Advocacy Actions
Energy and Carbon Market Working Group Representatives Attended Dinner with German and Danish Climate Envoys
On 10th April, Stefan Bernhart, Vice President of the European Chamber, Xiaolu Chen, Vice Chair of the Carbon Market Working Group and Susana Xu, Business Manager for the Energy and Carbon Market Working Groups attended a dinner with Mr. Norbert Gorißen and Mr. Tomas Anker Christensen, Climate Envoys of Germany and Denmark. The envoys are visiting Beijing to engage in constructive dialogue and seek opportunities for enhanced cooperation on climate action.
Meeting with NEA and EPPEI on China-Europe Energy Innovation (CEEI) Cooperation in 2024
On 2nd April, European Chamber energy working group representatives joined the kick-off meeting for China-Europe Energy Innovation (CEEI) Cooperation in 2024, hosted by the China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute (EPPEI).
Read moreEnergy WG Meeting with National Energy Administration (NEA) on Green Electricity Certificates and Green Power Trading
On 13th March, the National Energy Administration (NEA) invited European Chamber Energy Working Group (WG) representatives, a few foreign companies and research institutes to a closed-door meeting with 5 departments (New Energy, International Cooperation, Legislations and Reforms, Development and Planning, Science and Technology, Safety Supervision) of the NEA to discuss the participation of foreign enterprises in Green Electricity Certificates (GEC) and green power trading. The meeting was hosted by Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the New Energy Department.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Vice-President meets with Director-General for DG GROW Kerstin Jorna
On 22nd February, a group of European Chamber Advisory Council representatives led by Vice-President Stefan Bernhart met with European Commission Director-General for DG GROW Jerstin Jorna.
Read moreEnergy Working Group Chair Spoke at the International Green and Low-Carbon Cooperation Closed-Door Meeting at the Centre for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD)
On 31st January, Zhonghua Xu, National Chair of Energy Working Group spoke at a closed-door meeting organised by the Centre for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD), and presented the key messages of the Energy Working Group Position Paper 2023/24. Topics of discussion included the coordination of climate policy, industrial policy and trade policy in the context of global green transition, global pressure to reduce emissions and its impact on developing countries, and global green supply chain cooperation.
Read moreMeeting with China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI)
On 31st January, Energy Working Group representatives met with Director Jiang Hao, International Department of China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI).
Read moreEnergy Working Group Online Meeting with Trade Section of European Union Delegation to China and DG Trade of European Commission
On Monday 22nd January, in request of the Trade Section of the European Union Delegation to China (EUD), the European Chamber Energy Working Group held an online meeting with the EUD and the DG Trade of European Commission to discuss China’s cross-border data transfer (CBDT) regulations and its challenges facing the European companies in the energy sector.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Spoke at the 2024 IGEA New Year's Symposium for Foreign Embassies in China and International Organizations
On 19th January, Mr. Renato Roldão and Mr. Gianni Di Giovanni, States' Representatives of the European Chamber, spoke at the New Year's Symposium for Foreign Embassies in China and International Organizations hosted by the International Green Economy Association (IGEA). They congratulated on the achievements of the IGEA, introduced the relevant Working Groups (Energy, Environment and Carbon Market) and the Carbon Neutrality Action (CNA) initiative of the Chamber, and hoped for further cooperation with the IGEA in 2024.
Read moreMeeting with the Clean Energy Industry Association of Inner Mongolia
On 19th January, Energy Working Group representative met with Zhang Nan, President of the Inner Mongolia Clean Energy Industry Association. The Inner Mongolia Clean Energy Industry Association was officially launched in Hohhot in 2021, marking the first industrial association to focus on clean energy in the autonomous region. At present, there are more than 20,000 clean energy companies in the autonomous region.
Read moreJoint WG Meeting on the Latest Decarbonisation Policies and Actions in the EU and China with Mr. Rainer Emschermann from DG CLIMA
On Thursday 18th January, the European Chamber organised a joint WG meeting with Mr. Rainer Emschermann, Policy Officer at Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), European Commission, on the EU’s climate and green transition policy landscape and regulations at the heart of the EU’s decarbonisation agenda. Mr. Renato Roldão, States' Representative, European Chamber, gave the opening remarks and moderated the whole session. Representatives from various WGs such as energy, carbon market, aviation and aerospace, maritime manufacturing and industrial services, and automotive, elaborated on China’s green transition push from the perspective of EU businesses in the panel discussion.
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