The European Chamber is delighted to invite Mr Zhang Hongyuan and Ms Liu Chang, partners at Shihui Law Firm, to share their expertise on hot topics and challenges faced by enterprises in staff management. They will introduce the most up-to-date practices in corporate staff management and internal risk control, as well as discuss common issues and specific problems confronted by foreign companies operating in China in terms of staff management.

Topics to be discussed.
• How to arrange the work of staff when the company’s operation conditions have changed?
• Staff management during probation
• Different paths of contract termination for special employees
• Practice sharing on non-competition restrictions

This event will be organized in Chinese without any interpretation services.

本期人力资源沙龙活动，中国欧盟商会邀请来自世辉律师事务所合伙人张洪源律师和刘畅律师，结合经济重启背景下社会热点话题，就企业用工管理的热点与难点问题为会员带来解读与分享。两位律师将介绍企业在用工管理和内部风险控制中的最新实践经验，并针对外企在中国用工管理的共性与个案问题和与会者进行深入探讨。

分享话题
• 企业经营状况发生变化，如何安排员工工作
• 试用期员工管理实践分享
• 问题员工劳动合同解除路径
• 竞业限制管理实践分享

本次会议语言为中文，不提供同传翻译。

• 2023-05-30 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C405

As existing machine-learning and artificial intelligence (AI) systems penetrate almost all aspects of social life, debates over the implications and the potential of their application are attracting more public interest than ever, in particular since the launch of ChatGPT, a chatbot created by OpenAI that uses natural language processing to simulate conversational interactions with users.
What is ChatGPT and how does it work? Why does ChatGPT matter and how can it be utilised in varying scenarios to assist clients with specific tasks? How will it impact industries and individuals?
The European Chamber is delighted to invite Dr Xu Mingqiang, chief technology officer (CTO) at Microsoft Omni-channel Division, Mr Eddy Yin, chief digital officer at SoftwareOne, and Mr Li Xun, senior engineer of Azure Technical Support at SoftwareOne, to share their insights on the above topics and elaborate on specific functions and application scenarios of Azure OpenAI services, as well as future possibilities of OpenAI.

关于ChatGPT的话题持续发酵，OpenAI发布的GPT-4再度引发全球科技界对于人工智能的关注和讨论。从初发布、到与微软Office合体、再到接入插件，每次亮相都引起关于AI的广泛讨论。

数字时代，产品的迭代升级速度不容忽视。以ChatGPT为核心功能的AI数字人应用场景迎来了新一轮的革新和升级，值此背景，企业也需要更深入的思考和体系化的布局。

中国欧盟商会特邀微软全渠道事业部首席技术官（CTO）徐明强博士、硕软首席数字官（CDO）Eddy Yin、硕软Azure技术支持高级工程师李珣深度解读Azure OpenAI服务的创新技术、功能、应用场景、行业解决方案，探索OpenAI未来发展趋势。

• 2023-05-18 | 14:30 - 16:50
• 大宴会厅4厅, 北京丽思卡尔顿酒店B1 Ballroom 4, B1, The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing

In China, IEC 60601 standards are adopted as National Standards GB 9706. The ‘General requirements for basic safety and essential performance’ (GB 9706.1) together with the first batch of collateral and particular standards were published in April 2020 and will come into force on 01. May 2023.
The European Chamber together with the Liaoning Medical Device Test (LMTI) holds a seminar what medical device manufacturer need to do to comply with the new version of these mandatory standards.
Chinese / English with consecutive interpretation.

• 2023-02-21 | 15:30 - 18:20
• European Chamber Office Beijing, C405

Is the recent decline in Chinese ODI into mature markets permanent? Are we likely to see longer term diversion of Chinese capital from North America to Europe? Is global acquisition becoming a less important tool in domestic companies drive to move up the value chain? The European Chamber is delighted to welcome Dan Rosen and Thilo Hanemann from Rhodium Group to tackle some of the most pressing questions surrounding the drop and potential rebound for Chinese outbound investment into OECD countries.

• 2018-12-06 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast, Salon 5 北京海航大厦万豪酒店

十三届全国人大常委会第五次会议8月31日表决通过电子商务法，共七章89条，对电子商务经营者、电子商务合同的订立与履行、电子商务争议解决、电子商务促进、法律责任等进行详细规定，将自2019年1月1日起施行。多次公开征求意见，历经四次审议，电子商务法终于问世。电子商务法的出台，对规范电商领域各主体行为，维护电商行业市场秩序，引导电商行业持续健康发展都有重要意义。消费者合法权益得到了哪些更好保护？平台经营者的界定与责任？电子商务行业发展又得到了怎样的规范和支持？电子商务有哪些特殊合规要求？跨境电商是否适用于电商法？欧盟商会在电商法执行之际，特邀冯晓鹏金杜律师事务所合规业务部合伙人和阿拉木斯中国电子商务协会政策法律委员会副主任就《电子商务法》出台过程中特别受到关注的以上几个方面进行解读。

• 2018-11-27 | 14:00 - 16:00
• The Westin Beijing Chaoyang Hotel, Fire Room, 3rd Floor

欧盟委员会智库——欧洲政治战略中心一项近期研究显示，人工智能及其应用将大幅提高效率和生产率，显著降低制造业成本。2018年4月25日，欧盟委员会发布了名为《欧盟人工智能》的政策文件，提出了一系列旨在增强欧盟在该领域竞争力的举措。

与此同时，中国政府也出台了诸多人工智能相关的战略政策，旨在将中国转变为全球人工智能的领军者。习近平在中共中央政治局2018年10月31日就人工智能发展现状和趋势的学习时再次强调，人工智能是新一轮科技革命和产业变革的重要驱动力量，并呼吁推动新一代人工智能健康发展。

值此之际，中国欧盟商会非常荣幸邀请人工智能领域的学者和企业代表，共同探讨人工智能在传统领域的应用，以及传统企业应如何在人工智能时代保持话语权。

• 2018-11-26 | 14:00 - 17:30
• Four Seasons Hotel, QING II&III, 5th Floor

Roland Berger’s annual E-mobility index (released September) revealed that in the field of New Energy Vehicles (NEV’s) China continues to lead the pack. This assessment was based largely on the strength of continued market development where sales for battery and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles increased 70%, representing 2.2% of all sales in the world’s largest automotive market.

• 2018-11-13 | 14:00 - 15:30
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C411A, Lufthansa Centre

As part of a broader set of institutional reforms announced at the 19th Party Congress, China implemented one of the largest re-organizations of regulatory authorities in modern Chinese legal history. China's three competition authorities (specialized divisions within the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce), corporate governance regulatory (the Administration of Industry and Commerce), product quality organization (AQSIQ), and several other regulatory bodies have now been consolidated into the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). This new mega-enforcement agency is likely to have a profound impact on Chinese law enforcement.

• 2018-11-07 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Four Seasons Hotel, Tang III, 3rd Floor

In his new book “China’s Great Wall of Debt”, Dinny McMahon, suggests that China has powered ahead for as long as it has not because it is immune to crises, but because its government has so far managed to intervene to stave them off. His book argues, specifically in relation to rising debt levels, that this offers no guarantee that the debt problem can be pushed down the road indefinitely.

• 2018-11-02 | 16:00 - 17:30
• The Westin Beijing Chaoyang Hotel, Water Room, 3rd Floor

At the latest edition of the Chamber’s long running macroeconomic series Insight China, experts will discuss the impact the trade war is having on economic policy making in China, and assess how the economy is positioned to weather any incoming storms.

• 2018-09-25 | 16:30 - 18:00
• Four Seasons Hotel, TANG I, 3rd Floor