On 4th to 6th of May, Zhenwei Exhibitions and Society of Automotive Engineers of Sichuan are organising The 4th Chengdu International Electric & New Energy Vehicle Exhibition. It is the largest electric and new energy vehicle exhibition in the Midwest of China. It will be hosted by Chengdu Zhenwei Shizhan Exhibition Co., Ltd at the Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition center.

The Exhibition will have a magnification area above 50,000 square meters, which is expected to attract more than 500 companies from various countries and regions to participate, and over 50,000 professional visitors will visit the exhibition.

Interested to register? 

Email, 2880063462@qq.com  or events@britchamswchina.org

Agenda for Forum (protocol)

09:50—10:00   The host introduce the keynote speakers in the morning

Secretory-General of CDEVAPA     Yongjun Fan

10:00—10:10   Address：

Division Chief of Automobile Industry Department of Chengdu Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology    Bin Wen

10:10—10:20   Address：

Vice-president of Chengdu Public and Transport Group Co., Ltd      Zhixu Zheng

10:20—10:30   Address：

Chairman of Sichuan Modern Logistics Development Association  Wu Xiao

10:30—10:50  Project Signing Ceremony

10:50—11:10   Specific analysis of new energy logistics vehicles in China’s transportation industry.

Director of Institute of Comprehensive Transportation of National Development and Reform Commission     Ming Wang

11:10—11:30   Current situation and development trend of power battery technology.

Member of Sichuan Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

Professor of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Mengqiang Wu

11:30—11:50  Enterprises keynote speech（optional）

Enterprises relevant principal

13:40—14:00   The host introduce the keynote speakers in the afternoon   

Secretory-General of CDEVAPA     Yongjun Fan

14:00—14:20   General Situation Development of Chengdu New Energy    Automotive Industry

Director of Institute of Chengdu Automotive Industry     Daqing Zhang

14:20—14:40   The current situation and future of hydrogen fuel cell car.

Professor of College of Materials and Automotive, Sichuan University   Yungui Chen  

14:40—15:00   ZEV focuses on logistics to solve the “last mile” problem.

Vice General Manager of ZEV            Jibin Liang

15:00—15:20   Land and air hybrid intelligent transportation vehicle: the key technology of flying automobile.

Vice-president of School of Automobile & Transportation, Xihua University Yiqiang Peng

15:20—15:40   Sharing the new products and technologies of Dayun Auto

National Sales Director of Dayun Auto    Qi Guo

15:40—16:00   The innovation and application of new energy vehicles should adhere to the commercial essence.

Vice-President of Raja New Energy Automotive Technology Co., Ltd     Yongjun Fan

16:00—16:20   Enterprises keynote speech（optional）

Enterprises relevant principal

16:20—16:50  Development policy environment and trend analysis of new energy automobile industry.

Chief expert of China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd Haifeng Fang

16:50—17:30  round-table free discussion

Note: the above agenda are confirmed according to the actual arrangement

To read more about this event and book tickets, click HERE!

Join us to visit the Chongqing Free Trade Zone and have a roundtable discussion about the business opportunities the local and foreign companies have there.

This event is FREE of charge and everyone is welcome to participate on this seminar!

On Saturday 19th of May 2018 the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle takes place at St George’s Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle. We would like to invite everyone to share the celebration of this special occasion and join us in the reception at Intercontinental Hotel Chongqing on 19th of May from 6pm until 8pm.

The evening offers live BBC broadcast of the wedding, fine selection of refreshments, good company, live performances, competitions and a surprise!

The British Chamber of Commerce in Southwest China will hold its 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 6th June 2018, 16:00 – 17:30 hrs at Grand Hyatt Chengdu.  We encourage as many members as possible to attend this meeting!

What is an Annual General Meeting (AGM)?
The AGM is the Chamber’s most important business meeting of the year. It is where we review the activities for 2017/18 and look forward to the next year. The main goals of the event are:
–    A year in review
–    Chairman Report
–    Treasurer Report
–    Elect the Board of Directors

Election Notice!

We are officially accepting candidate nominations for the 2018/19 Executive Committee for the British Chamber of Commerce Southwest China (BCCSWC) until 30th of May 2018.

Available Positions

There are 10x Executive Committee positions available for nomination, which are;

• 4x Officers: Including one Chairman, two Vice Chairmen, and one Treasurer, who will be responsible for the day-to-day business of the Chamber and be entitled to vote on all issues before the Committee; and
• 6x At-large Committee Members: Who will assist the Officers in carrying out the day-to-day business of the Chamber and be entitled to vote on all issues before the Committee.

