The Chamber manages 50+ events each year, offering gainful opportunities to network with like-minded business people. Members are able to attend events at either complimentary or preferential rates. Our Focus Groups are targeting specific sectors and drive the majority of our events.
Before starting exports to China, the seasoned export manager of an EU SME has to gather intelligence data about a number of issues paramount for success including topics like which sort of competition can you expect in China, where to search for market information regarding the category of the products, how to conduct a store check, know importers involved, and other aspects which if neglected often increase costs, cause unnecessary delays, or even worse lead to take wrong decisions.
Another crucial aspect that EU SMEs should pay attention to is making sure their Intellectual Property (IP) rights are protected in China. If intellectual property has not been protected in the Chinese jurisdiction, there is potential for major financial consequences as counterfeiting and other IP infringements still prevail in China. This webinar provides top-level expert advice on how to get your products safely to the shelves in China while also protecting your IP rights.
During the webinar you can expect:
• Information on what you need to know before starting to export to China
• Overview how to protect your main IP rights in China
• Expert tips and watch-outs on how build a robust export strategy to China
• Various case studies
On Thursday, 23 March 2017 at 10:00AM CET the China IPR SME Helpdesk, the EU SME Centre and the Mechelen Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcome you to join the IP expert Dr. Toby Mak and the business development expert Mr. Rafael Jimenez for a webinar session entitled “Export to China: Getting your Products to the Shelves and Protecting your IPR” During this interactive and educational session we will provide expert insights, practical case studies and a live Q&A session!
Language: English
Click here to register.
We hope to see you soon!
Radisson Blu in corporation with the British Chamber of Commerce Southwest China will have a shining run activity along the Nanbin road on March 25th and a candlelight dinner in River Café. Schedule as below;
- 6:20-6:40 guests arrive.
- 6:40-6:50 distribute T-shirts and other materials
- 6:50-7:10 warm up in hotel entrance
- 7:15 start running ( Hotel – Yanyu Park—Hotel)
- 8:15 back to hotel and paint the earth hour board together
- 8:28 count down
- 8:30 turn off the lights
- 8:40 have dinner
We have a special offer for all BCC/CBBC members at RMB188net/adult, RMB99net/child.
If you are interested, please contact us.
QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE
Minister for Asia and the Pacific to speak at conferenceCBBC is delighted to announce that Alok Sharma MP, Minister for Asia and the Pacific, will deliver a keynote address to the conference.Elected in 2010 as the MP for Reading West, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2016 – click for CV
- Opening plenary: A new stage in the UK/China relationship
- Building Britain – Prospects for capital flows from China
- UK and Chinese Companies – A Conversation
- Entering the China Market Workshop
- Healthy China – Delivering Integrated Care
- The Changing Taste of China – Digital and innovation as the new drivers for food and drink sales
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation as a driver of the UK-China Partnership
- British Brands – Winning China’s curious new consumers
- Hong Kong as the Super-Connector for UK businesses in Asia
Confirmed speakers include:
- Duncan Innes-Kerr, Regional Director Asia, Economist Intelligence Unit (Bottom left)
- Tim Render, Director – Food and Farming, DEFRA (Top right)
- Alistair Tebbit, Head of Government Affairs, UK RELX Group (Top left)
- Dr Richard Lewis, Partner and Healthcare Lead, Ernst & Young LLP (Bottom right)
- Nick Miles, Head of Asia-Pacific, IGD
- Sohail Shaikh, Managing Director Asia, Mothercare
- Deborah Kobewka, Managing Director, Healthcare UK
- Peter Heather, Managing Director, Access To China
- Emma Sheldon, Group Marketing Director, Vernacare Limited
and many more…
With more than 649 million ‘netizens’, China connects more people to the Internet than any other country. Moreover, the growing trend towards online shopping for products and services means that the Internet is now one of the main sales channel for many companies. Although the Internet acts as a gateway for European SMEs, it is also an ideal platform for infringers to sell counterfeit products. Thus, the European SMEs need to have a good strategy in place to protect their IP rights on e-commerce platforms in China.
On Wednesday, 29 March 2017, you are welcome to join Helpdesk expert Mr. Daniel Albrecht for a China IPR SME Helpdesk webinar session “How to Protect Your IPR at Chinese E-Commerce Market“. Mr. Albrecht will give a detailed overview to European SMEs about e-commerce landscape in China, covering IPR Issues such as:
- Trade mark registration, protection and enforcement;
- What can SMEs do if their rights are violated;
- Can SMEs hold e-commerce platforms liable for IP infringements;
- Practical tips on how to create a robust IP protection strategy in e-commerce sector;
- Practical case studies involving European SMEs.
