Advocacy Actions
Meeting with Mr. Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director of Asia and the Pacific at European External Action Service
On 27 November 2019, the European Chamber, led by South China General Manager, Ms. Francine Hadjisotiriou, held a private lunch meeting for Mr. Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director of Asia and the Pacific for the European External Action Service, with members of the European Chamber of Commerce – South China Chapter present.
Read moreLetter to the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission on the Impact of Opening Up International Relay in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone
On 27th November 2019, the European Chamber International Liner Shipping Sub-working Group submitted a letter to Ms. JING Yan, Vice Director of the Shipping Development Division of the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission, in response to a series of questions that the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission has raised in its previous meeting with members on 23rd September 2019, where the Shanghai Free Trade Zone development plan and the related upcoming research into allowing foreign carriers to engage in international relay in Shanghai has been discussed.
European Chamber Presents Recommendations on Business Environment Improvement to Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
European Chamber Presents Recommendations on Business Environment Improvement to Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Read moreMeeting with Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy China International Trade Representative, Wang Shouwen
On the morning of 26th November 2019, European Chamber President Jörg Wuttke brought a delegation of European Chamber Advisory Council and Food for Special Medical Purposes Advisory Committee members to meet with Mr. Wang Shouwen, vice minister of Commerce and deputy China International Trade Representative. Representatives from MOFCOM’s Foreign Investment Administration, Treaty and Law and European Affairs departments attended the meeting as well.
Read moreChamber IPR Working Group Vice Chair Spoke at International Symposium on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
On 26th November, Ms Huaning Zhang, Vice Chair of the IPR Working Group of European Chamber, spoke at the International Symposium on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the New Era. Ms Zhang introduced the European Chamber of Commerce and the IPR working Group, and presented several key recommendations in the IPR Working Group Position Paper 2019/2020, highlighting patent and trademark protection.
Read moreComments to the CMDE's Public Consultation on the Guideline on Supplementary Materials for Medical Equipment Registration and Assessment (Draft for Comments)
On 26th November, the medical device submitted comments to the Center for Medical Device Evaluation on it s public consultation on the Guideline on Supplementary Materials for Medical Equipment Registration and Assessment (Draft for Comments).
Read moreMeeting with Secretary of Party Leadership Group, Vice President Ma Jiantang, Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC)
On 25th November, European Chamber President Jörg Wuttke led a delegation of the Chamber’s Advisory Council members on a visit to the Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC), for an exclusive meeting with Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President (Minister) Ma Jiantang. Director generals from the DRC’s International Cooperation section, Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations, and research institutes of Market Economy, Enterprise Research and Finance were also in attendance.
Read moreSeminar with the Health Security Administration of Jiangsu Province on Value-based Healthcare
A member company of the Consumable and Disposable Medical Device (CDMD) Advisory Committee of the Chamber organised a seminar with the Health Security Administration (HSA) of Jiangsu Province, municipial HSAs and provincial think tanks on value-based healthcare.
Read moreComments to SAMR on Administrative Measures for the Supervision of the Quality and Safety of Edible Agricultural Products on the Market (Revised Draft for Comments)
The European Chamber very much welcomes the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR)'s decision to collect opinions on the " Administrative Measures for the Supervision of the Quality and Safety of Edible Agricultural Products on the Market (Revised Draft for Comments)". Upon careful study of the draft, the European Chamber Agriculture, Food and Beverage Working Group has collated all member inputs and submitted them to the SAMR for their consideration.
Read more2019 High-level International Conference on Doing Business Practice and Reforms
The High-level International Conference on Doing Business Practice and Reforms was held in the National Convention Centre in Beijing on 22nd and 23rd November. The conference was co-hosted by the Ministry of Finance, the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality and the World Bank. Under the theme ‘Improving the Business Environment for A More Dynamic Economy of China and The World’, the conference aimed to build a platform for exchanging experiences and jointly promoting business environment reform.
Vice presidents (VP) of the European Chamber, Mr Jens Eskelund and Mr Massimo Bagnasco, as well as representatives of 10 member companies also attended the conference. VP Eskelund delivered a speech at both the Friday afternoon session and the Saturday morning forum on 23rd November.