From the previous LEAN meetings, top management involvement has been discussed and all managers need and must be involved in LEAN activities and working on it on a daily basis. Awards were communicated quite in detail and pointed out different ways in different companies.

The third LEAN discussion will be in Andritz in Foshan. Andritz starts to use LEAN tools (partial of global initiatives) a few years ago with results to have low/middle-end fruits and they are working to shape the factory digitalization (real-time “data” talk to data) to have further improvement. The factory serves more than 10 different industries with all traditional manufacturing processes (Machining, Welding, Assembling, Casting, Forging and Painting) with Project / Product / Service Operation Modules.

• 2020-09-01 | 09:30 - 15:00
• ANDRITZ China Headquarter building

This meeting of the South China Healthcare Sub-Forum is to discuss the recent "Buy China" policies enacted with the support of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission and to determine what action to take moving forward.

• 2020-08-28 | 11:00 - 12:00
• European Chamber - Chinese Overseas Scholars Venture Building

The Shenzhen municipal government is organizing a policy explanation and Q&A meeting for foreign companies to better understand the local policies on stabilizing Shenzhen’s foreign business and investment in 2020. Representatives from Shenzhen Commerce Bureau and Shenzhen Taxation Bureau will attend to interpret relevant regulations.

• 2020-08-27 | 14:00 - 16:30
• 深圳市深南大道6005号金茂深圳JW万豪酒店三楼金茂宴会厅

The AFB, Cheese, FSMP and PN working groups are organizing a discussion session (in Chinese) about the newly released Food Labeling Supervision and Management Method (call for comments) draft.

• 2020-08-20 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Zoom Online Platform

On 28th May, the Third Session of the 13th National People’s Congress adopted the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China (Civil Code), which is a new chapter of privacy and personal information protection. Recently, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress initiated the public consultation on the Data Security Law (Draft). At this time, the European Chamber is delighted to invite you to our next multiple working group meeting with Mr Jihong CHEN, partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm.

2020年5月28日，第十三届全国人大三次会议通过了《中华人民共和国民法典》（下称“《民法典》”），开启了隐私权及个人信息保护的新篇章。此外，近期全国人大常委会开始征求公众针对《数据安全法（征求意见稿）》的意见反馈。在此，商会诚邀您参加《民法典》个人信息保护条款与《数据安全法（征求意见稿）》实务解读主题会，主讲人为中伦律师事务所合伙人陈际红律师，会议将于八月十四日下午三点到四点半进行。

• 2020-08-14 - 2020-08-14 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office Unit 2204

The European Chamber ICT WG and Cyber-security Sub-working is delighted to jointly host a meeting with the Sino-German Company Working Group Industrie 4.0 and Intelligent Manufacturing (AGU) to discuss the business impacts and technical challenges brought by the newly drafted Data Security Law.

• 2020-08-06 | 10:00 - 11:35
• Zoom and Shanghai Office

The European Chamber Logistics Working Group is pleased to invite you to a working group meeting with Ms. Cinzia Pasquale, founder of 4SUCCESS2EU, and Mr. Alexio Picco, managing director of Circle Group, to discuss on the EU's response to COVID-19 in sustainable, green and inclusive connectivity.

• 2020-08-06 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Either offline attendance in the Chamber's office or online through Zoom

The European Chamber Logistics Working Group is pleased to invite you to a working group meeting with Ms Cinzia Pasquale, founder of 4SUCCESS2EU, and Mr Alexio Picco, managing director of Circle Group, to discuss on the EU's response to COVID-19 in sustainable, green and inclusive connectivity.

• 2020-08-06 | 16:00 - 17:30
• online Zoom Meeting Platform

In a much-anticipated announcement, the National People's Congress released for public consultation on 3rd July the second draft amendments to the Patent Law. Significant changes include the introduction of a Patent Linkage system and a Supplemental Protection Period. These issues have long been discussed but there had been no further information released since the Supplemental Protection Period had been included in the previous draft on 4th January 2019.

The draft amendments to the Patent Law are open for public opinion until 16th August 2020. If you would like to send in comments through the chamber, please kindly submit your comments to sthe@europeanchamber.com.cn by 7th August.

The European Chamber is delighted to invite Ms Katherine Wang, Partner of Ropes & Gray life science group, to provide our members with a brief introduction on the second draft amendments of the Patent Law, with a focus on measures especially related to the pharmaceutical sectors.

• 2020-07-30 | 11:30 - 13:00
• Zoom online meeting

In order to answer questions about Guangzhou's entry policy, we have invited officials from the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, Education Bureau, and the Epidemic Control Group for an exclusive Q&A session and to answer our members' questions sent in advance. This event page is for the offline event registration only.
为了跟进关于广州入境政策的进展，中国欧盟商会邀请广州市公安局、教育部门、以及疫情防控指挥部，为会员企业解答关于广州入境政策的疑问。通过此页面报名，仅参加线下活动。

• 2020-07-28 | 15:00 - 17:00
• The Conrad Hotel