Medical resource shortages are increasingly challenging for many countries battling the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the need, various companies are donating money, personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, medicines, disinfectants, food, and other valuable resources. Compliance risks should be carefully considered when providing this valuable assistance to ensure that the resources are put in the right hands with no strings attached. Meanwhile, during the COVID-19 outbreak, the government offers various subsidies to support foreign businesses. Government subsidies beneficiaries face the potential risk of non-compliance.

The European Chamber is delighted to invite Simon Hui, Lead Partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP to share his experience and insights to help our member companies to stay compliant during this special time. The meeting will cover the below topics:

1. Overview of legal requirements under PRC Law
2. Regulatory framework under FCPA, UKBA and France Sapin II Law
3. Industry specific requirements in the medical industry
4. Identify and manage risks arising from donation and government subsidies
5. Case study

Agenda

15:00 – 15:05 Opening by chamber representative
15:05 – 16:00 Presentation by Mr. Simon Hui, Lead Partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP
16:00 – 16:30 Q&A Session

• 2020-05-26 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office & Zoom Online Meeting

Medical resource shortages are increasingly challenging for many countries battling the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the need, various companies are donating money, personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, medicines, disinfectants, food, and other valuable resources. Compliance risks should be carefully considered when providing this valuable assistance to ensure that the resources are put in the right hands with no strings attached. Meanwhile, during the COVID-19 outbreak, the government offers various subsidies to support foreign businesses. Government subsidies beneficiaries face the potential risk of non-compliance.

The European Chamber is delighted to invite Simon Hui, Lead Partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP to share his experience and insights to help our member companies to stay compliant during this special time. The meeting will cover the below topics:

1. Overview of legal requirements under PRC Law
2. Regulatory framework under FCPA, UKBA and France Sapin II Law
3. Industry specific requirements in the medical industry
4. Identify and manage risks arising from donation and government subsidies
5. Case study

Agenda

15:00 – 15:05 Opening by chamber representative
15:05 – 16:00 Presentation by Mr. Simon Hui, Lead Partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP
16:00 – 16:30 Q&A Session

• 2020-05-26 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom Online Meeting

Join this meeting to hear from CSR experts on the next steps that companies need to take. Best practices will be shared on how CSR functions can provide guidance on minimising supply chain disruptions, give EHS advice to ensure better, safer working conditions to accelerate the resumption of normal production, and even establish specific projects to help those most in need of care.

• 2020-04-28 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom App, meeting link will only be shared with registered attendees

Businesses in China have mobilized quickly to address critical priorities like employee wellbeing and business continuity during the acute phase of the COVID-19 crisis. For many, the CSR function has been critically important in working closely alongside other key functions to ensure coordination of initiatives to both mitigate negative impact to the company and to maximize support to employees and other important stakeholders. As the situation continues to evolve and move beyond immediate crisis response, the focus of the CSR function needs to shift to improving preparedness, prevention, and organizational resilience. In this webinar, we will explore what critical steps and issues CSR practitioners need to consider next, to ensure their companies are capturing and acting on “lessons learned”.

• 2020-03-24 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online (webinar link will be shared prior to the event)

Dear CSR Shanghai Community Members,

You are coordinately invited to join the CSR Forum’s second COVID-19 Sharing Session.

Ginkgo fellows, are the social community across China, who supported Ginkgo Foundation to successfully conduct the joint first-aid support in Hubei province since the breakout of COVID-19. One of the projects, is about sending oxygen to Hubei province by providing 2,321 oxygen generators to hospitals and home patients to save their lives. With another project is about providing on-line medical assistance support and transfer service to pregnant women in needs in Wuhan city. There has been 17 COVID-19 relief projects like the above that was conducted during the epidemic situation in Hubei province by the Ginkgo fellows.

Since the speaker, as one of the Ginkgo fellow, has learned a lot from her participation in the epidemic relief projects, we think it will be even more useful to share their first-hand experiences to other countries through our platform and members, to those who are now also facing the challenge. We hope our knowledge and experience could be spread to more European companies and stakeholders.

• 2020-03-19 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Zoom online meeting

Overview, Analysis & Suggestions for MNCs Supporting Fighting against COVID-19

• 2020-02-20 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom (only CSR Forum Shangahi members is eligible to vote, one corporate one vote)

(Date of the event is postponed. Exact date will be updated on the website after further confirmation)

Building on the EU-China Memorandum of Understanding on the Circular Economy Cooperation entered by Chinese central government and the European Commission in July 2018, and to celebrate the 8th Anniversary of the EU-China Sustainable Urbanization Partnership since 2012, this Dialogue will bring key stakeholders, particularly government officials, city policy makers and industry representatives from both Europe and China to showcase their roadmaps/plans on circular economy and explore solutions to common challenges.

• 2020-02-19 | 13:30 - 18:30
• Infinity Ballroom, 1/F, Hilton Beijing, China 北京希尔顿酒店一层天元宫宴会厅

Chinese government authorities have recently issued a series of policies and draft amendments to push forward the establishment of the Social Credit System (SCS). Foreign enterprises are particularly concerned at how the SCS could affect the business operation of their Chinese subsidiaries.

As the Social Credit System will be largely in place by the end of 2020, SCS is no longer just a vision. With the window of opportunity rapidly closing for companies to prepare for these regulatory ratings, companies need to stay alert for the upcoming the SCS and expect that heavy non-compliance will immediately lead to a listing as a distrusted entity, followed by costly sanctions.

• 2019-11-29 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai

Chinese government authorities have recently issued a series of policies and draft amendments to push forward the establishment of the Social Credit System (SCS). Foreign enterprises are particularly concerned at how the SCS could affect the business operation of their Chinese subsidiaries.

The SCS will establish an information-sharing platform covering all the rating information on all companies registered in China. In principle, the equal enforcement of regulations will likely to create a more level playing field. However, this may be an overly optimistic interpretation, as the system does have the potential for discriminatory use towards international companies, as well as other major concerns such as the “joint sanctions” – blacklisted companies will receive not only sanctions from the government enforcement authority, but should restrictions and negative treatment from other government agencies.

• 2019-11-29 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing

2019 Women in Leadership Forum—jointly hosted by CKGSB and UN Women on Nov 20th, 2019 at the Regent Hotel in Beijing.

• 2019-11-20 | 13:30 - 18:30
• Regent Hotel, Beijing