Working Group News
Joint Chamber Automotive Breakfast Event
The European Chamber, German Chamber, American Chamber and PwC co-hosted a joint breakfast event with a focus on ‘The Future of Automotive Retail and Aftersales in China’.
Read moreInformation Update on Free Trade Zone for Members
The Desk designed a policy focus for April for its members on the newly enacted Opinions on Facilitating Pilots of Parallel Vehicle Imports.
Read moreEU Intellectual Property Office – new name for the EU’s largest intellectual property agency
One of the two unitary intellectual property rights OHIM administers, the ‘Community trade mark’ will be renamed the ‘European Union trade mark’.
Read moreEuropean Chamber announces new ‘Investment Working Group’
The European Chamber is pleased to announce that the ‘Private Equity and Strategic M&A Working Group’ has now been converted into an ‘Investment Working Group’, providing a lobbying platform for all European investors in China.
Read moreMeeting with the MOT to Discuss Access to Vehicle Repair and Maintenance Information Methods
EUCCC submitted members’ comments on the Access to Vehicle Repair and Maintenance Information Methods to the MOT.
Read moreFuel tax reform an energy milestone
The Chinese government has finally decided to start a fuel tax plan beginning January 1.
Read moreChina knocked off IPOs top slot
Chinese stock exchanges raised just $22bn in initial public offerings in 2008. The slowdown means China will not finish the year as the leading centre for IPOs, falling behind New York for the first time since 2005.
Read moreChina drafts first law on social insurance
China's top legislature made public Sunday a draft law on social insurance, the first of its kind in the country.
Read moreChina's state sector urged to boost economy
Senior government officials have publicly called on China's state-owned sector to increase its dominance in the economy in response to rapidly cooling growth and plummeting profits.
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