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European Chamber>Energy Working Group>Newsletter>12 April 2013
This is a bi-monthly European Chamber Working Group newsletter focusing on issues that shape the general business environment for our members operating in China. This newsletter is forwarded to members of the Beijing and Shanghai Energy Working Groups as well as the Beijing Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Sub-Working Groups. If you have any comments or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Sam Passafiume in Beijing via spassafiume@europeanchamber.com.cn or Ms. Bettina Buck in Shanghai via bbuck@europeanchamber.com.cn, or visit the Energy Working Group Website.
Read moreEuropean Chamber>Water Working Group>Newsletter>12 Apr 2013
This is a bi-weekly European Chamber Working Group newsletter focusing on water-related issues that shape the general business environment for our members operating in China. If you have any comments or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Xi vows to protect foreign business
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to protect the interests of global companies amid rising concern among foreign businesses about discriminatory policies that hurt their operations in China.
The Road to Reform: European Chamber Annual Conference 2013
The Chamber's first annual conference, The Road to Reform, is scheduled for 9th May 2013 at the China World Summit Wing Beijing. This one-day conference is expected to attract more than 300 attendees, including high-level officials from Chinese and EU governments, Chinese and EU executives from a diverse range of industries, as well as prominent domestic and international media.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Launches OECD’s China Economic Survey 2013
On 26th March, the European Union Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the American Chamber of Commerce, hosted a lunch event to present the latest economic survey of China written by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Read moreMember Analyses, March 25 - 29: National People's Congress
Member companies have analysed the NPC and the future priorities of the Party and the Government, and what they will mean for companies operating in China. We have compiled reports published this week.
Read moreMember Analyses, March 18 - 22 2013: National People's Congress
Member companies have analysed the NPC and the future priorities of the Party and the Government, and what they will mean for companies operating in China. We have compiled reports published this week.
Read moreIn Europe for Europe
When the global financial crisis broke out in 2008, little did economic experts think it would be the precursor for a healthy economic relationship between China and Europe. But in the subsequent years the alliance, aided by a series of mergers and acquisitions in Europe, has managed to give Chinese outbound investment a new direction.
Read moreBold reform is needed and expected from one of the most important NPC and CPPCC meetings this decade
Beijing, 6th March 2013 –The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China hopes that the highly important sessions of this year’s Lianghui (NPC and CPPCC) will be the start of a period of serious economic reform that most people are expecting, as China’s leaders take concrete steps to shift from an investment-led model dominated by state-owned enterprises to one driven by domestic consumption and greater competition in the marketplace.
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