Events

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.

Mar
17
Fri
Yanomamo: The Strife of the Amazon @ Shiguangnan Theatre, Nanping,Chongqing
Mar 17 @ 18:30


Allow the students and staff of YCIS to lead you on a journey into the Amazon rainforest. Get up close and personal with the plants, animals and people of this magnificent forest and witness the hardships they face. Prepare to be entertained by the orchestra and rock band, choirs and soloists, Parkour performers and actors and dancers.

重庆耀中全校师生员工将携手带您走进神秘的亚马逊部落,开启独特的音乐之旅。置身热带雨林,与动物为伴,一起感受自然之美的同时,体会痛失家园的沉重心情。高水准的管弦乐队、摇滚乐团、合唱、独奏等精彩演出之外,更有跑酷、歌舞及专业的话剧表演。

This event is ONE NIGHT ONLY and is sure to impress. Don’t miss this fabulous extravaganza of entertainment and excitement!

本届春季音乐会仅此一场,将带给您视觉感官全方位的超强震撼,相信您一定不愿错过!

Contact:  enquiry@cq.ycef.com for tickets

NATOOKE 周五夜骑 绿色主题|FNR Paint It Green @ Natooke
Mar 17 @ 20:00

  FNR Paint It Green

  

This Friday Natooke is organising an exciting bike ride in celebration of St. Patricks Day. Join the event for this special ride and beat the gloom. Get out and ride! In addition to ride as usual, Natooke is requesting folks to wear anything green! We’re hoping to have a mob of people in green cruising the streets. We’ll wrap up the ride at Dave’s Oasis where riders will be offered specials on food and drink.  Ride, hang out and kick your weekend off right! For this event, Natooke is open for anyone who is enthusiastic and interested in running the show. If you’d like to be behind the scenes and help the Natooke team make the FNR happen, please send us a message and we can go from there!
活动详情 x Natooke
这周五,我们会有一个特别的骑行活动。快点来加入我们吧,赶走低迷,绿色骑行。这次活动除了日常的骑行准备,我们还要求参加的人都得身着绿色。这一晚,会有一抹亮丽的绿游走在大街小巷。骑行终点是Dave’s Oasis,饮料和食物都有很多优惠。骑行、游玩,好好享受这个周末吧。另外,我们还想找一个能帮我们运作活动的人,主要的工作就是在幕后支持Natooke团队,把活动办得更好更热闹。如果你有兴趣,请和我们联系。
                                                                                                                                                                  Location
                                                                                      成都武侯区小天东街3号附26号 Xiao Tian East Street 3-26 Wuhou District, Chengdu
Mar
20
Mon
The Virtual International Career Fair @ Webinar
Mar 20 all-day

At the Careers Service, the University of Sheffield, we are organising our first ever International Online Virtual Fair. The fair aims to develop an online platform where our international students could meet employers from their home countries that are recruiting graduates from UK universities returning back home.

The Virtual International Career Fair we are organising is free of charge for employers. If British Chamber of Commerce Southwest China or any of your members are interested to participate, you will have a virtual ‘booth’ to raise your profile on campus and advertise your vacancies.  Interested students will leave questions for you to answer. You can also have a virtual lecture theatre to present in front of the students (presentations can be pre-recorded and uploaded in advance), and have a live chat afterwards.
The fair will be taking place in w/c 20 March.

To set up the ‘booth’ we will need:

– Your company logo – as a high resolution JPEG or EPS

– A sales statement, theme or message to be display across your booth

– Names and email addresses of staff members who will require a log in

 If you would like to hold an employer presentation in our virtual lecture theatre, my colleague Ellie Shepherd (copied in) will get in touch shortly to confirm a slot in w/c 20 March for your presentation/live chat. One slot lasts one hour.

Hope this explains everything. If you are interested and would like to participate, please contact y.ling@sheffield.ac.uk to get in touch. 

For the original article, please click here

Mar
23
Thu
Invitation to A Special Event in Mianyang @ Mianyang
Mar 23 all-day

In this event, a number of top companies will mainly promote their overseas investment interests, and detailed introduction of these companies could be found in the attachment, as well as a tentative agenda for the event.

The participation for this event is for free, but with quite limited seats, and the registration will be closed on 17th March.

The presenters of each company will from the managerial level.

Hereby, we’d warmly welcome your attendance to this special event, and would be grateful if you can support disseminating the event info to your member companies. Should you are interested in delivering a presentation, please feel free to let me know before 14th March, and let’s see how we can coordinate.

The deadline for registration is 5pm on 17th March.

