Advocacy Actions
European Tour 2022-23 Meeting with Industry Representatives of China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU)
On 13th January 2023, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) and the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) jointly held a high-level EU-China Business Leaders Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium. Minister Peng Gang of the Chinese Mission to the EU delivered a keynote speech, while President Joerg Wuttke of the European Chamber and President Xu Haifeng of the CCCEU delivered welcoming remarks online. Zhonghua Xu, Chair of the Energy Working Group and Sarah Yu, Vice-Chair of the Environment Working Group of the European Chamber, offered their views and suggestions on the prospects of exploring cooperation between Chinese and European companies in the fields of sustainable development and ESG, respectively. The event was moderated by Adam Dunnett, Secretary General of the European Chamber, and Fang Dongkui, Secretary General of the CCCEU.
Read moreEuropean Tour 2023: Meeting with Friends of Europe
Carl Hayward led a European Chamber delegation to meet with Friends of Europe to introduce the Chamber's Position Paper 2022/2023, outline the current situation in China and discuss EU-China relations in general.
Read moreEuropean Tour 2023: Meeting with European Policy Centre (EPC)
Jens Eskelund led a European Chamber delegation to meet with the European Policy Centre to introduce the Chamber's Position Paper 2022/2023, outline the current situation in China and discuss EU-China relations in general.
Read moreEuropean Tour 2023: Meeting with Spirits Europe
Adam Dunnett led a European Chamber delegation to meet with Spirits Europe to understand that issues that European spirits manufacturers are experiencing in the China market, outline the current situation in China and discuss EU-China relations in general.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Attended CCPIT Online Seminar on Supply Chains
On 1st March, the European Chamber members attended the online seminar on supply chains hosted by the China Center for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). Members shared their insight and communicated their concerns over issues including China's R&D investment on the protection of intellectual property in the biotechnology field, market access for innovative technology and its market regulation, challenges in transiting to green energy, as well as second-hand chip issue in the automotive chip supply.
Chinese officials from International Trade Administration, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) & scholars attended the meeting.
Chief Negotiator for CAI debriefs European Chamber representatives on the Agreement
On 5th January, Chief Negotiator for the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) Ms Maria Martin Prat and her team debriefed a group of Chamber industry representatives on the key points of the Agreement.
Read more[Webinar] Europe for Sale? Recent Trends in Chinese FDI in Europe and Policy Responses
On 29th April the European Chamber held an event on recent trends on Chinese FDI in Europe and the corresponding European policy responses.
Read moreMeeting with Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee and SCOFCOM on the Draft Foreign Investment Law
On February 22, 2019, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce hosted a symposium to solicit opinions on the draft Foreign Investment Law. Representative of the European Chamber's Legal & Competition Working Group attended the symposium and presented members’ feedback and concerns.
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