The “Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe” is a high-level, biennial business conference on Sino-European relations. Initiated in 2004 by Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, the “Hamburg Summit” is the leading platform for business, political and academic leaders to discuss issues of mutual interest, and has in the past attracted high-level representatives from European, Chinese and international political and business leaders.

• 2021-11-30 | 09:00 - 15:30
• Online

In terms of data compliance, the security management and assessment of cross-border data transfer has always been a key topic of public concern. On 29th October, the Cyberspace Administration of China released the Measures on Security Assessment of the Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information (Draft for Comments) (Measures) for public consultation, Article 2 of which requires data handlers that provide outside China (a) “important data” that was collected or produced through operations within the territory of China, or (b) personal information where a security assessment is legally required, to conduct a security assessment. Once enacted, the Measures would become a cornerstone of China’s cross-border data transfer security management regime.
On 24th November, the European Chamber welcomes Raymond Wang, partner of Shihui Partners, as he interprets the Measures, including its application scope and key provisions, and provides compliance recommendations for data handlers carrying out cross-border data transfer security management and assessment activities.

• 2021-11-24 | 14:00 - 15:10
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which attracted worldwide attention, closed in Glasgow, UK, in the evening of 13th November local time. After nearly two weeks of debates and negotiations on how to tackle climate change in joint efforts, around 200 countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact and made promises for further actions. The European Chamber welcomes a group of experts from SinoCarbon, ICF and Greenovation Hub to share the latest information from the conference, examine the impact of the COP26 outcomes on businesses and the civil society, as well as the consequences on industries in the years to come.

• 2021-11-22 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Zoom

The European Chamber is honored to invite mentors from CIMI Charlotte Roule and Paris Hadjisotiriou and their mentees Wu Jing, Wang Lin and Neményi Viktoria to share their mentoring experience and how the CIMI can facilitate the female leadership development. This webinar will be moderated by Laurie O'Donnell, Managing Director at Cornerstone International Group.

• 2021-11-11 | 13:30 - 14:30
• ZOOM

While subsidisation and its distorting impact on trade, investment and competitiveness has always been a controversial issue, in the past few years concerns over the potential of foreign subsidies to erode domestic markets and the potential of domestic players to compete at home and abroad have risen to alarming levels – and so have subsidy-related disputes. Countries like the EU, the US and China have exchanged recriminations over their respective subsidy regimes and, in the EU´s case, these rising concerns have led to the rolling out of an instrument aiming to tackle distortive foreign subsidies.

However, so far there has been a lack of comprehensive data on how these different subsidy regimes look like. In order to address this gap, Global Trade Alert (GTA) compiled data on 18,137 corporate subsidies awarded by China, the EU, and the USA since November 2008 in order to develop its 28th GTA Report, which focusses on the subsidy regimes of these three players.

The European Chamber is thus pleased to invite you to join our upcoming event, where GTA Report co-author Professor Simon Evenett will provide an overview of the study. Professor Evenett will be joined by Ms Iana Dreyer, founder of Borderlex, and Professor Henry Gao from the Singapore Management University, who will the European and Chinese perspectives on subsidisation.

• 2021-11-11 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom

China is in the midst of one of the most serious power shortages in a decade, with 22 provinces employing varying degrees of load-shedding measures. The large-scale power crunch that ensued has raised the alarm to both government authorities and businesses. For a market that has largely maintained power supply security during two decades of robust growth, it is astonishing to observe the scale of this current power shortage.

• 2021-10-25 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

The result of Germany’s federal election on 26th September will herald a new era. With Angela Merkel stepping down after nearly 16 years at the helm of the EU’s largest economy, it remains uncertain who will succeed her and what kind of coalition will take power.

• 2021-09-28 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom Online

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• 2021-09-24 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Online or Offline at European Chamber Beijing Office

The latest edition of the European Chamber’s Experts Talk series will feature Ms. Angela Zhang, Director of the Center for Chinese Law and Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong and Ms. Ninette Dodoo, Partner and Co-Head of Antitrust, Competition and Trade - China at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, hosted by Ms. Sara Marchetta, National Chair, Legal & Competition Working Group, European Chamber.

• 2021-09-08 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

The Data Security Law (DSL) represents a milestone in China’s regulatory framework. For the first time information, rather than technology, will be the regulatory focus. That the law was pushed through so quickly is indicative of its importance to policy makers. The key question for firms operating in China is how important it will be for them. The regulation establishes a class of regulated information that is not a state secret but is sensitive enough to China where how it is handled and where it is transferred is now regulated. How will this impact the operations of companies in China? Where does the DSL fit into the broader regulatory framework?

• 2021-08-26 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Zoom Online/European Chamber Beijing Office C405