The 20th Communist Party Congress wrapped up last week with the appointment of the new Politburo and Standing Committee. Key questions remain, such as what this new leadership will mean for China’s policy trajectory and economic prospects.

• 2022-11-10 | 16:30 - 18:00
• C405, European Chamber Beijing Office/Zoom online

Join the national webinar ‘Townhall Online Briefing with the President’, during which President Jörg Wuttke will update members on the COVID situation across China, what to watch out for following China’s 20th Party Congress, as well as how the Chamber’s recently published position paper has been received at the national and local level.

• 2022-11-03 | 14:00 - 15:00
• Zoom Online

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodological tool used to assess the environmental impacts related to all stages of the product life cycle, including the whole process from raw material acquisition, production, use, recycling to product final disposal (i.e. "cradle to grave"). It can help individuals, businesses, organizations or governments make internal decisions and provide the basis for a wide range of policy making.
Life Cycle Assessment, 生命周期评价（简称LCA）是一种方法工具，用于评估产品生命周期的所有阶段相关的环境影响，包括从原材料获取、生产、使用、回收到产品最终处置的全过程（即“从摇篮到坟墓”）。它可以帮助个人、企业、组织或政府进行内部决策，为广泛的政策制定提供依据。

• 2022-11-03 | 14:00 - 16:00
• zoom online

WANT TO TRY ROWING? Now it is the opportunity to start! Join the rowing workshops organized by the European Chamber Nanjing Chapter and also enjoy a high-level networking among the beautiful Xuanwu Lake!

• 2022-11-03 | 15:30 - 17:00
• 艇进国际赛艇俱乐部 Tingjin International rowing Club

• Build M.V.P. (most valuable players) in cross-cultural communication focusing on cross-cultural issues;
• Increase awareness of own, personal cultural blocks;
• Understand cultural dimensions;
• Understand the critical cultural conflict areas of West vs East with case studies;
• Learn how to effectively handle the tricky and delicate cultural issues;
• Explore methods to deal with specific China cases vs. cross-cultural communication;
• Learn how to effectively interact with people of other cultures;
• Develop a personal plan for improving cross-cultural skills especially in presentations, reports, meetings, or roadshow scenarios.

• 2022-11-03 | 09:00 - 16:00
• Zoom online

In a rapidly changing and uncertain environment, it seems that the most important criteria of measuring the success of leader is the achievement of business target. However, great internal tension and inability to be truly self often exist behind the success of these businesses. At the same time, possibly due to the lack of trust, leaders are also facing the loss of team members and the difficulty of managing team.
So how can leaders become authentic with being the change that you want the world to be; being a role model and winning the trust?
在快速变化和充满不确定性的环境下，仿佛衡量领导者成功的最重要的标准就是业务目标的实现。然而这些业务的成功背后常常是领导者内在巨大的压力、不能真实地做自己，同时因为信任的缺少，还面临着团队成员的流失和管理团队的困难。那么如何才能成为真诚的领导者，做到先变其身，再变世界；以身作则，赢得信任？

• 2022-10-28 | 09:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Nanjing Office

The Paris Agreement set an ambitious goal to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5 degrees, in comparison with pre-industrial levels, which has prompted a series of measures to achieve this target. In response to mitigate climate change, countries and businesses have adopted global decarbonisation pledges to fulfil their Environmental, Social and Corporate governance (ESG) commitments. Decarbonisation has become a global imperative and one of the top priorities for governments, companies, and society at large.

• 2022-10-27 | 16:00 - 17:30
• KPMG Beijing Office/Zoom Online

Two experts from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) give insights how the production of the future can be designed more economical and sustainable.

• 2022-10-27 | 16:00 - 17:00
• ZOOM

Data security and cross-border transfers of data are essential for of business activities and encourage innovation. Companies constantly use data generated from R&D or collected from customers in different locations to improve their products or develop new ones, often relying on teams based across the world.

Over the past years, China has considerably strengthened cybersecurity, data, and personal information protection governance. In 2017, the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) came to force outlining various obligations to network operators and internet service providers. In 2021, the CSL was complemented by Data Security Law (DSL) and the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), stipulating a series of obligations not only for actors based in China but also for those based elsewhere yet processing data or personal information generated in China. When doing business in China, SMEs need to be aware of the regulations they must follow to be compliant with cybersecurity and data protection system.

• 2022-10-26 | 16:00 - 18:00
• Online via zoom

The European Chamber is glad to invite you to a working group meeting on EU-China Exchanges on Industrial Green Development. 中国欧盟商会很高兴邀请您参加《中欧工业绿色发展政策交流研讨会》，会议时间为2022年10月19日上午10:00-12:00。

• 2022-10-19 - 2022-10-19 | 10:00 - 12:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office and Online Meeting