How can French enterprises get a deeper understanding of the particularities and complexities of the Chinese market, so as to better adapt to and integrate in an era of digital transformation？How can Chinese companies fully understand and adapt to the French market, to better "go global" in an era of globalization? This forum will invite representatives from China and France’s governments, business communities, and academic circles to engage in in-depth discussions on these questions and more. In the process, they will promote bilateral business exchanges along with the stable and far-reaching development of Sino-French relations, jointly helping to write a new chapter of cooperation for the future.

• 2023-11-16 | 16:00 - 19:00
• China Europea International Business School (CEIBS)

Forum Background

The comprehensive strategic partnership between the European Union (EU) and China turns 20 this year. Over the past two decades the EU and China, two of the world’s leading economies, have engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation in a win-win manner and achieved significant success in fields such as politics, economy, culture, and science. As of the end of 2022, EU-China bilateral trade volume reached $847.3 billion, with each side the second-largest trading partner of the other. The stock of two-way investment between China and the EU has exceeded $230 billion, benefiting people on both sides and contributing greatly to world peace and economic prosperity.

Looking ahead, the two sides hold great potential for cooperation and share common interests in promoting economic growth and financial stability, coping with the energy crisis, curbing inflation, and pursuing green and digital transitions. As such, they have decided to set up a financial working group under the China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) mechanism to strengthen cooperation in financial areas such as financial liberalisation, infrastructure, and regulation, as well as sustainable finance and fintech. However, some tension does exist within the relationship – EU authorities have recently opened an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric car imports, for example.

• 2023-11-14 | 16:30 - 19:10
• CEIBS Shanghai Campus

The latest edition of the European Chamber’s Experts Talk series will feature Ms. Angela Zhang, Director of the Center for Chinese Law and Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong and Ms. Ninette Dodoo, Partner and Co-Head of Antitrust, Competition and Trade - China at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, hosted by Ms. Sara Marchetta, National Chair, Legal & Competition Working Group, European Chamber.

• 2021-09-08 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

The EU SME Centre, the China IPR SME Helpdesk, along with the European Chamber and the Swedish Chamber, are pleased to invite you to our upcoming Working Group Meeting on the revised Copyright Law and Patent Law on 18th June. During this meeting, Mr. Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia Limited will explain the revised Patent Law, while Mr. Matias Zubimendi from China IPR SME Helpdesk will analyse the changes established in the revised Copyright Law.

• 2021-06-18 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Office Beijing | Shanghai | Zoom

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to an online discussion upon the topic “Looking Back and Ahead: The Ongoing Legislation Progress of China’s Social Credit System and its Future Prospects”, where our distinguished guests Dr. LUO Peixin, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice, Dr.YAO Jia, Law Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ms. GAO Yan, Partner, Tax Services, PwC China will share their insights and interpretations on critical official documents as well as their perspectives on the future progress in the regard.

• 2020-08-24 | 09:00 - 10:45
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405