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• 2018-07-16 | 11:50 - 13:00
• The Great Hall of the People 人民大会堂

In his recently published book The China Paradox, senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Dr. Paul G. Clifford draws from his 30 years’ experience in China, as a consultant, an executive and a Peking University professor, to lay bare the delicate balance of forces which lie at the heart of China's economic success over the last four decades.

• 2018-07-12 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C411A, Lufthansa Centre

Chinese Authorities are increasingly shifting their focus from permitting of industrial facilities to ensuring operational compliance. In the last 12 months, over 30,000 violations were issued under the new Environmental Protection Law, with over 6,500 industrial facilities being ordered to suspend or shutdown operations, resulting in business interruption and supply chain disruption.

• 2018-07-11 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room 411A

Following on from 'Overcapacity in China' and 'China Manufacturing 2025' the European Chamber launches this year's thematic report '18 Months Since Davos'.

• 2018-07-10 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, 5th Floor, QING II + III

Taking the opportunity of and immediately after the next Joint Working Group Meeting on Big Data Application and Data Security in the Financial Sector on 9 July, the ICT and Cybersecurity Working Groups would like to invite you to a policy discussion session from 16h to 17h, on recent draft cybersecurity regulations and standards.

• 2018-07-09 | 16:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

In the launch event, Nation-wide President of EUCCC Mr. Mats Harborn, together with Chairman of EUCCC Southwest Chapter Mr. Paul Sives along with other panelists, will reveal and interpret the core results drawn from the Business Confidence Survey 2018.

• 2018-07-06 | 13:30 - 17:30
• Yangtze 2+3, 3rd Floor, Radisson Blu Plaza Chongqing 重庆丽笙世嘉酒店3楼长江2+3厅

On 26 April 2018, the High People’s Court of Guangdong Province, China’s high-tech heartland, issued the Working Guidelines on the Trial of Standard Essential Patent Disputes (For Trial Implementation) 《关于审理标准必要专利纠纷案件的工作指引（试行）》. While these Guidelines are currently legally binding locally, they endorse recognised court practices on SEP-related issues. Thus, they may also shed light on the factors that courts in other parts of China may consider in such cases.

• 2018-07-05 | 14:00 - 15:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

Business Confidence Survey Launch 2018 - Chengdu 2018商业信心调查发布（成都）

• 2018-07-05 | 18:00 - 22:00
• Ballroom B+C, 3rd Floor, Crowne Plaza Chengdu City Center 成都总府皇冠假日酒店 3楼宴会B+C厅

In light of the high risk profile associated with many BRI projects, China is looking to develop legal mechanisms to bring some level of governance to the initiative and to ensure that Chinese companies and their interests are protected abroad. In this event, speakers will assess the development of these emerging dispute resolution mechanisms and the impact they may have on alleviating concerns of international partners and investors.

• 2018-07-05 | 09:00 - 10:30
• Four Seasons Hotel, Beijing Ballroom 1

Pharmaceutical and Compliance and Business Ethics Joint Working Group Meeting: Meeting with Shanghai Price Supervision and Anti-monopoly Bureau on Anti-price Monopoly in Pharmaceutical Industry (Chinese language session)

• 2018-06-29 | 13:30 - 15:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office