The European Chamber Beijing Chapter is pleased to invite you to a seminar on Trade Unions in international companies: An Update on current developments.

The global economic crisis of 2008 revealed that the Chinese accumulation model with its high export surpluses and massive state investment in infrastructure has reached its limit. Official guidelines such as the 12th Five-year-program make it clear that the leadership has strong intentions to foster economic growth by boosting the domestic market, e.g. by raising low wages.

Recently, there have been several collective labor disputes and mass labor disturbances taking place around China, posing great challenges to the industrial relations and the human resource management of companies. In addition, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has been actively promoting the establishment of trade unions in enterprises. Many enterprises have been approached by development zones and trade unions at higher levels, requiring them to set up their own unions.

This seminar will provide insights into the latest development and characteristics of Chinese trade unions and its impact on international companies. Dr. Zhang Li, elected Chairman of the trade union at Siemens Ltd., China will share his practical experience regarding his work in the trade union at Siemens, including:
- The development of the Siemens trade union
- Practical issues and current challenges
- Do's & Dont's regarding how to deal with trade unions in international companies

Even Jiang, HR manager of Bayer (China) Limited, will share with attendees about the role of Trade Union and its practices in Bayer & how to cooperate among company, trade union, employees and HR to achieve the common goal.

Agenda:

15:00 – 15:30 Registration

15:30 – 15:35 Welcome Remarks by European Chamber Representative

15:35 – 16:00 Presentation, Dr. Zhang Li, GM of Organizational Development at Industry Sector, Siemens Ltd., China.

16:00 –16:25  Presentation by Even Jiang, HR manager of Bayer (China) Limited

16:25 – 17:00 Moderated Q&A Session 

Speakers:

Dr. Zhang Li, GM of Organizational Development at Industry Sector, Siemens Ltd., China. Dr. Zhang studied at Nankai University in Tianjin and Heidelberg University in Germany before joining Siemens in 1995. He has been the GM of Organizational Development since 2005, and was elected as Chairperson of the Siemens trade union in 2008.

Even Jiang holds a  Bachelor degree in Economy & Trade. She has been working in Bayer for 8 years, and took different positions in HR department, such as HR Policy & System, HR business partner for the corporate functions, and HR business partner for Bayer MaterialScience. She was responsible for establishing the trade unions in Bayer China since 2008,  and is now taking the role of coordinating the trade union topics. Before joins Bayer, Even worked in Ingersoll Rand for 3 years. 

Event Terms & Conditions:

Please be kindly reminded that we do not issue an invoice (fapiao) for event price up to 250 RMB. For event price up to this amount you will receive an official receipt (shouju) only.

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