Please click Special Event in Mianyang – Gateway to Top Companies in Science Technology City for more information about this event. 

If you are interested and wish to join the event, please contact us for registration.

Webinar: Export to China: Getting your Products to the Shelves and Protecting your IPR @ Webinar
Mar 23 @ 10:00

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!

Mar
25
Sat
Earth Hour Event @ Radisson Blu
Mar 25 @ 18:20 – 20:40
Earth Hour Event @ Radisson Blu

 

 

 

 

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

Mar
29
Wed
How to Protect your IPR at the Chinese E-Commerce Market @ Webinar
Mar 29 @ 16:00 – 17:00

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

Mar
31
Fri
3/31-4/1 | TTC x TRB Pop Up Restaurant 4-Hand Menu @ The Temple House
Mar 31 – Apr 1 all-day

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

 

 

Apr
7
Fri
Barriers to Entry the Chinese E-commerce Market | Free Webinar @ Webinar
Apr 7 @ 06:55

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.

Apr
8
Sat
2017 THE THIRD SESSION CHINA (SICHUAN) INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION EXHIBITION @ New International Exhibition and Convention Center
Apr 8 @ 09:00 – Apr 9 @ 16:30

The background of the exhibition:

Si Chuan province is located in the west of China, the important combination of southwest, northwest and central China, and also the important junction and communication passage connecting southwest and northwest, middle Asia, south Asia and southeast Asia. It is a big province for natural resource, population and economy. Covering area of 486,000 square meters.

Si Chuan has jurisdiction over 21 cities (states) and 183 counties (districts) with 80.76 million permanent population, 26,000 schools of different grades and types, 15.79 million students at school, 950,000 school staff, 790,000 of them are full-time teachers. Due to the large number of various schools, Chengdu (the capital of Si Chuan province) always has the title of West China Education Center as it has 99 high level institutions and more than 1.2 million students in college, moreover, the economy level of Chengdu is always the leading position in west China. Therefore, Chengdu becomes the important area for domestic and foreign academies enrolling new students.

 

As one of the global acknowledged main sources for students abroad, China has become the front line that the universities of the target countries for studying compete to attract the excellent students abroad from China. Based on the statistics of education ministry, the number of study abroad increased nearly 20% in 2015 comparing with 2016. According to incomplete statistics, the number of study abroad of Si Chuan is nearly 40,000 in 2016, accounted for about 10% of the annual number of students abroad in the whole country, only next to Beijing and Shanghai. It is estimated that the number will continue to rise in the next a few years, moreover, the students abroad from working family are increasing, and the market of low age study abroad is emerging.

 

Hundreds of colleges and schools from over 20 countries and regions around the world have been attracted to attend The 2016China (Sichuan) International Education Exhibition. More than 50 thousand students and their parents will finish their face-to-face consultation during the exhibition. Basing on Western China, with an international and branding subject, the organizing committee will try their best to hold a representative branding exhibition in Sichuan education on their own relevant successful experience in the past. A qualitative leap in scale, effect and brand influence will be made to help oversea collages, oversea study and immigration services have good communication on deep development of local educational market and cooperation and exchange international education.

This exhibition does not only serve families, schools and education services, and not only for the education itself, also will become a booster of the whole social economy development and a highly valuable name card of Sichuan. Furthermore, it will help the world to have a better understanding to Sichuan, a higher focus on it and a better international cooperation with it, and attract more high class talent people and partners to give Sichuan a new step.

Highlight of the exhibition:

  1. The visitors can get the services from the exhibition as follows: obtain the site evaluation and receive the information of application for study abroad, on-site consultation, offering the most complete information of the colleges to improve the face-to face communication with the parents. The ones who attend this exhibition are various educational institutions from home and abroad, including comprehensive universities, the higher institute of technology, language training school etc to meet the demands for studying abroad of the students studying and graduated from the senior high school students, junior college students, undergraduate students and higher vocational colleges and so on.
  2. This exhibition offers not only the opportunity for “Zero Distance” communication between the students and parents of Chengdu and the numerous famous colleges, but also the package services for occupational planning, scholarship application, visa application, preparations for study abroad, overseas life, foreign finances and overseas property immigrants etc.
  3. The academic communication centers from different countries and many study abroad agencies will hold the explanation conference for the policies of study overseas during the exhibition.
  4. The organizing committee will send 200 elaborate gifts for free to the students each day during the exhibition.
  5. The academic communication centers from different countries will arrange some globally famous universities to enroll new students in Chengdu.

6. The global first-class universities majored in animation, clothing, movie director, music, art, business, material etc will have the face-to-face communication with the students.

