China’s economy, and its meteoric rise, has been dissected many times before and continues to be a subject that deserves constant examination.

Coinciding with Europe Day on 9th May, the European Chamber of Commerce in China hosted its inaugural annual conference, attended by distinguished guests and featuring a diverse collection of expert panellists from government, industry and academia. 

The European Chamber advocates the mutual openness of both Chinese and European markets, so the trend of increasing Chinese investment in the EU is therefore viewed positively

China Development Bank reinvented the rules of financing for local government projects, before rolling this model out to domestic Chinese companies

The lure of the Chinese consumer has tantalised global business since the beginning of openness and reform in the late 1970s

In his new book, Toxic Capitalism, European Chamber Public Procurement Working Group Chair Gilbert Van Kerckhove calls attention to an aberrant strain of capitalism being practiced in Europe

The protection of past achievements of the Europe-China economic relationship is currently the only factor keeping EU-China policy relations in balance.