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

In corporate promotion, copywriting is the most fundamental task. In addition to press releases and speeches, the writing and application of in-depth articles are the most extensive. It is called feature article. The content covers various application scenarios from product articles to successful cases.
Feature drafts require higher writing skills due to their diverse content sources and application scenarios.
In this lesson, the "six module method" will be used to help students master the writing techniques of feature drafts.
在企业推广中，文案是最基本的任务。除了新闻稿和演讲，深度文章的写作和应用最为广泛。深度草稿的英文术语是专题文章。内容涵盖了从产品文章到成功案例的各种应用场景。由于内容来源和应用场景的多样性，深度草稿需要更高的写作技巧。在本课中，将使用“六模块法”帮助学生掌握深草稿的写作技巧。

• 2024-10-18 | 09:00 - 16:30
• Zoom online

The European Chamber is glad to welcome you to the fifth edition of our Shanghai Chapter Football Tournament, which will bring together 16 corporate teams to compete with each other and where colleagues, families, sponsors, and friends will support and cheer for their favorite teams throughout the day.

The 2024 Football Tournament will take place on Saturday 19th October 2024.

Now we are recruiting teams to join us and play together! This event is a great opportunity to enhance team building, compete with other companies and stay healthy together. Join us, support your favorite team, win a championship and enjoy a healthy sports day with your colleagues, family and friends.

• 2024-10-19 | 10:00 - 17:00
• TBC

This "emotion management course" is to help students upgrade the operating system of "emotion", so that emotion and reason can cooperate efficiently and play a role together, and lead students to conduct in-depth self-inquiry and awareness, get out of the emotional "stuck" point, improve the ability to get along with pressure, and maintain a positive attitude in an uncertain environment.这门“情绪管理课”就是要帮助学员升级“情绪”这个操作系统，让情绪与理性高效配合，共同发挥作用，并带领同学们进行深度的自我探询与觉察，走出情绪“卡”点，提升与压力相处的能力，在不确定的环境中保持积极心态。

• 2024-10-22 | 09:00 - 16:30
• Teams online

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

On 22nd October 2024, the European Chamber Sports Forum will gather sports-& marketing leaders to discuss the future of sports in China. At the peak of the Tour de Guangxi - happening that time in China - we will have representatives from the top cycling teams & brands with us. Meet brands, athletes, sports agencies and sports decision-makers at our 2nd European Chamber Sport Summit in downtown Shanghai.

• 2024-10-22 | 16:00 - 19:00
• Hansgrohe InnovationParc

Industry 4.0 and 5.0 technologies such as Metaverse, AI, XR (AR, VR and MR) allow companies to innovate more rapidly, improve operational efficiency and make customer experiences more engaging. Among them, the metaverse has proved to be the field of transformational opportunities for small and big businesses, opening the doors for immersive consumer experiences. That allows businesses to create memorable interactions, driving higher customer satisfaction, loyalty, and ultimately, stronger business outcomes. The event will raise the topics of Metaverse, AR and VRs’ effects on businesses’ development, resource-saving efforts and business expansion strategies.

• 2024-10-23 | 14:30 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office 中国欧盟商会上海办公室

The European Chamber Nanjing Chapter cordially invites you to attend the launch of its Position Paper and BCS on October 23 in Nanjing.

• 2024-10-23 | 16:00 - 20:00
• Floor 3, Tietoevry Office and Patio

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