Tag Archives: market access

Opportunities and Challenges for EU SMEs

The Chinese market has seen many changes in 2016, opening up new opportunities for European small businesses while demanding even more advanced local knowledge and experience.

Starting small, thinking big: building a better platform for SME growth

  One of the keys to SMEs’ success is a focus on long-term economic growth and financial stability.

China’s Trial Negative List for (domestic and foreign) market access

In recent years, the business community in China has been abuzz with talk of various market access ‘negative lists’ – lists of exceptions to what would otherwise be open market access.

The Audacity to Change

  The European Business in China Position Paper 2015/2016 is launched

Towards the rule of law: development of PRC FDI legislation

Since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, China has been through two ‘thirty-year periods’.

Interview: Joanna Drake, Director for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, DG GROW

This year marks the 6th anniversary of the EU-China SME Dialogue.

Preparing to embrace the ‘new normal’: European Business in China Business Confidence Survey 2015

The purpose of the European Chamber’s European Business in China Business Confidence Survey is to take an annual snapshot of European companies’ successes and challenges in China.

Adding to the master plan: The Beijing Position Paper 2015/2016

On 9th April, the European Chamber launched the Beijing Position Paper as a standalone publication for the first time: previously, local chapter papers had nestled in the back pages of the Chamber’s main Position Paper. It was decided that more prominence should be given to…

Well Positioned: Position Paper 2014/2015

The ‘golden age’ for business in China may yet be followed by the dawning of a new era that could be equally rewarding for China and for foreign investors.

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…