On 12 January 2023, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered into force. This new set of rules for addressing distortions caused by foreign subsidies will allow the European Union (EU) to remain open to trade and investment, while aiming at ensuring a level playing field for all companies operating in the Single Market. The FSR was proposed by the Commission on 5 May 2021. Following the ordinary legislative procedure, the final text of the Regulation was adopted on 10 November 2022 by the Parliament and on 28 November 2022 by the Council.

• 2023-02-24 | 10:00 - 11:25
• European Chamber Beijing Office/Zoom

The European Chamber GA Forum is happy to invite you to join our first offline Forum activity in 2023 with the topic of Opportunities and Challenges of Government Affairs for Foreign Enterprises in the New Situation.

• 2023-02-22 | 16:00 - 18:00
• Beijing

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has initiated the public consultation on the Trademark Law (Revised Draft for Comments). For the full draft in Chinese, please visit: 国家知识产权局 通知 国家知识产权局关于《中华人民共和国商标法修订草案（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (cnipa.gov.cn).

国家知识产权局开展《中华人民共和国商标法》修改工作，起草了《中华人民共和国商标法修订草案（征求意见稿）》，并向社会各界公开征求意见。稿件全文（中文）：国家知识产权局 通知 国家知识产权局关于《中华人民共和国商标法修订草案（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (cnipa.gov.cn).

• 2023-02-14 | 10:00 - 11:25
• Zoom

The CFSTC is hoping to engage with members of the European Chamber’s Financial Services Working Groups to better understand foreign companies’ work on financial standardization and within the European Union as well as opinions of European companies in China on how China's national financial standards, industry standards, group standards and enterprise standards impact their daily practical work.

• 2020-12-22 | 09:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

The Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Dairy Industry, FSMP and PN Working Group are delighted to invite you to the last working group meeting in 2020 with a distinguished researcher and professional from the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA).

• 2020-12-22 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing

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

We are pleased to hold an annual Working group meeting for summarising AA WG work and look ahead to next year.

• 2020-12-11 | 16:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, C405

Compared with traditional commercial bank customers, consumer finance customers and auto finance customers have a higher credit risk: they are more vulnerable, and more likely to default and obtain bad personal credit records. At the same time, these customers might be unfamiliar or do not proactively seek the security net that insurance provides. Meanwhile, insurance groups and holding companies strive to bring synergies to their markets by cross-selling between life insurance, health insurance and P&C companies, which requires them to obtain the qualification of cross-selling each other’s products in China. Many foreign-owned insurance companies do not have this cross-selling qualification, and those that do have obtained it in the past only for selected business lines. Meanwhile, draft regulation for commercial banks to cross-sell insurance has been released. In addition, consumer finance companies and auto finance companies seek to act as insurance agents in the same way that banks do. To successfully compete in the market, insurance companies, consumer finance companies and auto finance companies must be enabled to apply for this qualification.

• 2020-12-09 | 16:30 - 17:45
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

Dear Members,

The Auto, Aviation, Construction, Energy, and Rail Working Groups are pleased to invite you to the meeting “Mixed Ownership Reform of State-owned Enterprise: Practice and Prospect”, which is taking place on Tuesday, December 8th, 15:30-17:00pm (China time), on-site at the European Chamber’s Beijing offices.

Renqiang Shao, Chief Economist of CRRC (bio attached), will share his insights on mixed ownership reform of state-owned enterprise. CRRC is the world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment and gradually expands its portfolio to energy and automotive sectors. Hydrogen energy and new-energy vehicles are their new focus.

Agenda
o Introduction and Opening Remarks
o Presentation by Renqiang Shao, Chief Economist of CRRC
o Q&A and Open Discussion
o Closing Remarks

• 2020-12-08 | 15:30 - 17:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office C405

There has been an incredible rise in remote work due to COVID-19 which has conversely cause a rise in investments in cyber security by companies that are increasingly worried about cyber risks that the increased use of digital tools entails. However, despite these investments, companies need to adopt an end-to-end Supply Chain strategy.
Companies need to have a holistic view of the supply chain and promote a better integration within it.
Our two experts will be discussing the best strategies companies need to adopt to better tackle the increasing challenges posed by cyber risks in the supply chain.
If you would like to attend the event please register here on our website or email Pablo Galvez at pgalvez@europeanchamber.com.cn
If you wish to attend the event in person instead of online please send an email to Pablo Galvez at pgalvez@europeanchamber.com.cn

• 2020-11-26 | 10:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office C405