The Human Resources and Construction Working Groups are pleased to invite you to the meeting “The Office of Tomorrow: How Remote Work Shapes Design and the Workspace as We Know It”, which is taking place on Friday, 16th October, 15:30-17:00 (China time).

• 2020-10-16 - 2020-10-16 | 15:30 - 17:00
• IWG Space Infinitus Tower, European Chamber Beijing Office, Zoom

During these past nine months, the Chairs of the working group overcame difficulties and led the WG to see things happen: the drafting of the Consumer Finance & Non-Banking Financial Institutions Position Paper was realised, a meeting with Shanghai Municipal Financial Bureau was held, a lobby letter advocating for factoring was sent and several comments on leasing regulation have been submitted to CBIRC. On top of that our counterparts at the EU Delegation has become increasingly aware of our industry and the issues we face thanks to our continued activities. To see through our end goal of establishing a level playing field and build a platform for strong EU-China cooperation, more advocacies will need to be carried out in the second half of the year, and we are especially looking forward to realise WG members’ expectation on sales and lease back and factoring business advocacies.

• 2020-10-15 | 12:00 - 14:00
• The Kitchen Table, W Hotel Shanghai

Innovation and R&D constitute the prime drivers of long-term competitiveness and sustainable development for companies across geographies; at this meeting, Jason Yu, Tax Director, and Blaze Wang, Tax Manager of KPMG China (bios attached) will start from addressing some of the common hurdles companies face in filing R&D incentive applications and then proceed to unravel the steps that enable China-based entities to fully enjoy R&D deductions.

• 2020-10-15 - 2020-10-15 | 15:30 - 17:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, European Chamber Beijing Office, Zoom

The European Chamber Working Groups are delighted to invite you to our next meeting on the unspoken parts of the 'New Infrastructure Plans', where members will discuss the costs and impacts of new energy vehicles to the logistics industry.

• 2020-10-14 | 10:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai office, big Meeting room

Within the growing renewable energy market, production is increasingly moving offshore, both in a move to capture better and more abundant energy resources as well as for social and logistical reasons. Half of the world’s population lives within 60 km from the coastline, making it a natural match for energy supply and demand. Demand for new-build and converted FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) vessels and FLNG (Floating Liquid Natural Gas) facilities have increased due to the declining rate of new onshore oil discoveries to historic low levels and also from technology that enables efficient deepwater oil exploration in unprecedented ocean depths.

• 2020-10-13 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office, Shanghai

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to invite Jens Ewert, Partner, Deloitte and National Chair, Investment Working Group, European Chamber and Mary Boyd, Director, Economist Corporate Network Shanghai, The Economist Group to present and take part in an engaging dialogue. Join us 28th September at 4:30pm – 5:15pm (GMT+8) online via Zoom or in our Shanghai office.

• 2020-09-28 | 16:00 - 17:15
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform and in-person from the European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Chamber Legal and Competition Working Group and LexisNexis cordially invite you to the next meeting re Insight Sharing of Progress in the Export Control Regime (in Chinese).

中国欧盟商会法律与竞争工作组和LexisNexis律商联讯诚邀您参加出口管制新形势实务解读和指引活动（中文）。

• 2020-09-27 - 2020-09-27 | 14:30 - 16:50
• European Chamber Shanghai Office Unit 2204

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.

The European Chamber is delighted to invite speakers from Alibaba, EY Wavespace and TekID to provide participants with insights on how blockchain is changing the way businesses do business and practical case studies on how companies can utilise blockchain and other new technologies in better protecting their intellectual property rights and manage their supply chain. This seminar will focus on how companies can secure evidence with a new method of notarisation and trace the origins of their goods to reduce counterfeiting using digital tools developed by Alipay and Ant Financial. Our speakers will also discuss the practical examples of how to apply blockchain to solve business challenges, such as drug and vaccine traceability, asset life cycle management and network procurement.

• 2020-09-24 | 09:30 - 11:50
• Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform and in-person from the European Chamber Shanghai Office

The decoupling of the U.S. and Chinese economies is one of the headline risks in U.S.-China relations nowadays. The Trump administration has actively pursued an agenda to bring U.S. manufacturing back to America and separate technology supply chains. At the same time, China is also moving to decouple its technology industry. The Belt & Road Initiative combined with the rise of the digital renminbi will make it even easier for China to grow its exports in other countries.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to welcome Dan Wang, Technology Analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics to decipher the impact of US-China tech decoupling for business. Dan will speak about US regulatory actions around inbound investment and export controls and how they've affected Chinese technology firms, especially Huawei. This session will take place in-person at the Shanghai office of the European Chamber, lunch boxes will be provided to participants.

• 2020-09-24 | 12:30 - 13:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Shui On Plaza, Unit 2204