Meeting with Tianjin Commerce Bureau Director General Sun Jiannan

2023-07-11 | Tianjin

On 11 July 2023, by invitation of TJ Commerce Bureau, Tianjin Chapter Chair Christoph had an one-hour in person meeting with Sun Jiannan, Director General of TJ Commerce Bureau. The meeting mainly focused on six questions put forward by Tianjin Commerce Bureau on current challenges/opportunities facing FIEs and how TJ government could support on foreign business' operation in Tianjin.

Chair Christoph presented a hard copy of Tianjin Local Position Paper 2022/2023 and the fresh published 2023 Business Confidence Survey and 2022/2023 National Position Paper, recognized Tianjin government's supports for FIEs and improvement in business-oriented mind set and provided the chamber's observations mentioning policy making lack of transparency/clarity especially for SMEs, supply chain shifting due to de-risking reason, appealed for extension of individual income tax policy for expats. Chair Christoph also talked,in particular, members' urgent and aggressive carbon neutral targets, he hoped getting more recognition and support from Tianjin government.

Chair extended invitation to DG Sun for upcoming BCS Tianjin launch on 19th July. Mr. Sun showed strong interests and said he would physically attend.