At this year’s annual Human Capital Conference, the European Chamber is delighted to invite chief executive officers (CEOs) and human resources (HR) leaders from top-tier companies to debate key strategies for adapting to the shifting business dynamics in China. Speakers will explore how to cultivate a culture of talent engagement and retention, while also examining which cutting-edge tools and technologies can help elevate the employee experience and drive organisational transformation.

This event aims to provide a platform for industry leaders and HR professionals to share ideas and gain valuable insights to enhance HR practices and improve the working lives of employees.

• 2024-05-15 | 13:00 - 17:30
• Beijing Ballroom, 3F, Four Seasons Hotel

China is not the same place to do business that it was just a few short years ago. For the right companies and adventurous entrepreneurs, however, this new economic reality can offer not just challenges, but opportunities.
While the days of blockbuster growth may be over, measures introduced by the central government during this month’s Two Sessions could demonstrate a recognition of the need to stimulate sustainable, high-quality growth. Whether these initiatives are enough to help China navigate the significant headwinds that it faces – including everything from demographics to sluggish global demand and the unpredictable results of the upcoming US election – remains to be seen. Furthermore, a continuing shift in focus away from business and the economy toward politics and security raises questions as to the future shape of China’s economic landscape. Nevertheless, the Chinese market remains vast, with an entrepreneurial population and a foothold in some of tomorrow’s vital industries, like electric vehicles and solar energy.

• 2024-03-19 | 13:30 - 18:00
• Jade Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Kempinski Hotel

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• 2024-01-11 | 14:00 - 17:30
• Renaissance Beijing Wangfujing Hotel, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Outbreaks of corporate PR crisis are common. Although there are still companies hoping for "zero PR crisis", in fact, no company can guarantee that they will not be trending due to some unexpected events. What enterprises should learn more is how to prevent public sentiment and how to respond correctly when encountering sudden public sentiment, avoiding the expansion of public sentiment.
企业舆情的爆发非常常见。尽管还有企业在奢望“0舆情”，事实上，任何企业都无法保证自己不会因为某种意外上热搜。企业更应该学习的是如何预防舆情，以及如何在遇到突发舆情时能够正确应对，避免舆情的扩大化。

• 2023-12-22 | 14:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

The normalisation of life in China after COVID management controls were lifted 12 months ago led many to think that a robust and swift economic recovery would follow. However, while it looks like the government’s official 2023 target of achieving around a five per cent growth rate will be met, a combination of economic challenges and policy developments have cast a shadow over the potential for a stronger economy in 2024 and beyond.

In China, consumer demand remains muted, the property market is still in the process of stabilising, and overall business confidence remains low. An increasing number of Chamber member companies are looking to alternative investment destinations to diversify and avoid excessive dependence on a single location; others are separating parts of their China operations from their global ones, to remain compliant with legislation in China and the rest of the world, as well as to guard against risks arising from geopolitical tensions. Some companies take a different approach, doubling down on their presence in China in view of the importance of their China activities to their global portfolio.

• 2023-12-12 | 14:00 - 18:10
• Signature Ballroom, Hilton Beijing

In order to help member companies explore more social media marketing channels besides three most widely-used ones (WeChat, Weibo and Douyin), this event will focus on Xiaohongshu. The European Chamber Marketing and Communications (MarCom) Forum is delighted to invite Gao Wei, Founder of Juliuxingchen(official MCN of Xiaohongshu), ex-head of Celebrity Operation in Tik-tok, Content Marketing Expert of Alibaba, and Song Yawen, Founder of Youla Media, to share their understanding and recognition of Xiaohongshu and discuss how to realise all-step marketing communication as a content marketing platform and its comparison with other platforms, and whether it is worth investing as an advertising channel.

• 2023-11-24 | 14:00 - 16:15
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

Faced with an increasingly unstable geopolitical and economic environment, industrial policy has been inserted as a core component in the agendas of the world’s largest three economies – the United States (US), China, and the European Union (EU). These strategies and regulations on renewable and low-carbon solutions, raw materials and technologies of the future are likely to result in profound implications on the global supply and value chains while reshaping entire industries.

What is the global geopolitical and trade outlook look like amid this global industrial strategy race? What are the implications of the varying policy measures on the strategies of multinational companies? As the world is seemingly moving away from globalisation, how will the elevation of industrial strategies impact the liberalisation of global trade?

Faced with the above and further related questions, the European Chamber launched an event series—Battling it out - Decoding the Global Industrial Strategy Race—to bring members a comprehensive understanding on the industrial strategies adopted by the world’s top three superpowers and their implications on both state and industry players.

• 2023-11-10 | 12:30 - 14:00
• Wang Fu Ballroom II

On 13th August, China’s State Council released the Opinions of the State Council on Further Optimising the Foreign Investment Environment and Increasing Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment (Opinions). The European Chamber has stated that the 24 points contained in the Opinions could go a long way towards improving business confidence if they are implemented in a timely, coordinated and consistent manner. The publication of detailed implementation guidelines will be an extremely important part of this process.

• 2023-10-12 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Signature Ballroom B, Hilton Beijing

二〇二三年医药卫生体制改革的各项规划与政策更加深入和清晰。值此，中国欧盟商会协同欧洲医用影像、电子医学与卫生信息技术行业协会(COCIR)，定于二〇二三年九月二十八在北京举办第四届医疗器械论坛。

In the year 2023, the plans and policies in the field of healthcare system reform have become more thorough and clearer. In this context, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, in collaboration with the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare Information Technology Industry (COCIR), will host the European Chamber Fourth Medical Device Forum on 28th September in Beijing.

• 2023-09-28 | 08:30 - 16:30
• Infinity Ballroom, Hilton Beijing

The reform of Chinese state assets and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has long remained the core element of China’s economic reform process. In 2015 the Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Reform of State-owned Enterprises (Guiding Opinions) was released as the key framework document to further modernize and improve the overall competence of SOEs. Successively, in 2020, the Three-year Action Program of SOE Reform (2020-2022) (Three-year Action Program) was issued and elaborated on the goals, timeline and future road map of the reform, which proves Chinese government’s ambition for the SOE system to make real changes.

国资国企改革长期以来是中国经济体制改革的重心。2015年，《关于深化国有企业改革的指导意见》（《指导意见》）出台，成为现阶段国企改革的框架性纲领文件，对进一步提高国企现代化和综合能力作出指示。2020年，《国企改革三年行动方案（2020－2022年）》等各项方案正式出台，国企改革的目标、时间表、路线图得到明确，展现了中国政府对深化国资国企改革的决心。

• 2023-09-21 | 14:30 - 16:30
• Signature Ballroom B, Hilton Beijing