A strong brand is instrumental in winning new customers when entering China’s market. As lot of time and money is spent on building brand reputation, it can be damaging to SMEs if someone else started to sell their products under the same brand name. Thus, brand protection is the key to success on China’s market. Successful protection, however, requires a comprehensive strategy, including registering IP such as trademarks, monitoring the market and taking action when spotting infringements.

• 2020-03-27 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Zoom Online Meeting

This next Webinar will take place on Thursday, 26th March and will be a great opportunity for you to explore the IB teaching and learning at our school, as well as having your questions answered by our Head of School online.

• 2020-03-26 - 2020-03-26 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Online

The COVID-19 is proving to be disruptive not only to the Chinese economy but to the global economy. As the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow, businesses across the globe find it crucial to understand the longer-term implications of the COVID-19 outbreak, and how they need to respond will be critical to a rapid commercial recovery.

• 2020-03-26 | 10:00 - 11:25
• Online Webinar

We would like to invite you to attend the HR Working Group meeting on Strategies for Implementation of Collective Dismissals/Redundancies in the Face of a Business Downturn and South China HR Working Group Election on 25th March

• 2020-03-25 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom Online Meeting Platform

The European Chamber of Commerce in China has invited relevant authorities of Tianjin Municipal Government to brief member companies on supportive policies during and after the COVID-19 Outbreak, as well as the encouraging policies on the "Eight New Dynamic Industries of Tianjin" - high-end manufacturing, biomedicine, new-generation information technology, renewable energy, energy-saving and environment protection and technology services.

• 2020-03-24 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Online

The Corporate Social Credit System (SCS) is quietly changing the working of the Chinese economy. While the worldwide outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted many areas of the business community operating in China, in particular SMEs, the CSCS is still working and expanding its areas of influence. The difficulties in the resumption of work and failure the consecutive failure to provide as promised could post unknown consequences in the business SCS record. In this regard, the SCS could be an ally or a threat for SMEs, depending on the correct understanding of this influential tool.

• 2020-03-24 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Online - Zoom (Link to be sent upon confirmation)

The European Chamber and the EU SME Centre are pleased to invite you to our working group meeting, where we will address pressing questions on how and what to do to overcome the impacts of COVID-19 for SMEs from a corporate social credit system view.

• 2020-03-24 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Online - Zoom (Link to be sent upon confirmation)

In 2019, a significant overhaul of the individual income tax (“IIT”) system has been introduced with a number of changes like IIT calculation method, redefinition of tax resident and non-resident, introduction of additional itemized deductions, transition period for certain preferential policy, etc. for individuals of Chinese or foreign nationality.

2019年个人所得税制度进行了重大改革，无论中国籍或是外籍员工，有一些具体的变化包括：个税计算方法、税收居民/非居民的重新定义、专项附加扣除的引入、一些特定优惠政策的过渡期适用等。

• 2020-03-24 | 15:00 - 16:15
• Zoom Online Meeting Platform

Dear Manufacturing Forum Member,
The European Chamber Manufacturing Forum invites you to our first working group meeting in 2020.
The main topics for this meeting will be the discussion and experience sharing on COVID-19 Control, along with our 2020-2021 chair elections.

• 2020-03-23 | 17:00 - 18:00
• Online – Zoom (code will be notified to each registered participant)

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by WHO since 30 January 2020. Through consistent containment and control efforts, the epidemic is gradually under control within China, whereas the number of reported cases is surging globally thus can be described as a pandemic, according to WHO.

• 2020-03-23 | 15:30 - 17:00
• online