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China is a very complex market. Small and medium-sized businesses do not have the same resources as large multinational companies to sort through regulations, conduct due diligence and assess business opportunities and risks.
Through email, face-to-face or online meetings with in-house or external experts, we offer tailored and confidential technical assistance to any EU SMEs or business organisations in need. Our services are free.
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Gain insights and practical solutions on changes that impact your business, network with peers, and help lobby European and Chinese policymakers by joining the Inter-Chamber SME Working Group. Share your experiences and stay up to date with our events and publications.
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Training
For SMEs at every stage of business in China, we design flexible hybrid and online training programmes. Our training sessions and webinars are designed to share knowledge with SMEs as well as business support and trade promotion partners and their members.
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Self-Diagnosis Tool
Expanding your operations to China? Assess your readiness here. Test your knowledge on how to export, register products, select target markets, distribution channels, taxation and more, and receive recommended content on issues that matter to you.
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Articles
Concise pieces of analysis with practical insights and interpretation of regulatory or market developments affecting EU SMEs.
Regularly published in business journals and media outlets, our articles are all in open access here.

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Registered Capital in China: What Is it and How Much Do I Need?

article| 13 September 2023

Financing Business Basics

China’s Dairy Sector

article| 29 August 2023

Food & Beverages Dairy

Guidelines
Detailed and practical “How to” instructions guiding EU SMEs in understanding and complying with market access requirements in various sectors.
Our guidelines come enriched with screenshots to take you through administrative processes step by step and FAQs tailored for EU SMEs.

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Guidelines on Exporting Health Food to China

guideline| 18 May 2023

Food supplements Health supplements Healthcare

Food Additives in China: Regulations and Practical Cases

guideline| 20 December 2022

Food & Beverages Alcohol Dairy

Reports
Comprehensive overviews of specific business sectors, our reports cover a wide range of areas such as market structure and key players, policy drivers and regulatory requirements, standards and certification, current data, future trends and directions.

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SMEs in China: 2023 Policy Environment Report

report| 24 August 2023

Advocacy Policy Environment Report

China’s Dairy Sector: Market, Technical Requirements and Opportunities

report| 27 June 2023

Food & Beverages GACC Dairy

Case Studies
Open-access studies, often based on one-to-one interviews, on specific EU SMEs with direct experience in the Chinese market, sharing insights on the challenges they encountered as well as recommendations for other European SMEs.

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Digiant Global Presents its Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Solutions for Brands Entering the Chinese Market

case-study| 24 April 2023

E-Commerce Marketing cross-border e-commerce Case Study Series

PcVue Solutions by Arc Informatique

case-study| 21 December 2022

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Webinars
Our online seminars and workshops with expert speakers who expand on the topics covered in our reports, inform and guide businesses through China’s regulatory changes, trade fairs, due diligence steps, intellectual property right protection and more.
If you missed one of our events, you can access the recording and the slides here.

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Sow, Sprout, Grow: Understanding China’s Plant-Based Food Market

webinar| 1 September 2023

Food & Beverages

The Power of Glam: Cosmetics Industry Trends and Policy Dynamics in China

webinar| 17 July 2023

Cosmetics

FAQs
Practical answers to the 68 most frequently asked questions we receive from business enquiries: selecting e-commerce platforms, registering a company in China, invoicing and paying the right taxes, getting products certified and hiring staff, the solution may be a click away.

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Our Partners
The EU SME Centre has a network of partners located throughout Europe and China, sharing a common goal of facilitating trade and assisting companies in their internationalisation plans. You will find here all the organisations that are official partners of the EU SME Centre.

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Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce

The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC) aims at promoting economic, trade and scientific relations between Belgium and China. It assists Flemish companies in doing business with China and supports Chinese companies wishing to invest in Flanders.Among the activities proposed, FCCC organises China conferences, workshops, networking lunches and meetings with Chinese delegations. It organises missions to China, working in close cooperation with official government bodies, whilst providing business advice.

Andalucía Lab

Andalucía Lab is a Department of the Empresa Pública para la Gestión del Turismo y del Deporte de Andalucía, which is also part of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, of the Junta de Andalucía.At Andalucía Lab, our mission is to promote the Andalusian tourism industry using a technological approach, making it increasingly competitive in the world market. Tourism and technology; technology and tourism.

Service Providers
Small and medium-sized enterprises may have difficulty in finding service providers that understand their specific needs. You will find here our selection of companies with a track-record of working with SMEs in the Chinese market.

Service Providers

Integra Group

Integra Group is an established provider of company secretarial, accounting, tax, HR, and financial advisory services in China. With offices and local experts in Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Singapore, and Hong Kong, we are prepared to deliver meaningful and actionable solutions that help our clients succeed in their industry.Our cross-border teams of accounting, tax and business advisory professionals work hand-in-hand with businesses to provide them the resources and local ‘know-how’ to go further with confidence.Our clients include Fortune 500 companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises spanning a wide range of industries including, retail, manufacturing, innovation, trade, food and beverage, and fashion. Our personalized approach helps us find solutions that meet our clients specific needs including their unique regulatory, business, cultural and language requirements.

PingPong Digital

PingPong Digital is an award-winning Chinese marketing agency with affiliated/official partnerships with Tencent, Weibo, Baidu and ByteDance. We have helped hundreds of businesses worldwide to optimise their marketing effort in targeting, acquiring and retaining Chinese consumers.Our extensive client portfolio includes a diverse collection of clients, from luxury fashion, department stores, cosmetics, chained-hotels, food & beverage, travel agencies, property developers and agencies, educational institutes to B2B machinery and information-technology brands.

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Our partnership programme has been designed to add value to the activities and services of our partners with the common goal of supporting SMEs interested in doing business in China.

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Upcoming Events
Join our seminars offline and online, meet new investors and distributors for your products at roadshows, stay informed on trade fairs all over China. We organise activities for SMEs of all industries.

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12 October 2023

SMEs’ Supply Chain Strategy Shift

Event| Tianjin & Online

11 October 2023

Thinking Small to Grow Big – Fostering a Stable Development Path for SMEs in China

Event| Shanghai

Press Corner
All our announcements, open calls, and press releases on new partnerships, meetings and updates on the EU SME Centre’s services and activities.

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28 September 2023

SME Development Roundtable at the 2023 Sino-German (European) SME Communication & Cooperation Conference

On Friday 22 September, the EU SME Centre took part in the Sino-German (European) SME Communication & Cooperation Conference in Jinan,…

25 July 2023

Infant Formula: New Registration Guidelines Will Enter into Force in October 2023

On 10 July 2023, SAMR released the revised Administrative Measures of Product Formulation Registration of Infant Formula Milk Powder, which will…
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Infographic: A Few Facts and Figures on SME Policies

29 July 2022

As the market evolves and regulations change, the EU SME Centre is here to provide you with the latest information and independent advice. Find out a few key data points on the business environment and focus areas for SMEs in China in our infographic about the findings detailed in the June 2022 update to SMEs in China: Policy Environment Report.

2022-SME-Policy-Environment-Facts-and-Figures Download

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