The 13th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held their second annual sessions on 5th and 3rd March 2019 in Beijing. There have been a series of new policies and amendments approved, including the widely discussed Foreign Investment Law.

• 2019-03-19 | 09:00 - 10:30
• The Westin, Bund Center, Shanghai Topaz 3rd Floor

With the full implementation of China’s Individual Income Tax (IIT) Law on 1st January 2019, a series of changes have had a significant impact on individual taxpayers and the companies employing them. To support Foreign and Domestic companies in China to be in compliance with the series of anti-avoidance regulations and measures that have been promulgated in the past years by relevant Authorities to fight against the common practice of tax evasion and tax fraud.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce is delighted to invite you to join the seminar in which we will look at some of the practical tools for a better understanding of Tax Optimization Strategies.

• 2019-03-12 | 14:30 - 15:50
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

Over the past decades, a trend has arisen among Chinese youth to go abroad for university studies in an attempt at enhancing their chances of landing a great job upon returning to China.

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to join us and explore what skills Chinese overseas graduates hold and lack, what are the top reasons for them to return to China, what are the top factors in their relocation decisions within the country, what they expect from prospective employers and what employers currently offer them, what are the most sough skills on the China job market and if Chinese young graduates do indeed have a competitive edge over domestic graduates.

• 2019-03-06 | 09:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

Please note this event will be held in Chinese language only without translation facilities
请注意，此活动全程中文，不提供翻译服务
In 2017, 233,000 environmental violations were investigated and prosecuted, representing a year-on-year increase of 69 per cent to the year before. The results of 2018 are being consolidated: on 19th January 2019, the Ministry of Environment and Protection finished their annual work meeting to review the progress of their work in 2018 and to arrange the focus of their work for 2019.
在2017年，中国立案查处的环境违法案件数约为23.3万件，同比增长69％。此类立案查处行动在2018年得到了加强和巩固：在2019年1月19日，中华人民共和国环境保护部完成了年度会议。会议回顾了该部在2018年的成果同时也列出了2019年的工作重点。

• 2019-02-27 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Shanghai office

La MEXCHAM tiene el placer de invitarlos a este evento en colaboración con la Cámara de Comercio Europea en Shanghai (European Chamber) donde se presentará el 'Shanghai Position Paper'.

Este documento presenta una evaluación de Shangái y su desarrollo. Además, tiene el respaldo de empresas europeas que se han establecido en esta ciudad y ofrecen su recomendación en cómo Shangái busca ser un centro económico mundial.

• 2019-02-27 | 15:30 - 17:30
• European Chamber Shanghai office

With the rapid advancement of technology, many companies have embarked on digital transformation of their business processes to improve efficiency and customer engagement. Nevertheless, some management teams are finding the journey challenging and not seeing the business improvements that they expected from the transformation efforts. Often times, this is not due to the lack of technologies, but rather the lack of leadership capabilities to create a digital culture and to drive digital transformation.

As an Organisational Psychologist specializing in transformation businesses, Mr. Kin U has recently conducted an extensive research to understand the digital transformation landscape, and to pinpoint the critical leadership capabilities for leading digital transformation in organisations.

• 2019-02-20 | 09:00 - 11:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

With the full implementation of China’s Individual Income Tax (IIT) Law on 1st January 2019, a series of changes have had a significant impact on individual taxpayers and the companies employing them. To discuss in detail the implications of these new set of IIT rules for both employees and enterprises, as well as the opportunities and challenges that they entail, we are delighted to invite you to an exclusive meeting with officials from the Individual Income Tax Division of the Shanghai Tax Bureau.

2019年1月1日起，新《个人所得税法》正式实施，一系列的变化对个体纳税人及其雇主都产生了重大影响。 为了详细讨论新《个人所得税法》条款的实施对员工和企业的影响，以及它们带来的机遇和挑战，我们很荣幸邀请您参与本次与上海市税务局个人所得税处领导的独家对话。

• 2019-01-25 | 09:30 - 11:40
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

CRO Global Summit is jointly initiated by China’s professional consulting organizations that are committed to business sustainability, high-end universities and leading sustainable enterprises. Based on the professional and networking accumulation of the CRO Forum, together with the pioneering enterprises that practice CSR and excellent sustainable brands at home and abroad, This summit will stand on global business growth, focus on responsible business development and sustainable practice, and explore new trends in business development in the future.

The 2019 CRO Global Summit will invite top international and domestic companies, international organizations and network representatives to explore the future business patterns and trends driven by sustainability. The summit will focus on four major topics – sustainable consumption, science and technology for good, targeted poverty alleviation, and healthy China. It will set up a communication platform for enterprises and young entrepreneurs on the theme of “social innovation”, providing opportunities for exchanges and collaboration among participants, and thus promoting the global sustainable development goals in Chinese market, helping to realize a win-win development of business and social environment.

• 2019-01-17 - 2019-01-17 | 14:00 - 18:00
• INTERCONTINENTAL SHANGHAI RUIJIN

Are you and your company in China prepared for Brexit? And what’s next…? What scenario looms large for China and the UK in the Year of the Pig? Please join us to hear experts in economics, finance and law help make sense of the geo-political and economic implications of this monumental change.

• 2019-01-16 | 11:30 - 13:30
• Crystal Room, 2/F, InterContinental Shanghai Pudong

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to welcome various key business leaders as they share with participants their view on the talent gap that may be holding up the adoption of machine learning and AI in marketing and offer suggestions on how the gap might be bridged.

• 2019-01-16 | 16:00 - 17:20
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204