Over the past two and a half years, companies in South China have been dealt a series of hardships stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic that has put additional pressure on them. At the same time, with the development of the COVID-19, people's accustomed working ways and thinking patterns are constantly being subverted, and their concerns and expectations for the workplace are also changing unprecedentedly. For a long time, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, as a highly developed economic region in China, has been very attractive to local and international talents. The government has introduced a series of talent policies in the GBA, but these policies are affected by the epidemic and face many challenges.
在过去的两年半中，华南区的欧洲企业因新冠肺炎疫情而面临一系列困难，这给他们带来了额外的压力。同时随着新冠肺炎疫情的发展，人们习以为常的工作方式和思维模式不断在被颠覆，对于职场的关注点和期望值也都发生了前所未有的转变。长期以来，粤港澳大湾区作为中国经济高度发达地区，对于本地人才和国际人才的吸引力是十分强劲的。政府在粤港澳大湾区推出了一系列人才政策，但这些政策受疫情影响，面临着诸多挑战。

• 2022-11-02 | 13:30 - 17:45
• Qianhai International Talent Hub, 15th Floor,

The European Chamber’s Logistics Working Group is delighted to have invited the extinguished speakers – Ms Sandra Fischer, Global Head of Customs & Regulatory Affairs and Senior Vice President of DHL Express and Mr Walter Van der Meiren, Director for Customs Brokerage of UPS Europe - to share their insight on the new requirements so as to ensure companies comply with the new EU customs’ safety and security procedures by providing necessary information to the third-party operators

The working group event will take place on Monday 31st October at 16:00-17:00 (Beijing time), both online via Zoom and offline in the Chamber Beijing office C405.

• 2022-10-31 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online Zoom + Offline European Chamber Beijing Office

Convening annually for eighteen years, the European Chamber’s HR Conference continues to be the place to learn from extraordinary experience, and a magnifying glass to the latest challenges and solutions in human resources management. Join us on 27th October to learn to navigate challenges in turbulent times.

• 2022-10-27 | 08:30 - 12:00
• The Westin Bund Center Shanghai, Diamond Ballroom Ⅲ, 3rd floor

Two experts from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) give insights how the production of the future can be designed more economical and sustainable.

• 2022-10-27 | 16:00 - 17:00
• ZOOM

Data security and cross-border transfers of data are essential for of business activities and encourage innovation. Companies constantly use data generated from R&D or collected from customers in different locations to improve their products or develop new ones, often relying on teams based across the world.

Over the past years, China has considerably strengthened cybersecurity, data, and personal information protection governance. In 2017, the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) came to force outlining various obligations to network operators and internet service providers. In 2021, the CSL was complemented by Data Security Law (DSL) and the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), stipulating a series of obligations not only for actors based in China but also for those based elsewhere yet processing data or personal information generated in China. When doing business in China, SMEs need to be aware of the regulations they must follow to be compliant with cybersecurity and data protection system.

• 2022-10-26 | 16:00 - 18:00
• Online via zoom

The Automotive Working Group will have its next meeting focused on decarbonisation. The experts from government, think-tank and industry will share their knowledge, insights and recent research.

• 2022-10-26 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Office Room C405

The operation and development of an enterprise is a series of process of solving problems. The effect of solving problems will directly determine the efficiency of an enterprise. Solving problems does not rely solely on experience, let alone on a flash of inspiration to solve, there must be a set of methods that can be replicated. Because in the industrial age, a few "smart people" made decisions and other "robots" followed the instructions. However, in the current era of VUCA, each team member is a "wisdom cloud", far smarter than us, and they need more participation. In the process of solving problems, there is no consensus without participation, no commitment without consensus, no responsibility without commitment, no responsibility without implementation, and no result without implementation.

企业的运营与发展就是一系列解决问题的过程，问题解决的效果将直接决定着企业的效益；解决问题不是单单依靠经验，更不是靠拍脑袋、灵光一现来解决，一定需要一套可以复制的方法。因为在工业时代，少数“聪明人”决策，其他“机器人”按照指令执行。而在当下这个 VUCA 时代，每位团队成员都是一朵“智慧云”，远比我们聪明，他们要更多的参与，在解决问题的过程中，没有参与就没有共识，没有共识就没有承诺，没有承诺就没有责任，没有责任就没有执行，没有执行就没有结果。

• 2022-10-26 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online Webinar

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to attend a timely hybrid event that will take place on Tuesday on 25th October, 2022 at 16:00-17:15 (Beijing time) where a group of invited experts will share their research and observations for the 20th CPC National Congress. This event will provide business leaders and decision makers with insights into the implications the Party Congress will have for their businesses, the economy and the future of China.

• 2022-10-25 | 16:00 - 17:45
• Online, ZOOM

Why learn Power BI?

Power Bi is derived from Excel and easy to use. It doesn't require a cutoff computer language like VBA or SQL to get started. Because the original intention of the development of this software is aimed at the non-IT crowd, the easy operation and humanized interface design greatly reduce the learning threshold. It was created by Microsoft, which has a strong team running the product. Under this powerful backing, it can seamlessly connect with Office software and most common databases in the market, enabling analysts who do not know programming but have data analysis ability and business intuition to extract, clean and integrate various data sources (MySQL, Salesforce, etc.) conveniently and quickly and create complex dynamic graphics and meters.

为什么要学 Power BI?
Power Bi 是由 Excel 衍生而来，简单易上手。它的入门不需要 VBA 或 SQL 这样有门槛的计算机语言。因为这款软件的开发初衷是针对非 IT 类人群，傻瓜化的操作以及人性化的界面设计大大降低了学习门槛。其次它由微软创造，有一个强大的团队在运营这款产品，在这个强大的后盾支持下，它有完整的生态，与 Office 软件无缝衔接，能对接市面上大部分常见的数据库，它使得不懂编程但具备数据分析能力和商业直觉的分析人员能够便捷而快速地提取，清理，整合各种数据源 （MySQL，Salesforce 等），并创建复杂动态图形和仪表。

• 2022-10-25 | 20:00 - 21:00
• Online Webinar

The financial breakfast on 22nd October 2022 was themed on "Dual System Vocational Education in Germany", the Expert of the theme, Ms. Jinghua MA was invited to deliver a brief speech on basic logic of dual system vocational education in Germany and what people would expect from it and how it helps Germany to become the biggest economy in Europe.

• 2022-10-22 | 08:30 - 10:30
• Conrad Hotel 83rd Floor / 沈阳康莱德酒店83层