Policy

A decade of data: Business Confidence Survey 2014

The purpose of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China’s European Business In China Business Confidence Survey (BCS) is to take an annual snapshot of European companies’ successes and challenges in China. Now in its tenth year, the survey has enabled the European Chamber…

EU-China trade and investment

Europe is China’s largest trading partner, and China is now the EU’s second largest; trade between the two regions has doubled over the last decade to more than EUR 1 billion a day. President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Brussels was a game-changing event. It…

EU-China BIT negotiations

What are the factors that could influence the outcome?

AIC registration: has the worm turned?

Has the pilot reform scheme on the Administration for Industry Commerce (AIC) registration system created a more favourable environment for foreign companies in China?

Anti-Monopoly Law in China

Recent Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) investigations by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) into certain industries created a stir.

The decision is made: outcomes of the Third Plenum

On 15th November the ‘Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reform’ (Decision) from the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was released. It provided details on the reform programme put forward by the new administration of…

The 9th EU-China Business Summit

The 9th EU-China Business Summit took place on 21st November, 2013, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Third Plenum Decision: impressive and bold

On the heels of the release of the Third Plenum Decision the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China has issued the following statement: