Government Affairs

EU-China Bilateral Investment Agreement negotiations

In this article Axel Berger of the German Development Institute takes a broad view of the current EU-China investment negotiations with respect to other international processes.

EU-China trade disputes: talking it over

After the recent period of EU-China trade friction, trade relations between the two regions are now on a more even keel.

Trading places: The EU-China Trade Project

Launched in 2004, the EU-China Trade Project (EUCTP), is the largest trade and investment-related cooperation project with China.

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 BIT negotiations

What are the factors that could influence the outcome?

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:

Route 383 – China’s road to reform

The direction of China’s reform plan has become more tangible thanks to a roadmap sketched out by an influential government think tank.