This episode contains segments on: China’s 2023 environmental targets; EU’s new regulation to ban products with forced labour; Foreign direct investment data for Q1; Capital market reforms; Also, listeners are invited to join an event on 29th April in Beijing or online to understand Chinese overcapacity. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@europeanchamber.com.cn. Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter, WeChat (europeanchamber), and sign up for our newsletter here, to get notified on new episodes. Read more: 2023 environmental targets ..read more

This episode contains segments on: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and key economic indicators in the first quarter of 2024; Foreign trade data in March; Producer and consumer prices indices in March; German Chancellor Scholz’ visit to China New guidelines on strengthening capital market regulation. From the Chamber’s side, the latest issue of EURObiz is released and available to download. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@europeanchamber.com.cn. Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter, WeChat (europeanchamber), and sign up for our newslett ..read more

This episode contains segments on: State Administration of Foreign Exchange circular on optimising the administration of foreign exchange business; US Treasury Secretary Yellen’s visit to China; SME development index in the first quarter of 2024; Qingming Festival holiday domestic tourism data. From the Chamber’s side, on 9th April, a delegation met with Ana Gallego Torres, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers in Hangzhou. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@europeanchamber.com.cn. Follow the European Cha ..read more

This episode contains segments on: Final version of the Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-border Data Flows; Actual use of foreign direct investment in January and February; State Council’s action plan to attract foreign investment; China Development Forum 2024. Also, listeners are invited to attend the half-day Sports Summit in Shanghai on 9th April, to analyse various aspects of the fast-developing sports landscape in China. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@europeanchamber.com.cn. Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter, We ..read more

On 20th March, the European Chamber in partnership with China Macro Group published the report Riskful Thinking: Navigating the Politics of Economic Security. In the special edition, we have asked the European Chamber’s current president Jens Eskelund and three former presidents Joerg Wuttke, Mats Harborn and Davide Cucino to share their insights on the topic of risk management from the perspectives of business and policy. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@europeanchamber.com.cn. Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter, WeChat (europeancham ..read more

This episode covers social insurance compliance issues faced by some European companies, with comments from Jeanette Yu, chair of the Chamber’s Human Resources Working Group; the China Pathfinder 2022 report; producer and consumer prices in January; and the Guangzhou government’s economic support measures. Join the event on China’s Transition through COVID and its Economic Recovery on 20th January in Beijing or online. Learn how to subscribe here. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@europeanchamber.com.cn. Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn,  ..read more

This episode contains segments on China’s official manufacturing and services activity in December; on the country’s actual use of foreign direct investment in January-November and on profits at larger industrial firms in China in the first eleven months of 2023. From the Chamber’s side: join us on 16th January online or in person in Beijing to hear economists and industry experts forecasts for the year ahead, and find out what potential risks and opportunities they think businesses and investors should be aware of in the evolving economic landscape of China. Contact: We’d love to hear your fe ..read more

This episode contains segments on China’s November official purchasing managers’ indices; on Moody’s affirming China’s A1 credit rating but changing the outlook from stable to negative; on China’s focus on boosting employment opportunities for students who will graduate from university in 2024 and on the roll out of a new version of permanent resident ID cards for foreigners in China. From the Chamber’s side: join us in Beijing on 12th December at this year’s Annual Conference, to hear from a host of experts—from the policy, business and advisory worlds—on China’s economic outlook for 2024, an ..read more

This episode contains segments on: the government work report 2024 on foreign investment; the purchasing managers’ index in February; EU-China trade in goods in 2023; the mobile payment limits for foreign visitors. From the Chamber’s side, on 4th March, President Jens Eskelund met with Dutch Minister Geoffrey van Leeuwen for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@europeanchamber.com.cn. Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter, WeChat (europeanchamber), and sign up for our newsletter here, to get notified on new epi ..read more

This episode contains segments on China’s October foreign trade data; the opening of the sixth China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum; the next EU-China summit that is to take place in December and the IMF’s latest growth forecast for China. From the Chamber’s side: on 10th November, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton will join a lunch meeting with the European Chamber’s members and share his insights on EU de-risking in the context of the bloc’s industrial strategy. Contact: We’d love to hear your feedback. Contact us at website@eur ..read more