Applicant Requirements 

Please note, only Voting Corporate Member Company Representatives* may run and are eligible to vote at the AGM.  

Please also note that if your company is over 2 months in arrears of membership renewal payment you will not be eligible for nomination or to vote. Please contact info@britchamswchina.org to check your membership status or complete your renewal process.

*A voting corporate company is any company, or other organisation which is incorporated or registered in any part of the United Kingdom or which satisfy the Committee of a substantial connection with the United Kingdom. The representative is the person nominated in your application form to join the Chamber as the representative for your company.

Executive Committee Responsibilities

To help you better understand what is involved in becoming a committee member, please see the following links:

• BCCSWC Constitution
• The 2018 BCCSWC Executive Committee Commitment Charter (ECCC)

How to Apply / Nominate A Candidate?

To apply or nominate a candidate for one of the above positions, please contact with us.

You must be proposed and seconded by two separate member company representatives before giving your own consent for the position you’d like to run for. The proposing and seconding representatives must all fill in the same form which then needs to be returned to BritChamSW at the above email address before the deadline.
 

Please note that all applications (each candidate can only run for one position) must be sent to ben.metcalf@britchamswchina.org (CC returning officer qingyun.ma@wales-uk.com) by Wednesday 30^th May 2018 or they will not be accepted. 

Election Process

Wednesday 16^th May 2018: Nominations Open

Wednesday 30^th May 2018: Nominations Close

Friday 1^st June 2018: Candidates Announced

Tuesday 5^th June 2018: Proxy / Postal Vote Closed

Wednesday 6^th June 2018: Annual General Meeting / Elections 

Who can attend the AGM?
Any employee from any of our member companies can attend – and it is fine to have multiple attendees from one company. No distinction is made between “CBBC members” and “BritCham members”. Individual members may also attend but may not vote. Non-members may not attend! 

Who can vote at the AGM?
Each member company has one vote. Each member company has one “nominated person” who is the main point of contact with the Chamber and normally this will be the person who attends the AGM to vote. However, we can easily transfer the vote to another company representative if that person agrees. If more than one person attends from the same company then only one may vote.

Register
To register please click here or scan the below QR code. 

The Education Focus Group is organising a meeting to review 2017/18 academic year and look ahead to the next school year.

Attendees have fantastic opportunities to make connections and create new cooperation projects with other companies/organisations/schools in the education sector.

The meeting aims to welcome all companies in educational industry, create introduction to the newest members of Education Focus Group, review the past activities and events, and also give the latest updates of Education industry in South West China.

Looking forward to meet all our existing and new members to enjoy a stimulating afternoon full of socialising and learning while enjoying refreshments.

Participants: Representatives of International Schools / UK universities / Local& International kindergartens / Overseas consultancies / Educational Service Companies / and all other organisations in Education sector

Location: Jade Learning House

Date: Tuesday 12th of June

Time: 14:00 – 17:00

Tickets: 100rmb Members & 200rmb Non-members 

We are excited to announce the second workshop of the 2018 Building Female Leaders Workshop series – which contains 4 volumes, focused on building skills and connections to help more women access leadership roles in the global workplace!

我们很高兴地宣布—— 2018年“塑造女性领导者工作坊系列”第二部分已经启动。本期包含4期，主要侧重点在塑造技能和简历联系，旨在帮助更多的女性在全球工作场所中担任领导角色！

Living and working globally is the new norm for increasingly growing number of professionals.  It’s an exciting space where cultures, values, and social norms mix and also collide.  What’s most exciting is at a fundamental level we know there are more benefits to expanding our understanding of the world than if we were to stay stagnant. 

对越来越多的专业人士而言，国际化是生活和工作的一种新的形式。不同的文化、价值观和社会规范会在所处的环境中彼此混合，相互碰撞。更让人感到激动的是，最基础的层面上，我们都知道扩展自己对世界的了解远比视而不见带来更大的益处。

According to PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) latest analysis, 

71% of female millennials want to work outside their home country during their career, but only 20% of the current internationally mobile population are women. 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/whats-really-stopping-women-from-working-abroad/ 

据普华永道（Pricewaterhouse Coopers）最新分析显示，71％的女性新千禧一代有意在国外工作，但目前只有20％的国际流动人口是女性。

We want to focus our upcoming workshop on the fast-changing workforce demographics.  Our workforce is diversifying in all layers of socio-economic segments.  As professionals, we need to better equip ourselves with awareness and tools to navigate and succeed in an increasingly more cross-cultural work environments. 

