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

European Chamber IPR Working Group and China IP SME Helpdesk cordially invite you to the joint meeting on IP and Technology Transfer in China – Legal and Practical Considerations for European Business, to be held on Wednesday 8th November, 16.00 - 17.30, at European Chamber Shanghai Office and online.

• 2023-11-08 - 2023-11-08 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Chamber IPR Working Group cordially invites you to the Working Group Meeting: IP & competition: Interpretation of the draft Provisions on Prohibition of Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights to Exclude or Restrict Competition and latest updates from China, to be held on 11th October, 14.00 – 16.00, at European Chamber Shanghai Office and online.

• 2022-10-11 - 2022-10-11 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office + Zoom

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to an online insights sharing session on Interpretation of the new Anti-monopoly Law, to be held on Tuesday, 12th July, 10.00 – 12.00.

• 2022-07-12 - 2022-07-12 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Zoom

Recent WTO disputes, an ongoing trade war, and significant rates of ongoing intellectual property (IP) infringement in China have amplified concerns about the strength of the country's IP regime. At the same time, across many indicators, China's IP regime is relatively supportive of European businesses. For European firms, this seeming contradiction is difficult to explain to fellow employees and top management in China -- let alone headquarters, clients, and government representatives. And yet, without a convincing explanation offered to these stakeholders, business activities in China may run sub-optimally at a time where competition is fiercer than ever. This working group meeting will seek to both explain and offer some solutions to this conundrum.

• 2021-12-07 - 2021-12-07 | 15:00 - 16:30
• Zoom

2021 has witnessed tremendous changes in China’ digital landscape – more than ever, intellectual property (IP) protection in digital economy plays a crucial role in ensuring successful business operation in China. What can European companies do to protect their IP, when Covid pandemic continues to keep business as well as infringers online, and at a time when China promogulated Data Security Law and Personal Information Protection Law? The European Chamber and China IP SME Helpdesk cordially invite you to the joint Working Group Meeting ‘IP Protection in China’s Evolving Digital Economy: E-commerce, Data localisation, and more’. Speakers include Mr Matias Zubimendi, IP Business Advisor at China IP SME Helpdesk, and Ms Jin Ling, Head of IP Commercial & Digital Services at Beijing Lusheng Law Firm.

• 2021-11-19 - 2021-11-19 | 10:30 - 12:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

During the next working group meeting, we are honored to invite Mr Qiulin Zhang, attorney for the plaintiff, as the guest speaker. He will give touch on the background of the case, the reasons of high volume of compensation and the judicial trends reflected.
中国欧盟商会很荣幸邀请您参加由“香兰素”案原告代理律师、北京允天律师事务所合伙人律师、专利代理师张秋林作为主讲嘉宾的工作组活动。主讲内容包括：案件情况简单介绍、高判赔原因、该案反映的司法动向。

• 2021-05-11 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Onsite European Chamber Shanghai Office/Online Zoom

Pharmaceutical and Intellectual Property Rights Working Group Joint Meeting (Chinese Language Session)

• 2021-03-12 | 09:30 - 11:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The IPR Working Group is pleased to invite you to the meeting 2021-2022 chair elections, which is taking place on Friday, 5th March, 10:00am to 12:00pm (GMT+8:00, China time) at the European Chamber’s Shanghai and Beijing offices, as well as online via Zoom.

The first part of this meeting will consist of a sharing by Mr Reinout van Malenstein, Vice Chair of the IPR working group on the amended Copyright Law. On Nov. 11, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the latest revision of the Copyright Law, its third amendment. Effective January 1st, 2021, the amended Copyright Law introduces some significant wording changes as well as an increase in the penalties in case of infringement, which Reinout’s presentation will further explore.

The second part of this meeting will consist of the 2021-2022 chair elections. Candidates running for the elections will introduce themselves and their goals for the IPR Working Group over the following 12 months. Only IPR WG members who had their registration confirmed for this meeting will have the right to vote in person or online, with one vote per company. Online voting instructions will be sent via email to individual attendees prior to the meeting.

• 2021-03-05 | 10:00 - 12:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office & Zoom Online Meeting