Advocacy Actions

2021-01-20 > Beijing, Shanghai

Advocacy Letter to China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) on the latest adjustment of macro prudential policy on cross border financing

On January 18th the European Chamber sent a letter addressed to Director Tang Li of the division of bilateral negotiation of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) to discuss the latest adjustment of macro prudential policy on cross border financing and the huge impact it is having in the foreign banking industry. The letter was signed by Peter Ling-Vannerus, Chair of Banking & Securities Working Group.
Although the Chamber is aware the CBIRC is not directly involved in this notice, the group felt the need to give the CBIRC a heads up.

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2021-01-20 > Beijing, Shanghai

Advocacy Letter to the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) on the latest adjustment of macro prudential policy on cross border financing

On January 18th the European Chamber sent a letter addressed to the General Affairs Department (Policy and Regulation Department) of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to discuss the latest adjustment of macro prudential policy on cross border financing and the huge impact it is having in the foreign banking industry. The letter was signed by Peter Ling-Vannerus, Chair of Banking & Securities Working Group.

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2021-01-19 > Beijing

Comments to the MoF's draft 'Administration of the Framework Agreement for Government Procurement'

The Government Procurement Taskforce submitted comments to the Ministry of Finance's (MoF's) draft 'Framework Agreement for Government Procurement'.

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2021-01-19 > South China

European Chamber South China Chapter Meets Guangdong Department of Commerce to Discuss CAI

On 19th January, the European Chamber South China Chair, George Lau, with the South China Vice Chair, Klaus Zenkel, and South China General Manager, Francine Hadjisotiriou, met with the Guangdong Department of Commerce Director of European Affairs, Xue Kaifang, to discuss the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment recently signed between China and the European Union.

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2021-01-19 > All chapters

European Chamber Energy WG representatives meet with CAI negotiators

On 19th February a selected group of European Chamber representatives from the energy sector met with CAI negotiators to discuss sector-specific issues within the Agreement.

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2021-01-18 > Shanghai

Shanghai Government Dialogue with Shanghai Vice Mayor Zong Ming

The European Chamber hosted its first Shanghai Government Dialogue in 2021 with Shanghai Vice Mayor Zong Ming, representatives of the Shanghai Commission of Commerce, and other relevant municipal departments as well as district-level representatives.

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2021-01-18 > All chapters

Phone call with Damien PLAN, Agricultural Counsellor of the EUD

On behalf of the AFB WG, the WG coordinator called Damien to follow up with the unsolved issue about the Genetically Modified Micro-organisms (GMM) approval procedure in China.

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2021-01-18 > Beijing, Shanghai

Advocacy Letter to the People's Bank of China (PBOC) on the latest adjustment of macro prudential policy on cross border financing

On January 18th the European Chamber sent a letter addressed to Governor Yi Gang of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) to discuss the latest adjustment of macro prudential policy on cross border financing and the huge impact it is having in the foreign banking industry. The letter was signed by Joerg Wuttke, President of European Chamber.

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2021-01-18 > All chapters

European Chamber submits comments on the Draft Administrative Measures for National Standards

On 18th January 2021, the European Chamber submitted comments on the SAMR’s Administrative Measures for National Standards (Draft for Comments)

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2021-01-15 > Beijing, Shanghai

Letter to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on the on the New Commercial Cryptography Import Licence and Export Control Lists

The European Chamber sent a meeting request and lobby letter the the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on the newly released Commercial Cryptography Import Licence List and Export Control List that is effective since 1st January 2021.

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