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2015-10-13 | All chapters

European Chamber Advisory Council members meet with Vice President Katainen, Commissioner Oettinger, Commisioner Bulc and Vice President of European Investment Bank Fayolle

On September 28th, the Adivsory Council members of the European Chamber had the unique opportunity to meet Mr. Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitivenes; Mr. Gunther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society;  Ms. Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Mobility and Transport and Mr. Ambroise FayolleVice-President for Innovation at the European Investment Bank (EIB). This is one of the highest level events the Chamber has ever hosted for its Advisory Council members. 

The dinner started with some formal exchanges but then quickly erupted into a cacophony of multiple bilateral discussions between the visiting EU officials and Chamber members.  Vice President Katainen recognized the European Chamber as the Commission’s “eyes and ears” in China. Commissioner Oettinger insisted upon meeting the European Chamber again when the Chamber visits Europe in January. He also shared the news of a major cooperation agreement between EU and China on 5G networks. Commissioner Bulc, DG Transport and Mobility mentioned the creation of an EU-China Summit focusing on transportation and she invited the European Chamber to organise the business side of such event.