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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.
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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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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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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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HR Insights for SMEs: From Talent Pool to Work Contracts

article| 26 March 2024

Human Resources HR Labour Law

Exporting Food & Beverage Products from Europe to China

article| 29 February 2024

Food & Beverages

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 GACC/CIFER Registration for European F&B Establishments: 2024 Update

guideline| 22 July 2024

GACC CIFER Food & Beverages

Guidelines on Exporting Health Food to China

guideline| 18 May 2023

Healthcare Food supplements Health supplements

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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SME Policy Environment Report: 2024 Update

report| 12 July 2024

Advocacy Policy Environment Policy Environment Report

Guide to Trade Fairs in China: 2024 Update

report| 25 March 2024

Trade Fairs

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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ISCLEANAIR: A Pioneer in Air Pollution Abatement Technology

case-study| 1 February 2024

Green Development

E-Commerce & Marketing: RedFern Digital Presents Its Campaign for Loop

case-study| 18 January 2024

E-Commerce Marketing cross-border e-commerce

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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Sustainable Transition for SMEs

webinar| 5 July 2024

Sustainability Green Development

How to Export to China via E-Commerce

webinar| 24 June 2024

E-Commerce cross-border e-commerce

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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AEP – Associação Empresarial de Portugal

Headquartered in the city of Porto, AEP is the largest business association and chamber of commerce and industry in Portugal. AEP is an association run by business owners, for business owners, to harness the power of business potential.AEP is active in promoting, supporting and encouraging sustainable, profitable business growth. Especially through its activity to drive internationalisation and external promotion, AEP has been continually developing external promotion activities, including business missions, collective participation in international fairs and exhibitions of products.For more than 30 years, AEP has acted in more than 85 foreign markets in Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Middle East, United States and Canada, carrying out over 700 actions involving around 7000 companies.Over the years, AEP has become a leader in the support of the internationalisation strategy of Portuguese companies. Proof of this, since 2015, AEP has been part of the Enterprise Europe Network, the world’s largest support network for SMEs and startups with international ambitions, active in more than 40 countries, bringing together around 450 member organisations.The EEN is a very relevant internationalisation driver in Europe, supporting and connecting companies, bringing together firms to build new relationships, share best practices, foster new opportunities and provide practical support to help businesses trade globally.

Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We work in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets. In this way, we support sustainable economic growth, regional development and secure employment.

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

VIRTUARCH

VIRTUARCH is an international award-winning Architecture, Interior Design and Project Management company with offices in China, Thailand and Switzerland specialized in workplaces (Industrial Buildings, R&D Facilities, Offices and Headquarter Buildings), as well as in the field of education (Kindergartens, Schools, Universities Vocational Training Centers, Adult Education). With over 20 years of experience, we have successfully designed and realized more than 500 projects in China and Asia for Multinational Corporations and Small and Medium-Sized Companies, often being Market Leaders and Hidden Champions in their fields.

CPC Consulting

CPC Consulting is a German Change Management Consulting firm helping clients implement impactful transformational solutions, and enable successful and robust organisations where people work with joy and purpose.For more than 30 years, we at CPC have been drivers of change on 1500+ projects in different industries, among others automotive, financial services, technology, and manufacturing. Our team of 100+ consultants from multicultural backgrounds is spread across Europe, Asia and the US to work with our clients as trusted partners on equal terms.In China, our service offering focuses on Change Management, Organisational Development, Agile Consulting, Leadership Development, and Project Management Services.

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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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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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22 September 2024

EU SME Business Mission to China: Green Industries

Event| Shanghai, Suzhou, Chengdu

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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20 June 2024

Policy News for SMEs in China

This column aims to inform you of recent policy announcements made by China’s governmental agencies, with a selection made for…

31 May 2024

Event Recap: Data Compliance and Protection for Businesses in China

Source: Embassy of Italy to the People’s Republic of China On Wednesday 22 May 2024, the Embassy of Italy in…
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Environnement SA – Selling Air Quality and Emissions Monitoring Systems in China

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case-study| 8 January 2012

Environnement SA is a French manufacturer of air quality monitoring and emission monitoring devices and systems. They first started to sell their products in the nineties before establishing a wholly owned subsidiary in 2009. Their key clients in China are government organisations and Engineering Procurement Construction companies (EPCs) who are attracted to Environnement SA’s high quality and internationally certified products and services.