The Finance and Taxation Working Group, together with multiple working groups, will hold a working group meeting titled Fiscal Foresight: Unlocking China's Consumption Tax Reform after the Third Plenum on October 17, 2024 from 9 am to 11:30 am at the European Chamber's Beijing Office and online.

• 2024-10-17 | 09:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office + Microsoft Teams

The European Chamber, the IP SME Helpdesk and the EU SME Centre are therefore pleased to invite you to our next Working Group meeting, Intellectual Property Protection in a Brave New Digital World: A Primer for SMEs, which will take place on 17th October from 15:00-17:00 offline in Beijing and online. During this training, Ms Lisa Lu, China IP SME Helpdesk IP Business Advisor, will discuss the importance of IP protection in the software industry and will cover the different types of IP used to protect software, including but not limited to copyright, patents and trade secrets. Mr Charles Feng, Director of the International Business Department and a Senior Partner of Tahota (Beijing) Law Firm will cover data privacy and IP, and Mr Phillip Neumann, Business Development Manager at AppinChina, will provide practical information on relevant processes and best practices for companies in areas such as software licensing.

• 2024-10-17 | 15:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Beijing Office

The sixth episode of the Interpreting the EU's Toolbox series will focus on the Forced Labour Regulation, which will likely be adopted in the coming months. The regulation will enable the EU authorities to investigate goods, supply chains, and manufacturers with suspected links to forced labour. Products made with forced labour will be banned from the EU’s internal market and intercepted at the EU’s borders. On Tuesday, 22nd October at 16:00, representatives from the European Commission will provide an overview of the Forced Labour Regulation. A representative of the International Labour Organization will then present its overall framework (conventions, standards and guidelines) pertaining to forced labour. Finally, Stuart Newman, Senior Advocacy & Engagement Advisor at amfori, will share best practices for companies on how to tackle forced labour across their supply chains.

• 2024-10-22 | 16:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office and Online

Eoropean Chamber Southwest Chapter cordially invites you to attend the 2024 Chongqing Food and Agricultural Products Processing High-Quality Development Industrial Ecosystem Conference, which will be held on October 24-27, 2024 at the Chongqing International Expo Center in Chongqing. Further optimize the industrial ecosystem, expand exchanges and cooperation, and accelerate the promotion of high-quality development.
中国欧盟商会西南分会诚邀您参加将于2024年10月24日—27日在重庆国际博览中心召开的2024重庆市食品及农产品加工高质量发展产业生态大会。进一步优化产业生态，扩大交流协作，加快推动高质量发展。

• 2024-10-24 - 2024-10-27 | 12:00 - 20:00
• Chongqing International Expo Center

Factory Visit - A Tour to Tianjin Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd. 工厂参观 - 天津武田药品有限公司

• 2024-10-24 | 14:00 - 16:15
• Tianjin Takeda pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd.

European Chamber Agriculture, Food and Beverage Working Group are delighted to invite you to attend the working group meeting of “A Sip from Regenerative Agriculture”, on Thursday, 24th October 2024, 15:00-16:30; to present an overview and best practices on regenerative agriculture in Chinese food and beverage industry.

• 2024-10-24 | 15:00 - 16:30
• European Chamber Beijing Office and Online

European Chamber Tianjin 2024 Supply Chain Annual Review 中国欧盟商会天津分会2024年供应链年度论坛

• 2024-10-29 | 13:30 - 16:20
• Talent Biological Engineering Co., Ltd

The European Chamber will host the Female Leadership Conference & Cross-industry Mentor Initiative (CIMI) 5-year Anniversary Ceremony on 30th October 2024 in Beijing.

This Conference will feature keynote speeches and panel discussions on advancing gender diversity in leadership, nurturing tomorrow's female leaders, and understanding the new trends in the labour market as they relate to women's contributions to society and the economy.

• 2024-10-30 | 14:00 - 19:00
• Four Seasons Hotel Beijing

Regular meet up for breakfast with fellow executives and leaders from across industries and functions. This breakfast gathering would be a casual occasion where we talk about career stories, market dynamics, work plans, news, books and creative ideas. Come to have a cup of coffee with the European Chamber members and friends.

一杯咖啡，一份早餐和一些有趣的话题。聊聊行业动态，市场决策，职业故事，洞见，新闻和创新想法。清晨工作之前，来与中国欧盟商会的会员和伙伴享受一小时富有行业洞见的交谈。

• 2024-10-31 | 07:45 - 09:00
• Oui More Coffee

The European Chamber's Maritime Manufacturing & Industrial Services, International Liner Shipping, and Energy Working Groups are delighted to invite you to attend the next cross-working group meeting on "Closing the Gap for Shipping Decarbonisation: Global Market Insights and Trends on Renewable Methanol" which is tentatively set on 31st October 2024 morning, in Chamber's Beijing and Shanghai office and via Teams online.

• 2024-10-31 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Chamber Beijing office / Shanghai office / Teams online