This event is open to corporate member companies only and is off the record
A year and a half ago, President Xi Jinping took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos and asserted that China would step up to take a leading role in the global economic system and further open up to international business.
While the pace of reform has accelerated, compared to the demands of the rapidly developing Chinese economy, China’s reforms are, in absolute terms, still insufficient and incomplete.
In the report 18 Months Since Davos: How China’s Vision Became a Reform Imperative, the European Chamber seeks to answer a number of questions raised about the post Davos agenda and how it impacts European business operating in China.
How can China’s drive for a strong R&D environment be reconciled with existing issues over intellectual property and unfair technology transfers? Is the lifting of equity caps meaningful in a business environment that is laden with administrative burdens? And how valuable is openness in sectors already dominated by SOEs?
Agenda
14:00 – 14:30 Registration
14:30 – 14:35 Welcome remarks
14:35 – 15:00 18 Months Since Davos: How China’s Vision Became a Reform Imperative, Mats Harborn, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
15:00 – 16:00 Off the record discussion
How should the European business community respond to reform that to date falls short of President Xi’s vision?
- Mats Harborn, President, European Chamber
- Joerg Wuttke, former President, European Chamber
- Patrick Horgan, former Vice President, European Chamber
- Rachel Morarjee, States' Representative, European Chamber (moderator)
All attendees will receive a free hardcopy of the report, 18 Months Since Davos: How China’s Vision Became a Reform Imperative
This event is open to corporate members of the Chamber only. Members of the diplomatic community may attend the morning press conference. Contract Graeme Wallace gwallace@europeanchamber.com.cn for further information.
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