The European Chamber and the EU SME Centre are pleased to invite you to our next meeting, where SME Forum Chair and Consultant at Dezan Shira Marco Förster and EU SME Centre Advocacy Manager Ester Cañada Amela will discuss the key hurdles encountered by European SMEs in China, and how the EU SME Centre can support them grow in a challenging yet exciting market. The meeting will take place on Thursday, 17th December from 3:30PM to 4:30PM at Dezan Shira's office in Guangzhou.

• 2020-12-17 | 15:30 - 16:30
• Dezan Shira & Associates Guangzhou

Welcome Cocktail Party for New Consul General of Italy

• 2020-11-19 | 18:30 - 21:30
• Grand Ball Room I, 3F, Kempinksi Hotel Chongqing重庆凯宾斯基酒店 3楼宴会I厅

The global pandemic has further accelerated the digital transformation of businesses resulting in increased reliance on e-commerce platforms, boom in the AI-related industries and digitalisation of production and delivery processes. With digitalisation of businesses, consumption too has increasingly moved online. Intellectual property (IP) is crucial to digital economy as it drives innovation and provides SMEs with comparative advantage over competitors. While digital economy brings about new IP risks like online infringements, it also creates new solutions for IP protection such as the use of blockchain technologies or reliance on sophisticated notice and take-down systems on e-commerce platforms or even the use of internet courts speeding up IP enforcement procedures. To be successful in digital economy, SMEs should focus on protecting their IP by adopting a comprehensive IP strategy taking into account the needs of digital economy.

• 2020-11-18 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Zoom Online Meeting

Welcome Cocktail Party for New Consul General of Italy

• 2020-11-18 | 18:30 - 21:30
• Fairmont Ballroom I, 2F, Hotel Fairmont Chengdu 成都棕榈泉费尔蒙酒店 2楼费尔蒙宴会厅I厅

UISG is hosting an Open House for prospective families that are interested in joining this vibrant international school.

• 2020-11-14 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Utahloy International School Guangzhou

Interchamber Mixer

• 2020-11-05 | 18:00 - 21:00
• The Hall, LG Floor, The Temple House 成都博舍酒店 LG层 博雅堂

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to a networking dinner at Happy Monk, Guangzhou. It’s been an unusual year and after months of hard work, things have finally started looking up. Here we can refresh ourselves and get back on track with some drinks, and well-needed networking. Take the load off and come join us on October 14th!
Don't worry, we don’t have to shake hands!

• 2020-10-14 | 19:00 - 21:30
• Happy Monk

During the COVID-19, There are many suppliers in China and they are suffering the fact that many manufacturing companies are doing the relocation and shift their supply chains from China abroad. As a result, many companies are facing issues in the supply chain. We hope to understand the future of the manufactures in South China, as well as what the supply chain will be.

• 2020-09-25 | 13:30 - 15:30
• CNIM Transport Equipment (Foshan) Co., Ltd.

Manufacturing companies didn't need to worry about marketing a decade ago. They produced the best possible products and hired good salespeople to sell them. And that was about it.
If manufacturers even thought about marketing, it was as sales support: organizing trade show giveaways, creating sell sheets, buying ad space in trade magazines and making sure the website looked halfway decent.
Essentially, marketing was not a focus, and it was often treated as an afterthought.
But the world of buying and selling has changed. 94% of B2B buyers are now doing their own research online before they even want to engage with a manufacturing company's salespeople.
So, ready or not, marketing has become a new necessity manufacturers.

• 2020-09-18 | 09:30 - 12:00
• Generali China Life Insurance Company Limited Guangdong Branch 中意人寿保险有限公司广东省分公司

外资企业金融外汇政策解读

• 2020-09-17 | 15:30 - 17:00
• The EXECUTIVE CENTRE (IFS) 德事商务中心（IFS）