A complimentary ticket is offered to those members who completed the survey.
This year’s Business Confidence Survey highlights an emerging contradiction: China’s increasingly sophisticated economy stands in stark contrast to its highly burdensome regulatory environment.
The growing appetite of China’s rising middle-class for high quality goods and services contributed to more European companies reporting positive financial results, while competition from Chinese firms—a majority of which were rated as equally or more innovative than EU companies for the first time—drove market efficiency. However, the regulatory environment has failed to keep pace, leaving many European enterprises facing the same challenges that have burdened them for years.
While China’s state-led industrial policies, such as China Manufacturing 2025, have resulted in some opportunities for European firms, many are still barred from participation. All foreign businesses are affected by these issues, but SMEs are particularly exposed and have reported fewer opportunities and worse outcomes than their larger counterparts across the board.
Overall, the glass is half full for the outlook on future business, with a majority of respondents still recognising China as a top three destination for present and future investment. However, the glass is clearly half-empty as far as ease of doing business is concerned, with half of European enterprises expecting the regulatory environment to worsen over the next five years.
Agenda
14:00 – 14:30 Registration
14:30 – 14:40 Introduction by Adam Dunnett, Secretary General, European Chamber
14:40 – 14:50 Overview of survey methodology by Denis Depoux, Head of Asia, Roland Berger
14:50 – 15:25 Presentation of the survey results by Mats Harborn, President, European Chamber
15:25 – 16:10 Discussion and Q&A, moderated by Adam Dunnett
- Massimo Bagnasco, Vice President
- Bruno Weill, States' Representative
- Rachel Morarjee, States' Representative
- Denis Depoux, Head of Asia, Roland Berger
All attendees will receive a free hardcopy of the Business Confidence Survey 2018.
* The free ticket is offered to the company representative who physically completed the survey and is not transferable.
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