This free of charge web-based seminar is composed of a 45-minute expert presentation, where Mr. Albrecht will take you through a range of simple, cost-effective measures to protect your company against IP infringements in China. This will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A session where all our participants can pose questions to the expert.
If you are interested, please click here.
Language: English
Join the American, British, European Union, Australian, French, German, Hong Kong, and Italian Chamber of Commerce for the first business networking mixer of the spring! Included in your ticket is a free-flow of imported beer and wine, as well as a great bugget. The first celebration of the Year of the Rooster will take place outdoors at the Stern Terrasse of the Kempinski chengdu, a perfect location to celebrate the spring.
If you are interested in this event, please click here to register.
3/31-4/1 | TTC x TRB Pop Up Restaurant 4-Hand Menu
2 cities | 2 chefs | 2 days | 5 courses = an infinite passion for all things tasty
The Temple Café of The Temple House & Temple Restaurant Beijing
are teaming up, to present you a culinary experience not to be missed!
(Chengdu, 25th March 2017) On 31st of March and 1st of April only, Chef Jerome Merlo of The Temple Café will be teaming up with Chef Sebastian Schäfer of TRB (visiting from Beijing,) to create a 5-course 4-hand menu in The Temple House. Both chefs share similar passion and dedication in gourmet food, and they look forward to whip up two magical nights in Chengdu. Later in May, Chef Jerome will also be visiting TRB in Beijing, as an extension of this beautiful collaboration.
3/31 Dinner (5-course, RMB 368)
4/01 Lunch ( 3-course, RMB 268) & Dinner (5-course, RMB 368)
Foie Gras Terrine, White Chocolate, Green Apple Scallop Escabeche, Brine, Black Garlic, Carro
Salmon, Horseradish,Beetroot, Lemon Broken Strawberry Pie, Lime, Granola, Vanilla
Braised Beef Cheek, Roots, Foie Gras, Mushroom The Temple Café
About The Temple Café and The Temple House
The Temple Café is an all-day restaurant offering breakfast, lunch and dinner menus as well as light snacks in bright and vibrant surroundings. Inspired by the French bistro style, The Temple Café is aiming to provide the authentic French food in a relaxed atmosphere.
The Temple Café features a separate dining area and a grab-and-go retail counter. Guests have the option to either dine in or enjoy quality deli items, including sandwiches, pastries, desserts, coffee, fresh juices and soft drinks, in grab-and-go packages.
A distinctively different luxury hotel in Chengdu, The Temple House celebrates a city with a rich and fabled past and extremely exciting future with its beautiful blend of traditional and modern design.
About Chef Sebastian Schäfer of TRB
Chef Sebastian Schäfer had travelled and worked in 14 establishments in 7 countries to date, and his international journey reflects on his versatile cooking style. Originally from Germany where Sebastian completed his culinary education and apprenticeships, he would then go on to what seems like a worldwide cooking journey, practicing and perfecting his craft in the kitchens of the famed Michelin chefs such as Juan Amador ( in Restaurant Amador in Germany and Restaurant Heritage in Romania ), Gordon Ramsay (in at Claridges Hotel and Gordon Ramsay Boxwood Cafe in London), Heinz Beck (in Apsleys in London) and in other highly regarded establishments in Switzerland, Greece and Egypt, before moving to Asia and settling in Bangkok, Thailand to lead the kitchen of The Capital by Water Library in 2014.
Chef Sebastian’s cooking style is as dynamic and exhilarating as his experiences and the roads travelled, the international exposure he has absorbed himself in certainly makes him appreciative and quick-to-adapt to different cultures and cuisines. His signatures are precision to craft, dedication to bring delightful surprises onto each plate and determination to keep on pushing the boundaries of taste.
About TRB
TRB serves contemporary European cuisine and is committed to providing the highest level of hospitality to guests. TRB’s dining space was created by the Australian architectural and design firm – Hassell – which emphasized the clean, light-filled and thoroughly modern lines of what was once a television factory producing the capital’s first black-and-white TVs.
TRB’s kitchen is staffed by team of dedicated and enthusiastic local chefs, who soak up knowledge from steady influx of international guest chefs from world-known restaurants. TRB’s wine list, “Temptations” by TRB, is also claimed to be one of the largest in the city and has been carefully selected by its three in-house sommeliers.
