Dear Partners and Friends, Due to recent local COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, the Shanghai municipal administration has, unfortunately, decided to postpone the 23rd China International Industry Fair 2021, from 14-18 September to 1-5 December 2021. This is as response to growing coronavirus cases and to the fact that several areas in Shanghai are listed as […]

The EU SME Centre Advocacy Team has now launched the newest updates to the ‘SME Policy Environment Report 2021’. In recent years, the policy environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the People’s Republic of China has undergone a significant transformation. The present report sets out to provide an overview of the most significant […]

On 8 July 2021, the EU SME Centre (the Centre), EUROCHAMBRES, and our official partners, Empresa Pública para la Gestión del Turismo y del Deporte de Andalucía and Instituto de Promoción Exterior de Castilla-La Mancha organised an online training session with the support of Turespaña targeting European SMEs operating in the Horeca industry and looking […]

From 29 June to 1 July, one of the consortium partners of the EU SME Centre, EUROCHAMBRES, organised the 6th edition of Connecting European Chambers (CEC), a conference gathering local, regional and national Chambers offering the opportunity to learn about new EU programmes, discover best Chamber practices, and build network’s strengths. CEC’s programme included a […]

On 28th June, The EU SME Centre and the European Chamber organised a Policy Meeting on Data Governance with Ms Kendra Schaefer, Partner at Trivium China, and Ms Isabelle Hajjar, Vice Chair of the Cybersecurity Sub-Working Group at the European Chamber and Head of Compliance for the EU & APAC Data Privacy & Cybersecurity specialist […]

On 22 June 2021, the EU SME Centre (the Centre), EUROCHAMBRES, our official partner, TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme, and the ChinaIP SME Helpdesk organised an online training session aiming at explaining European SMEs how to find suitable business partners in China. The participants were welcomed by Ferran Huidobro, International project manager at TecnoCampus Mataró, and Elisabeth Jordà […]

On 21 June, the EU SME Centre signed an MOU with the Organizing Committee of the 23rd China International Industry Fair (CIIF) for the establishment of the European SME Pavilion at this year’s edition, which will take place in Shanghai from 14 to 18 September. Renzo Isler, Director of the EU SME Centre participated in […]

On 9 June 2021, EU SME Centre participated in the 16th China International Water Business Summit held at the China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Center in Wuhan, Hubei China and attracted more than 100 representatives who attended this meeting. The meeting was joined by organisations from both Chinese and European government bodies, scientific research […]

On 2-4 June 2021, the EU SME Centre participated in the Aquatech China Fair 2021 in Shanghai. Leading up to the fair, the China Europe Water Platform (CEWP) and the Centre collaborated on organizing a webinar series which focused on the development of the Water Sector in China and Europe. The series was organized as […]