European Chamber Southwest China Chapter sincerely invites you to participate in the Annual General Meeting (AGM): De-risking Report Launch on 23rd (Tuesday) April 2024. The European Chamber Annual General Meeting is one of our most important events. The local Chair will review achievement of last year and the Chamber will reward 2023 new members on stage. We will also invite one member GM to give a theme speech.

All member GMs, Consulates General in Chengdu, Chongqing and media will be invited to attend this event. There are about 120 participants every year.

• 2024-04-23 | 18:00 - 21:30
• Diamond Ballroom 1, 2F, The Ritz-Carlton Chengdu 成都富力丽思卡尔顿酒店二楼 钻石厅1

The annual Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing on December 12, 2023. The conference comprehensively reviewed the economic work of 2023 and noted that China's economy has achieved a recovery, with solid progress made in high-quality development during the year.

However, the meeting also highlighted the challenges that China still faces, including lack of effective demand, overcapacity in some sectors, lackluster social expectations, certain risks and hidden problems, bottlenecks in the domestic circulation, as well as rising complexity, severity, and uncertainty of the external environment. It emphasized the importance of being mindful of potential dangers and effectively responding to and solving these problems.

• 2024-01-16 | 15:00 - 16:40
• Teams / European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

To Facilitate Collaboration between Educational Institutions and Businesses to Foster the Green Skills
弥合校企间的供需鸿沟，加强人才的绿色技能发展

• 2023-12-13 | 10:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405 / Online via Teams

The second edition of the European Chamber's European Tour in 2023 took place on the week of 23rd October.

The tour aims to present the European Chamber's key messaging and recent reports to European authorities such as the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, as well as industry and business associations.

During the five-day tour, the delegation had 58 meetings/events in total, of which 25 were with high-level officials. After the trip, President Eskelund travelled to Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen and met with government, industry and think tank representatives there.

• 2023-12-12 | 10:00 - 11:00
• Zoom online

As one of the major annual events of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the Cybersecurity Conference has been held for six consecutive years since 2016, becoming a well-recognised industry event on cybersecurity and data compliance for foreign companies operating in Chinese market, due to its focus on legislative developments and interpretation of relevant regulations.

A number of cybersecurity-related regulations have been published and implemented over the past year, including the Measures for Cross-border Data Transfer Security Assessments, Measures for the Standard Contract for the Outbound Transfer of Personal Information, the Personal Information Protection Certification Regime and the Interim Measures on the Administration of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services. Of particular note, in August 2023, the State Council released its Opinions on Further Optimising the Foreign Investment Environment and Increasing Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment, and in September, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a draft Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-border Data Transfers, which aims to adjust the current regulatory framework for outbound data flow, sending positive signals on encouraging foreign investment and promoting cross-border data transfer in a safe and orderly manner.

• 2023-11-30 | 14:00 - 17:30
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing

International Equal Pay Day, celebrated on 18th September, aims to promote the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. It further builds on the United Nations' commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls.
Attaining equal pay stands as a significant milestone for both human rights and gender equality. The journey requires collective efforts from the global community—including businesses, workers' and employers' organisations—to champion pay parity for commensurate work. Nonetheless, there's more work ahead to further advance the economic empowerment of women.

• 2023-09-25 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Zoom/ European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

On 20th September, the European Chamber will publish its European Business in China Position Paper 2023/2024 (Position Paper 2023/2024), the culmination of nine months dedicated work by our 48 working groups, sub-working groups, desks, and fora. This year’s Executive Position Paper focuses on how China’s post-COVID-19 recovery has faltered and what Chinese policymakers can do to address this.

• 2023-09-20 | 14:00 - 15:40
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

Since China ended its ‘zero-COVID’ strategy, Chinese officials have been on a charm offensive in an attempt to restore the country’s allure as an investment destination. However, more will need to be done if China is to successfully reverse the deterioration of business sentiment that has taken place over the past three years.

• 2023-09-18 | 13:20 - 14:50
• 重庆大都会凯悦酒店7楼5号沙龙厅

Since China ended its ‘zero-COVID’ strategy, Chinese officials have been on a charm offensive in an attempt to restore the country’s allure as an investment destination. However, more will need to be done if China is to successfully reverse the deterioration of business sentiment that has taken place over the past three years.

• 2023-09-15 | 18:00 - 20:05
• Chinese Restaurant-Jin Ding Room, 6F, InterContinental Century City Chengdu 成都世纪城天堂洲际大饭店 附楼六楼 龙轩中餐厅-金鼎包间

Chengdu Montpellier International School (MIS) was founded in 2019. It is the fruit of the friendship and cooperation between the French and Chinese governments for four decades, and the model school in international cultural and educational exchanges between the city of Chengdu, China and the city of Montpellier, France.
MIS is co-founded by GreatChina international Education, a leading education group with 27 years’ track record in international education and a century-old French education group after five year’s efforts. Offering programs in Chinese, English and French, the school aims to cultivate global citizens and future leaders who will be globally competent and life-long leaners.
MIS is the first ever school in Southwest China that is founded by overseas Chinese and experts with more than 20 years’ expertise in international education and that integrates Chinese academies and practices holistic education. It is a K~12 school with an eye on the future that endeavors to provide tailored learnings to individual students and equip them with global perspectives beyond border and time.

成都蒙彼利埃外籍人员子女学校Chengdu Montpellier International School (MIS) 始建于2019年，是中国成都市与法国蒙彼利埃市历经40年国际友城伙伴关系的中法两国政府合作的友谊结晶与中法两市国际文教交流的典范学校。
成都蒙彼利埃外籍人员子女学校MIS是由具有27年国际教育卓越成就的领航企业-美中国际教育集团与世界知名的法国百年历史教育集团历经5年倾力打造的志在培养“具有全球胜任力与终身学习力的世界公民和未来领袖”的英中法三语国际教育学校。
成都蒙彼利埃外籍人员子女学校MIS是中国西南首家由拥有20多年成功经验的华人华侨国际教育专家创办的中西融创中华书院文化与全人教育理念，践行“个性化精英培养”与“多元化全球视野”的K-12幼小初高15年一贯制的“全球校园与世界课堂”的未来学校。

• 2023-08-16 | 14:00 - 17:00
• Chengdu Montpellier International School, GreatChina International Education Campus 成都蒙彼利埃外籍人员子女学校，美中国际文教融创教育园区