The Finance and Taxation (F&T) Working Group is delighted to invite you to the 2024-2025 Chair Elections, which will be held on Wednesday 13th March, at Shanghai Office and South China Office via video conference. An offline meeting will also be held by Beijing Office at the same time.

• 2024-03-13 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office + Online

Throughout the past few years, the EU has been revamping its regulatory toolbox in order to better address emerging economic, geopolitical, technological and climate challenges. This expanding toolbox includes instruments aiming at combatting economic distortions and creating a level-playing field in the Single Market, ensuring reciprocity with third countries in areas like procurement and combatting coercive actions initiated by those countries, fostering sustainable processes and preventing carbon leakage among industry players. As number of these regulations will impact the China operations of European companies, the European Chamber brings to you the Interpreting the EU’s Toolbox Series, where experts will provide an overview of the instruments that are being rolled out. The fourth episode of the series will focus on the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), and it will take place on 5th March 16:00 online.

• 2024-03-05 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online

As we reflect on the passing of 2023, companies are encouraged to proactively assess transactions that unfolded throughout the year and their implications on the 2023 tax provision, along with associated compliance requirements. Additionally, strategic considerations are essential to facilitate efficient tax planning for the upcoming year, 2024.

• 2024-01-25 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Go to Webinar

In the current complex and changeable economic environment, the execution results of the transfer pricing of the inter-group affiliated transactions of multinational enterprises are likely to deviate from the expected goals, resulting in the profit and loss level of the affiliated transactions being lower than expected or the retention of excess profits. In order to deal with the adverse effects of these deviations and effectively manage the potential tax risks, multinational enterprises can manage the annual execution results of transfer pricing between related enterprises through the year-end adjustment of transfer pricing. The European Chamber Nanjing Chapter invited KPMG expert team to exchange and share the latest development and practice of transfer pricing adjustment at the end of the year.
在当前复杂多变的经济环境下，跨国企业在集团内部关联交易转让定价方面的执行结果很可能与预期目标出现偏离，导致其在关联交易中所取得的损益水平不及预期或者留存了超额利润。为了应对这些偏差所带来的不利影响并有效管理潜在的税务风险，跨国企业可以通过转让定价年末调整来管理关联企业之间转让定价的年度执行结果。欧盟商会南京分会特邀KPMG专家团队为企业带来转让定价年末调整最新发展和实践的交流分享。

• 2024-01-22 | 15:30 - 17:00
• KPMG Nanjing Office

The European Chamber Carbon Market Working Group is glad to welcome an expert from the China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS), and various industry players, to give updates on China’s PCF system, and share best practices in corporate carbon footprint management.

• 2023-12-20 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Online

Since 2008, the policy of deducting research and development (R&D) expenses for tax purposes has been formally recognized in legal terms. In order to encourage innovation and technological progress, and to assist businesses in enhancing their competitiveness and sustainable development capabilities, in recent years, the scope of the R&D expense deduction policy has gradually expanded.

• 2023-12-14 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Dun'an New City, 4th Floor, Alan's Western Restaurant

Cost management remains a prominent concern for foreign businesses operating in China in 2023, especially for manufacturers and SMEs facing economic uncertainties and tax-related challenges.
In today's rapidly changing business landscape, effective risk management directly translates into costs. To enhance business resilience, companies must adhere to several key components and tactical approaches for cost management in China.
In this seminar, the European Chamber Nanjing Chapter is pleased to invite Shirley Chu, Manager with Tax Advisory Service team and Simon Laube, Assistant Manager with the International Business Advisory team, at Dezan Shira & Associates, to share valuable insights on cost control solutions from tax, HR, and business perspectives, with a particular focus on China-specific tax avoidance arrangements and workforce optimization.

• 2023-11-28 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Pacific Restaurant

How can French enterprises get a deeper understanding of the particularities and complexities of the Chinese market, so as to better adapt to and integrate in an era of digital transformation？How can Chinese companies fully understand and adapt to the French market, to better "go global" in an era of globalization? This forum will invite representatives from China and France’s governments, business communities, and academic circles to engage in in-depth discussions on these questions and more. In the process, they will promote bilateral business exchanges along with the stable and far-reaching development of Sino-French relations, jointly helping to write a new chapter of cooperation for the future.

• 2023-11-16 | 16:00 - 19:00
• China Europea International Business School (CEIBS)

The Investment Working Group and Finance & Taxation Working Group are pleased to invite you to the meeting “Overview and Outlook of Capital Market”, which will take place on November 15th 3:00 pm-4:30 pm (Beijing Time) offline at the European Chamber Shanghai Office and online via Zoom. At this meeting, Mr Jens Ewert, National Chair of the Investment Working Group, and Mr Emmanuel Gros, Managing Partner from B&A Investment Banks, will share recent updates on China’s capital market. Specifically, the presentation will cover overview and outlook on CN Capital markets and Mergers and Acquisitions Investments.

• 2023-11-15 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office and Online Zoom

Forum Background

The comprehensive strategic partnership between the European Union (EU) and China turns 20 this year. Over the past two decades the EU and China, two of the world’s leading economies, have engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation in a win-win manner and achieved significant success in fields such as politics, economy, culture, and science. As of the end of 2022, EU-China bilateral trade volume reached $847.3 billion, with each side the second-largest trading partner of the other. The stock of two-way investment between China and the EU has exceeded $230 billion, benefiting people on both sides and contributing greatly to world peace and economic prosperity.

Looking ahead, the two sides hold great potential for cooperation and share common interests in promoting economic growth and financial stability, coping with the energy crisis, curbing inflation, and pursuing green and digital transitions. As such, they have decided to set up a financial working group under the China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) mechanism to strengthen cooperation in financial areas such as financial liberalisation, infrastructure, and regulation, as well as sustainable finance and fintech. However, some tension does exist within the relationship – EU authorities have recently opened an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric car imports, for example.

• 2023-11-14 | 16:30 - 19:10
• CEIBS Shanghai Campus