接下来的工作坊我们希望聚焦于快速变化的工作人口统计。 我们的员工队伍多元，且遍及各个社会经济阶层。 作为专业人士，我们需要更好地用意识和工具武装自己，以在日益增加的跨文化工作环境中前进并取得成功。

Let’s unpack and delve into the complex layers of misunderstandings, different norms, and different problem-solving methods from our current workplace, and get closer to better understanding our differences.   Our goal is to re-examine cross-cultural boundaries and to see them as assets and opportunities in our workplace.  

让我们从目前的工作场所中畅所欲并在更深的层面探讨所造成的误解、规范和解决问题方式的差异，进而更好地并了解彼此的不同。 我们的目标是重新审视跨文化的界限，并将其视为我们工作中的资产和机会。

Alice Zhou of IBM as Greater China Facilities Sourcing Lead and the founder of  China Procurement Professional Association Chengdu Chapter Leader with Cross-Cultural Solutions https://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/ will be our guest facilitator fully-equipped with her 9+ years of experience working and rocking in a Fortune 500 global company.  

周俊现在IBM工作，担任大中华区设施采购负责人，也是睿采采购经理人联合会成都会长，提供跨文化解决方案 https://www.crossculturalsolut… 拥有超过9年在财富500强全球公司工作经验，使周俊成为我们客座主持人的不二人选。

In her personal capacity, she focuses on building communities all over China for young students in tech by founding TeenTechChina a chapter of TeenTechSF GLOBAL which is a global tech community for teens. She also serves as regional ambassador for Technovation which is a global platform to encourage teen girls to get engaged in tech and innovate.  

在个人时间，她是元创中国的创始人（元创中国是元创全球在中国的分支，这个平台鼓励青少年关注科创和国际交流）。同时，她还担任Technovation中国地区大使，这是一个鼓励青少年女孩从事技术创新的全球平台。

She will guide us in dissecting cross cultural communication within the global workplace, how to incorporate cultural awareness as a professional competency and as a learnable trait, and how to grow into a sought after leader in the global economy. 

她将引导我们进行国际化工作场所的跨文化交流的探讨，学习如何把文化意识转化为专业技能和可习得特征，以及如何成长为受全球经济追捧的领导者。

Pitch YOUR idea at Volume 2:

What’s more exciting is this time we will be adding a new segment to our workshop by turning the mic over to YOU.  During each workshop, we will set aside time for three women to pitch their business and project ideas, goals, and needs to the entire audience in just 2 minutes.  It’s about building empires, right?

更令人激动的是，我们此次会在工作坊增加一个新的部分，也就是把麦克风交到你。 每次工作坊，我们都会为三位女性预留时间进一步拓展自己的业务，并向全体观众展示其项目的想法，目标和需求。 这将关乎一个帝国的建立，同意吗？

If you are currently building a business and want to practice your public speaking skills, find partners, and connect with much needed resources, please apply by contacting the organizing team (WeChat: hyobinsung) 

如果目前你在创立企业，想在公众面前练习演讲技能，寻找生意伙伴，并且希望连接更多的资源，请联系我们的组织团队（微信号：hyobinsung）申请席位。

• You must RSVP to attend the current workshop 需要接受并出席现有的工作坊活动
• Please provide details about the project you would like to present and short application 需要提供完整的简历和简短的申请

As always, come join other women who are moving and embarking on their own ideas, inspire and get inspired, and connect with other creative professionals!  

快来加入其他女性，她们正在行动并实现自己的想法，启发他人并获得灵感，并与其他创意专业人士产生联系！

About the Chengdu Women in Business Network:

Last year the CWIB Network held the Women in Action Workshop series – with 4 volumes, with assessments such as the Johari Window, Emotional Intelligence and Unconscious Mistakes Women Make in Business. This saw the network grow to over 300 international and local female entrepreneurs, business owners, civil servants, and professionals from a diverse range of industries. 

关于成都职业女性网络

去年，CWIB网络举办了Women in Action Workshop系列活动 – 共有4期，内容包括乔哈里咨询窗，情商和女性在生意中所犯的无意识错误。这些活动使该网络发展壮大，成员包括超过300名国际和本地女性企业家、企业主、公务员和来自各行各业的专业人士。

The network primarily organizes series of professional workshops and networking with the aim of building a sustainable global network of leaders in business, doers, and provide vertical and horizontal mentorship. 

该网络平台主要组织系列性的专业研讨会和网络活动，旨在建立一个可持续的全球企业领导者和实干者的社交网络，并提供纵向和横向指导。

 To read more about this event click here