Advocacy Actions
European Commission Vice President and New European Ambassador Meet with the Chamber’s Financial Services Working Groups
On 17th September, newly arrived European Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis and European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis discussed the realities of recent opening in the financial services sector with the Chamber’s banking, insurance and consumer finance working group chairs.
Read moreMeeting with Commissioner Carlos Moedas
Commissioner Carlos Moedas was in China from the 17th – 20th September to attend bilateral meetings and the Tianjin Summer Davos. As part of this programme, Commissioner Moedas and a small European Delegation had a lunch briefing with the European Chamber’s Advisory Council to receive some industry input in preparation for a subsequent afternoon meeting with Minister Wang Zhigang of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Read moreCOCIR and HCE Members Contribute the 9th China International Medical Device Regulatory(CIMDR) Forum in Fuzhou
As the co-supporter of the 9th China International Medical Device Regulatory (CIMDR) Forum in Fuzhou, COCIR and several members of the Healthcare Equipment Working Groups attended the conference as the moderator and speaker for plenary and sub-forums.
Read moreGerman-Chinese Workshop on Current Focus Activities of Medical Device Regulators
In the framework of the German-Chinese Dialogue on Quality Infrastructure in the Medical Device Industry, the German Federal Ministry for Economy and Energy (BMWi) and the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) jointly organised a Workshop on Current Focus Activities of the two countries Medical Device Regulators.
Read moreMeeting with Shanghai Municipal Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau on Food Contact Materials Standards and Practice
To better understand China’s Food Contact Materials standards as well as their impact on European business, the European Chamber has been delighted to receive Mr. Li Sanying, Deputy Director, Special Product Quality Supervision and Management Division, Shanghai Municipal Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau (上海市质量技术监督局特定产品质量监督管理处李三营副处长), to join an open discussion with members and share his insight on the development, applicability and implementation of China’s FCMs standards. Members were kindly invited to share their comments and raise their questions on related issues.
Read more2018 EU-China Industry Workshop on New Type of Urbanisation
On 11th September, around 120 policy makers, national authorities, industries, city governments, academics, civil societies and other stakeholders from China and Europe attended the EU-China Industry Workshop on New Types of Urbanisation 2018. The workshop was organised by the European Chamber and China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD). Funded by the European Commission under HORIZON 2020, the workshop was part of the EU-China Innovation Platform on Sustainable Urbanisation (URBAN-EU-CHINA).
Read moreSouthwest Chapter attended “2018 Fortune 500 Dialogue with Hubei” Forum
Southwest Chapter attended “2018 Fortune 500 Dialogue with Hubei” Forum
Read moreMeeting with Swiss Business Delegation
The European Chamber was invited to brief Swiss embassy officials and a delegation from the Swiss private sector on China's business environment and the mandates of the Chamber.
Read moreLobby Letter to Health Food Evaluation Center of CFDA on the Impact of Marking Allergens in the Warning of Labels
The Cosmetics Working Group submitted a lobby letter on the Impact of Marking Allergens in the Warning of Labels to the Evaluation Centre. Member companies faced new requirements from the experts on the products labels, which are new requirement and without transitional period given. It will have huge impact to the industry, especially the EU brands. In addition to a lobby letter to explain that there has no urgency or necessity of have such a new requirement, we also asked for a meeting to exchange with evaluation center face to face after the National Day holiday.
Read moreComments to the CNDA's the draft 'Measures for Supervision and Administration of Imported Medical Devices Agents'
The Healthcare Equipment (HCE) Working Group submitted comments on the China National Drug Administration's (CNDA) draft 'Measures for Supervision and Administration of Imported Medical Devices Agents'.
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