The organizing committee will issue the news release and the mandatory advertising in Western China Metropolis Daily and Chengdu Business Daily in the early days before the exhibition started, furthermore, will release the rolling advertisement for 40 times each day in Chengdu Mobile TV Station and 500,000 mass short messages through special channels. The reporters of Chengdu television news channel and Sichuan Education Television will be invited to have the interview and will play it on TV on the first day that the exhibition starts.

【SCHEDULE】

Time for Register: 9:00AM-5:30PM, April 7th , 2017

Time for Preparation: 9:30AM-5:30PM, April 7th , 2017

Time of exhibition: 9:00AM-4:30PM, April 8st ~9nd , 2017

Time of Closing: 4:30PM,April9nd , 2017

ACTIVITY

  1. Consultancy meetings with students and parents co-organized by Sichuan registered study abroad agnecies.
  2. Project consultancy by China-foreign schools in partnership
  3. Discussion on international education program partnership by Chinese and foreign schools.
  4. Lectures by education counselors of Embassies of several nations in Sichuan.

EXPOSITION CONTENT

College entrance examination enrollment area

Overseas real estate area

  1. University-preparatory school, colleges and universities (diplomas and degrees of those colleges and university shall be admitted or registered by education departments or authorities of each country, and qualified for receiving overseas students.)
  2. Overseas vocational education schools
  3. Overseas language training schools and institutions
  4. Governmental organizations
  5. Embassies and consulates
  6. Student services providers (banking, accommodations & airlines, etc.)
  7. Student Services Agents and China-Overseas Cooperative Education Project
  8. Vocational education and private education enrollment consulting exhibition area
  9. College entrance examination enrollment consulting exhibition area
  10. International education communication area
  11. Children’s education institutions and comprehensive service area

12 Exhibition area for overseas real estate, school district housing, large residence of education

 

BOOTH SPECIFICATION AND CHARGES

Charges:         Foreign Exhibitor: US$2,800/ Standard Booth (plus 10% for double opened booth) Conference charge:US$30 for each person

Domestic Exhibitor RMB 15,000/ Standard Booth (plus 10% for double opened booth), Conference charge:RMB200for each person

Specification of booth up to international standard: 3m×3m, equipped three 2.5m-high boards, one desk for negotiation, Carpet, four folding chairs, a convenience receptacle ,two lamps and one lintel board)

Conference charge:    including charges for conference-related document, certificate, lunch, beverage, etc.)

EXPOSITION EXPRESS

We will publish name, profile, educational subject, service target and contact information of any exhibitor. All exhibitors are appreciated to e-mail relevant information to1033941731@qq.com in format of Microsoft Word before April 1th, 2017.

Charge for Proceedings and Advertisement (converted into RMB required for foreign exhibitors):

The 16K hectograph proceedings (210×130mm) will be gifted to participants and professionals from relevant organizations for communications and exchange

Cover

RMB 5,000

Back cover

RMB 4,000

Inside front cover

RMB 3,000

Inside back cover

RMB 3,000

Head page

RMB 3,000

Inter-pages

RMB 4,000

Inside color page

RMB 2,000

Inside black and white page

RMB 1,000

INVITATION OF VISITOR

  1. Publicize information of this exhibition in international departments and advisory institutes of universities and colleges.
  2. Post big posters in universities, colleges, vocational and middle schools of Sichuan.
  3. Visitors range: Students and parents, education administrators and teachers, the officials of the education department of the provinces, districts and cities and the directors of all levels education institutions, experts, scholars, on-job people, the principals of the organization for the educational investment and financing, the principals of the registered study abroad agency, the officials of commerce, education and culture of foreign embassies, etc.

PROCEDURE

  1. Exhibitor shall fill in Exposition Contract and affix official seal and then mail or fax them to Organizing Committee.

Exhibitor shall remit relevant exposition charge to appointed account within seven days upon registration.

  1. All exhibitors shall follow such principle that “first registered and paid shall have priority”, Organization Committee has right to cancel or displace unpaid booths till all booths are engaged.
  2. The Sponsor will mail Exhibitor Manual consisting of detailed schedule, transport, platform design and setting, travel and accommodation, material renting and waiter service, advertisement, visa application, weather forecast and any other service information to exhibitor upon exhibition booth confirmation, universities and colleges requesting pick up service shall contact organization committee five days ahead, all related costs shall be borne by exhibitors themselves.
  3. Exhibitor shall detail all information like height setting and special requirements in Exposition Contract.
  4. Organization Committee will prepare English and Chinese lintel board subject to contracts of registered universities and colleges.
  5. Application deadline: April1th .2017