The Greater Bay Area plan will guide the development of South China in the coming years, bringing an influx of foreign investment to China’s shores. To increase confidence in the foreign business community, Guangdong Province understands that a strong economy must have strong rule of law and thus has prioritised strengthening the province’s IP laws. Please join us at the Guangdong IPR Protection Centre on 15th January to better understand the Centre’s services offered to businesses.

• 2020-01-15 | 14:00 - 17:00
• Guangdong IPR Protection Centre

On 13th January from 2:30-4:30pm, the Carbon Market, Energy and Environment groups will invite Mr Xu Ming, deputy director general of the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation to introduce the organisation’s projects.

• 2020-01-13 | 14:30 - 16:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

Pharmaceutical Working Group: 2020 Kick-off Meeting

• 2020-01-07 | 14:30 - 17:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to our next Working Group meeting, where Mr Tao Cheng, Director of the Division for Standards Innovation Development at the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation will discuss the recently released ‘Shanghai Standardisation Regulations’ (上海标准化条例), which entered into force on 1st October 2019.

• 2019-12-23 | 14:00 - 16:00
• European Chamber Shanghai offices

Insurance Working Group and China Banking And Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) Meeting

• 2019-12-18 | 14:00 - 16:00
• Shui On Plaza, Unit 2204, 333 Huai Hai Zhong Road

Auto components, Environment, Research and Development and ICT working group Joint Meeting: Powering the Cloud: How China’s Internet Industry Can Shift to Renewable Energy

• 2019-12-18 | 10:00 - 11:30
• Unit 2204, Shui On Plaza, 333 Huai Hai Zhong Road, Shanghai

The European Chamber's Energy working group is pleased to invite Dr. LIANG Cai and Dr. HU Yuan from the State Grid Energy Research Institute to introduce the progress and concerns on the state's power system reform. Video-conference will be available in the Shanghai office. Please note the presentations will be in Chinese.

• 2019-12-17 | 10:00 - 12:30
• European Chamber Office Shanghai, Unit 2204

The Investment Working Group cordially invites you to attend a presentation on the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan (FYP), which is scheduled to take place in Beijing and in Shanghai on Thursday, 12th December, from 9:30am to 11:30am.

• 2019-12-12 - 2019-12-12 | 09:30 - 11:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

To successfully halt counterfeiting in China, it is essential for one to prove that his or her IPR have been infringed, backing by a significant volume of evidence. In Chinese Court the burden of proof lies with the plaintiff. As one proves his ownership via IPR certificates he must also prove the infringement via physical evidence including contracts, photographs of infringing products and proof of sale which have been validated by a notary public.

As a follow-up event of the meeting on the Trademark Law, this meeting aims to explain why the evidence of IPR infringement is important, what can be used and how to effectively secure the evidence needed. The European Chamber is pleased to invite Mr. Lionel Yan and Mr. Benjamin Miles from Blackpeak to share their best practice on evidence notarisation.

• 2019-12-11 | 10:00 - 11:30
• European Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai

On 1st November 2019, China's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) released a draft version of Regulation on the Implementation of Foreign Investment Law. The Draft provides much-needed clarity on certain challenging issues in the Foreign Investment Law (FIL), such as how to reconcile the corporate structure of foreign investment enterprises during the transition period, while leaving certain areas for further clarification. In addition, further ramp up efforts to protection on IP rights, the Draft provides that China establishes the punitive compensation system for intellectual property infringement.

• 2019-12-06 | 15:30 - 17:30
• Hogan Lovells Shanghai