The European Chamber, the EU SME Centre and the IP SME Helpdesk are pleased to invite you to join our next meeting, where SME policy and IP experts will provide an overview of recent SME and IP-related policy developments in China, and their impact on European SMEs doing business in China.

• 2021-09-17 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Wang Jing & GH Law Firm

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the next Logistics Working Group Meeting: Latest trends in Customs and what companies can expect. The meeting will take place from 16.00-17.30 China time, Monday, July 5, 2021.
Register online or email Angel Zhang at azhang@europeanchamber.com.cn before Friday, July 2, COB. You will receive a confirmation email containing the link to join the meeting via Zoom after registration closes the day before.

• 2021-07-05 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Online Zoom Meeting

The theme of this conference will be the review of the 2020 marketing strategies and the outlook to the 2021 marketing trends. We expect all participants to share the marketing activities your company has done in 2020 and the plan for the 2021, also pointing out the issues, problems encountered.

During the meeting, all participants will discuss and see what resources can be shared or are worth exploring. In this meeting, we may not be able to solve all the problems, but we will record them and wait until we can have a plan later, as the topics for future discussion. We will continue to follow up on these topics and issues in upcoming working group meetings.

• 2021-03-15 | 16:00 - 17:00
• Online

You are cordially invited to join the first working group meeting of the European Chamber Manufacturing Forum in 2021.

The theme of this conference will revolve around the hot issues of South China's manufacturing industry. During the meeting, we will share and discuss the related issues of Automation, Kaizen and Manufacturing process. At the same time, we will also invite participants to introduce and share the problems and issues encountered in production and operation. And discuss solutions.

• 2021-03-12 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Online

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to the next meeting of the Logistics Working Group at 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Friday, 5th March 2021 via Zoom. At this meeting, we will hold the elections, update you on a few Chamber developments and discuss the Position Paper plans.

• 2021-03-05 | 11:00 - 12:00
• Zoom meeting (online or via call in)

The Finance & Taxation Working Group is pleased to invite you to the meeting “Electronic Invoices in the B2B Sector—First-hand Experience with China’s Nationwide E-fapiao Regime”, which is taking place on Thursday, March 4th, 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. At this meeting, we will also hold the 2021-2022 chair elections.

• 2021-03-04 | 10:00 - 12:00
• Zoom | Beijing Office, Beijing Lufthansa Center, Office C405, No. 50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100125 | Shanghai Office, Unit 2204, Shui On Plaza, 333 Middle Huaihai Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, 200021

The European Chamber is pleased to invite our members to an online discussion for CFOs on sustainability in 2021 and how sustainability objectives will impact finance functions. We encourage participants to engage each other and offer each other suggestions and solutions to problems they have encountered last year and potential issues in the future.

• 2021-02-05 | 10:00 - 11:00
• Zoom Online Meeting Platform

The European Chamber is pleased to invite our members to an online discussion for manufacturing companies on hiring and retention of blue and white collar workers in 2021. We encourage participants to engage each other and offer each other suggestions and solutions to problems they have encountered last year and potential issues in the future.

• 2021-01-14 | 14:00 - 15:00
• Online

The European Chamber and the EU SME Centre are pleased to invite you to our next meeting, where SME Forum Chair and Consultant at Dezan Shira Marco Förster and EU SME Centre Advocacy Manager Ester Cañada Amela will discuss the key hurdles encountered by European SMEs in China, and how the EU SME Centre can support them grow in a challenging yet exciting market. The meeting will take place on Thursday, 17th December from 3:30PM to 4:30PM at Dezan Shira's office in Guangzhou.

• 2020-12-17 | 15:30 - 16:30
• Dezan Shira & Associates Guangzhou

The global pandemic has further accelerated the digital transformation of businesses resulting in increased reliance on e-commerce platforms, boom in the AI-related industries and digitalisation of production and delivery processes. With digitalisation of businesses, consumption too has increasingly moved online. Intellectual property (IP) is crucial to digital economy as it drives innovation and provides SMEs with comparative advantage over competitors. While digital economy brings about new IP risks like online infringements, it also creates new solutions for IP protection such as the use of blockchain technologies or reliance on sophisticated notice and take-down systems on e-commerce platforms or even the use of internet courts speeding up IP enforcement procedures. To be successful in digital economy, SMEs should focus on protecting their IP by adopting a comprehensive IP strategy taking into account the needs of digital economy.

• 2020-11-18 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Zoom Online Meeting