TRB is headed by Ignace Lecleir, a Belgian native who has worked as general manager at some of the world’s most well-regarded restaurants, being integral to them receiving awards for outstanding levels of both service and management. Ignace came to Beijing in 2008 to open Daniel Boulud’s Maison Boulud, where he stayed until 2010 before embarking on TRB, which he opened in 2011.
Since opening in 2011, TRB has been recognized for a number of awards from the media, industry and by the customers.
About The House Collective
The House Collective, including The Opposite House, The Upper House and The Temple House, is a group of small, individual hotels in Asia for seasoned travelers who seek a different, intimate and personalised experience in luxury travel. Each with its own distinctive character and sense of style, The House Collective is a group of refined, highly individual hotels that defy comparison.
For more information, please visit www.the-house-collective.com and www.thetemplehousehotel.com
About Swire Hotels and Swire Restaurants
Swire Hotels has been created to manage soulfully individual hotels in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the USA, providing a characterful experience for well-travelled individually minded travellers who seek originality, style and personalised service. We create distinctive hotels with a sense of place that break with convention.
The company’s first hotel, The Opposite House in Beijing, opened in 2008 and was followed by The Upper House, Hong Kong, and then by EAST, Hong Kong and EAST, Beijing. The Temple House in Chengdu is opened in July 2015 and EAST, Miami opened in 2016.
A restaurant division was set up in 2013 to manage the company’s stand-alone restaurant operations. Our first restaurant Plat du Jour opened in November 2013 followed by Public and Ground Public in Quarry Bay. The Continental in Pacific Place opened in October 2014 and Mr & Mrs Fox in Taikoo Place in 2015. Our latest addition, the second Plat du Jour opened in Pacific Place in January 2016.
About Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu
Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu is a 250,000 sqm (approx. 2,710,000 sq ft) mixed-use development located in the heart of Jinjiang District, south of Dacisi Road, east of Shamao Street and close to the popular Chunxi Road shopping area. The project comprises an over 100,000 sqm (over 1,140,000 sq ft) open-plan low-rise retail mall; a 100-room intriguing urban hotel, The Temple House, managed by Swire Hotels; 42 serviced apartments as well as a 47-storey Grade A office tower, Pinnacle One. The complex will be conveniently accessible from the interchange station of Metro Lines 2 and 3.
Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu embraces the historic Daci Temple and takes pride in the reinvigoration of surrounding heritage buildings. Welcoming lanes, courtyards, plazas with architecture inspired by traditional and modern streets in the east and west make it unique in Chengdu. Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu won the Silver Award for Best Urban Regeneration Project in MIPIM Asia Awards 2012.
Scheduled for a phased opening from 2014 onwards, Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu between Swire Properties Limited and Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited.
For more media queries, please contact:
Ms. Grace Chuang
Director of Communications, The Temple House
Tel: +86 28 6297 4048
Email: gracechuang@swirehotels.com
Ms. Jenny Lo
CatchOn Marketing Communications
Tel: +86 21 6227 0575
Email: jenny.lo@catchonco.com
Chengdu International Advertising Exposition gives attendants insight on; advertisement, printing devices, digital advertising, and exposition design. It is an exposition covering 90,000 square meters, and with over 4,000 stands.
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The 10th Chengdu International Lighting and LED Exhibition focuses on illumination tools, LEDs, and lighting systems.
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The 7th Chengdu Packing and Printing Festival will be revolved around professional printing devices, and packaging devices.
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China will become one of the largest E-commence markets in the world. By 2020, its market size will be bigger than the US, Britain, Japan and Germany. This webinar provides a holistic picture on a general overview on the Chinese E-commerce market, domestic legal and policy environment, business opportunities and key considerations for EU SMEs.
This webinar covers the following five topics specially:
- E-commerce worldwide
- China’s E-commerce Market
- Key growth drivers
- Barriers to entry
- Considerations for foreign companies
Click the image below to view the webinar video on YouTube or click here.
About the Expert
Daniel Albrecht
Daniel Albrecht is a German attorney at law and has been running Starke since 2014. He specializes in corporate law, commercial law as well as trademark law and labor law. He also assists his clients in drafting and negotiating complex contract documentations. Furthermore Daniel advises international businesses on the acquisition or sale of public and private companies. Besides Daniel works as a Guest Professor for civil law at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing.