The European Chamber has been closely tracking this transition from a fee-based regime to a tax-based one and its impact on European business in China. On 26 January 2017, the Chamber submitted comments on the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax (Draft for Comments) during a public consultation initiated by the State Administration of Taxation (see attached). To help members understand the essence of the transition, the European Chamber is pleased to invite Deputy Director General Sun Qun, Department of Property and Behaviour Tax of SAT, to interpret the Implementing Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax, and its enforcement plans and relevant guidance, followed by a roundtable discussion with members.

• 2018-02-08 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office, 4th floor, Room C411A

This workshop introduces Agile Project Management based on the Scrum framework, clearly differentiating between facts and myths and outlining how German Effectiveness and Chinese Agility actually go together quite well. Participants will learn about agile principles and the differences to traditional concepts. An ensuing case study will provide hands-on experience and ensure tangibility.

• 2018-02-06 | 14:00 - 18:00
• European Chamber Beijing Chapter, 4th Floor, Office C411A, Lufthansa Centre

Join our Open Day on February 1 at the Yew Chung International School of Beijing campus to meet our Co-Principals, Noel Thomas and Christine Xu, and to learn more about our school's unique education model. Parents will have the opportunity to see the exciting changes that are happening all across our campus and visit our newly renovated Learning Communities.

• 2018-02-01 | 09:00 - 11:30
• Honglingjin Park, No.5 Houbalizhuang, Chaoyang District

To help member companies capture new opportunities emerging from the new opening-up policies, the Chamber will invite officials from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development to provide a review of Beijing’s construction sector in 2017 and an outlook for the new year, followed by insights on the implementation of the pilot plan in Beijing as well as roundtable discussion with the members.

• 2018-01-29 | 14:00 - 15:40
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

Dear Working Group members,

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the Healthcare Equipment Working Group Meeting in 2018. The meeting will be held on 26 January, 14:00 – 16:00h parallel at the European Chamber Beijing and Shanghai offices, via tele-conference facility.

• 2018-01-26 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Office in Beijing, Meeting Room C411

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the upcoming workshop on the recently released Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020 and Guangdong government subsidy policy on 26th January.

• 2018-01-26 | 09:30 - 11:50
• Macau Room2, 3rd Floor, Shangri-La Hotel Shenzhen

The European Chamber cordially invites you to join the presentation and visit of this famous manufacturing company: Miele Dongguan on 24 January.

• 2018-01-24 | 09:15 - 11:45
• Miele DG, Dongguan Hong Da Electric Products Co.Ltd

How Fintech is Shaping China’s Financial Services - A new generation of information technology such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and blockchain has made great strides and set off a wave of financial technology (fintech) sweeping the globe

• 2018-01-24 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber

Dear Working Group member,

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the next Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Refining Working Group meeting and Chair Election. It will be held on Wednesday, 24 January, 16:30 – 18:00 at the European Chamber offices in Shanghai and Beijing via video conference.

• 2018-01-24 | 16:30 - 18:00
• European Chamber Office Beijing, 4th Floor, Room C411A

The 2018 Belt and Road Development Summit hosted by the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University will explore the economic and development potential of the countries along the Belt and Road. Renowned experts, government officials and industry leaders will draw from successful Belt and Road projects over the past five years to provide in-depth insights into how countries can strategically leverage the Initiative for mutual gain.

• 2018-01-17 | 09:00 - 12:30
• Intercontinental Hotel Sanlitun, Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor