber is delighted to cooperate with Amazon, one of the world's largest e-commerce stores, to organise a site visit to Amazon’s office in Shanghai to strengthen IP protection strategies for brands operating in e-commerce, facilitate knowledge sharing on best practices in brand protection, and enable meaningful discussion between Amazon and key brand representatives on challenges and opportunities in the IP space.

• 2024-11-08 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Amazon's Office in Shanghai

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

European Chamber Agriculture, Food and Beverage Working Group are delighted to invite you to attend the working group meeting of “A Sip from Regenerative Agriculture”, on Thursday, 24th October 2024, 15:00-16:30; to present an overview and best practices on regenerative agriculture in Chinese food and beverage industry.

• 2024-10-24 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office and Online

The sixth episode of the Interpreting the EU's Toolbox series will focus on the Forced Labour Regulation, which will likely be adopted in the coming months. The regulation will enable the EU authorities to investigate goods, supply chains, and manufacturers with suspected links to forced labour. Products made with forced labour will be banned from the EU’s internal market and intercepted at the EU’s borders. On Tuesday, 22nd October at 16:00, representatives from the European Commission will provide an overview of the Forced Labour Regulation. A representative of the International Labour Organization will then present its overall framework (conventions, standards and guidelines) pertaining to forced labour. Finally, Stuart Newman, Senior Advocacy & Engagement Advisor at amfori, will share best practices for companies on how to tackle forced labour across their supply chains.

• 2024-10-22 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office and Online

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

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Compliance and Business Ethics Working Group Meeting on the 16th of October 2024.

• 2024-10-16 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office, Office C405, Beijing Yansha Center, 50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Compliance and Business Ethics Working Group Meeting on the 16th of October 2024.

• 2024-10-16 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Room 2204

On 30th September, the State Council officially released the Network Data Security Administrative Regulations to regulate network data processing activities, safeguard network data security and promote the reasonable and effective use of network data. The Regulations included key legal requirements related to personal information protection, security of important data, and security management of cross-border network data.

To help members better understand this regulations, the European Chamber is honoured to invite Professor Cui Congcong from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to give us a policy interpretation session on the Network Data Security Administrative Regulations on the afternoon of this Saturday, 12th October. Professor Cui Congcong is one of the main members who was deeply involved in the formulation of this regulations.

• 2024-10-12 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office C405

The hazardous chemicals industry in China has faced increasing regulatory scrutiny in recent years, with the introduction of traceability code policies across different provinces and municipalities. Starting with Guangdong Province in 2021, these policies have introduced QR codes to enhance safety, traceability, and oversight of hazardous chemicals. However, the lack of a unified national approach has led to significant challenges for companies. With each region enforcing its own version of the QR code requirements, compliance has become inconsistent and costly for businesses operating across multiple regions. Moreover, the lack of national endorsement for a single, standardised approach has made companies hesitant to invest in necessary system modifications, such as changes to SAP systems, which are resource and time-intensive.

• 2024-10-09 - 2024-10-09 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office 中国欧盟商会上海办公室 & Teams