Advocacy Actions
European Chamber Business Delegation Visit to Zhejiang
On 31st August and 1st September, European Chamber Vice President Carlo D'Andrea led a business delegation to visit Hangzhou and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.
Read moreMeeting with Tianjin Business Environment Office on EHS Challenges in the Manufacturing Industry
The European Chamber Tianjin Chapter sent a lobby letter on 21 August 2023 to raise the EHS challenges facing by manufacturing industry members. On 24 August, Tianjin Business Environment Office, together with Foreign Investment Management Dept. of Tianjin Commerce Bureau, paid a visit to the Tianjin Chapter with the lead of Zhang Jun, Deputy Director General of Tianjin Business Environment Office. Catherine Guo, General Manager of Tianjin Chapter, along with EHS managers of Schlote and Weilburger, talked about the recent intense environment inspections challenges and Tianjin new chemical regulation updates.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Tianjin Chapter Board spoke at an InterChamber meeting organized by Tianjin Government
On 3 August 2023, the European Chamber Tianjin Chapter was invited to an Inter-Chamber meeting organized by Tianjin Commerce Bureau, jointly with AmCham Tianjin Office, Hongkong Chamber, Japanese Chamber, Korean Chamber. European Chamber Tianjin Chapter Board Mr. Massimo Dinelli join the meeting on European Chamber behalf.
Mr. Massimo Dinelli introduced the findings of the Chamber Business Confidence Survey 2023, emphasized the downturn in profitability as data showed. He also pointed out the difficulties for FIEs to recruit both Chinese talents and international talents in Tianjin. The Individual Income Tax policy for expat is regarded as a big challenge for FIEs in China to attract international talents. Mr. Massimo Dinelli also called for regular exchange mechanism with foreign business community.
European Chamber Vice-President meets representative from JETRO
On 25th July European Chamber Vice President Miguel Montoya met with Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Mitsuhiro Fukuyama.
Read moreEuropean Chamber representatives meet with EU Delegation Counsellor for the Internal Market Frank Schmiedel
On 24th July the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Standards and Conformity Assessment Working Group met with EU Delegation Counsellor for the Internal Market Frank Schmiedel.
Read moreChair of the Quality and Safety Services meets Counsellor for the Internal Market at the EU Delegation to China
On 21st July Danfeng Jiang, Chair of the Quality and Safety Services Sub-Working Group, met with Frank Schmiedel, EU Delegation to China Counsellor for the Internal Market.
Read moreMeeting with the Development Research Center of Shanghai Municipal People's Government
On July 21st, Met with Ms. Tan Min from the Development Research Center of Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
Read moreTianjin Commerce Bureau Director General attended 2023 Business Confidence Survey Tianjin Launch
On 19 July 2023, Director General Sun Jiannan of Tianjin Commerce Bureau, together with Deputy Director General He Zhineng physically attended the Chamber Business Confidence Survey Tianjin Launch.
Read moreEuropean Chamber submits feedback to the EU Delegation on Cross-Border Data Transfer
On 13th and 17th July, following up on a meeting with EU Delegation counsellor Michael de Boer, the European Chamber submitted additional material on challenges faced by European businesses on cross-border data transfer.
Read moreMeeting with Tianjin Commerce Bureau Director General Sun Jiannan
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.
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