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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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Advocacy
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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Destination Europe: Chinese Tourism Infographic

| 25 May 2023

Tourism Travel Infographic Leisure and recreation

F&B Survey Results: Customs Processes and the CIFER System

article| 5 May 2023

Food & Beverages GACC CIFER

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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Selling to China via Cross-Border E-Commerce

report| 9 March 2023

E-Commerce Enter the Market

China Market Access and Compliance Requirements for Consumer Goods | 2022 Update

report| 12 December 2022

Retail E-Commerce Exporting to China Consumer Goods

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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The Cream of the Crop: Exporting Dairy to China

webinar| 26 May 2023

Dairy Webinar Food & Beverages Exporting to China

About to Take Off: The Return of Chinese Outbound Tourism

webinar| 25 May 2023

Leisure and recreation Tourism Webinar Travel

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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Partners
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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.

Our Partners

Slovenian-Chinese Business Council

Slovenian-Chinese Business Council (hereinafter SCBC) was founded in 2020 under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. As of today, SCBC connects over 50 members as they strive to expand the economic, scientific (professional) and cultural cooperation. Our activities are based on content- and program-focused activities of economic entities and individuals operating on the international market with an emphasis on the Slovenian and Chinese markets. Our main goal is to strengthen the cooperation between Slovenia and China.We strive to increase the visibility of Chinese economic, scientific (professional) and cultural contributions in Slovenia, as well as the cooperation of Slovenian companies in the Chinese economic, scientific and cultural environment. The SCBC focuses on a wide intersection of industries, in order to comprehensively promote our goals and our mission.

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

BIPO

Established in 2010 and headquartered in Singapore, BIPO is a global payroll and people solutions provider. We assist business of all sizes expand and compete in global markets. Our total workforce solutions include our Human Capital Management (HCM) suite, Global Payroll Outsourcing (GPO) and Employer of Record (EOR) service. Trusted across 150+ global markets, we understand the power of technology in delivering the best-in-class solutions to our clients. We leverage our award-winning HR Management System (HRMS), Athena BI, GPO and EOR technology platform to deliver customised services and scalable solutions that automate HR processes, simplify workflows, and deliver actionable insights.Contact person in China:Catherine Huang (Shanghai)Corporate & International Relations Manager (China)Phone: +86 15921837461Address: 3F,OOCL Plaza, No. 841, Middle Yan An Road, Shanghai, ChinaContact person in Europe:Roland BrouwerCorporate & International Relations Regional Director (Europe)Phone: +31 (0) 6 4316 8805Address: Kingsfordweg 151, 1043 GR Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ASIALLIANS

ASIALLIANS is a French law firm registered with Paris Bar Association. Asiallians coordinates a network of laws firms having a recognized business law practice in Europe, Mainland China and in Taiwan. For 15 years, the founding partners of Asiallians have advised their clients in Asian market and have developed a strong expertise in every field of foreign investments. We advise French and European major accounts as well as small and medium size enterprises in the traditional field of Foreign Direct Investment, and also in more specialized areas of expertise such as Intellectual Property Protection, Distribution Law, Labor Law, Transnational taxation, Securities Law or Customs practices. Our teams are dedicated to supporting our clientele in all industry areas: heavy industry, aeronautics, service sector, cosmetics, pharmaceutics, technology, luxury groups… Having this strong experience, we wish to offer our clients a new option through a greater capacity to act before all administrative authorities and local jurisdictions for preliminary projects and litigations cases as well. ASIALLIANS is the first French law firm offering integrated services to its clients. We are integrated in a Chinese law firm in the PRC and Taiwanese law firm in Taiwan, and are therefore able to provide a full range of legal services without being bound by any restrictions applicable to Foreign law firms.

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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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News & Events
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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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21 June 2023

How Portuguese SMEs Can Expand to the Chinese Market

Event| Online

14 June 2023

Tapping into China’s E-Commerce Ecosystem While Protecting Your IP

Event| Beijing & Online

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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29 May 2023

The EU SME Centre signs an MoU with Empresa Pública para la Gestión del Turismo y del Deporte de Andalucía (Andalucía Lab)

On 23 May 2023, the representatives of the EU SME Centre and Andalucía Lab signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),…

19 May 2023

Invitation to Tender: Promotional Video Production

The EU SME Centre is looking for a Video Production Contractor for a project to be delivered on 30 June…
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SME Advocacy Platform

18 October 2015

Providing a coherent, consistent and consolidated voice for European small businesses.

The EU SME Centre has established an Inter-chamber SME Working Group with the European Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) since 2014. It is open to all EU SMEs. Join the Group and you will have an opportunity to:

Receive updates on the issues that affect the regulatory landscape for EU SMEs
Participate in workshops and gain insights from policy insiders
Network with your peers and share best practices
Feed into the EUCCC Position Paper
Influence SME related policies and regulations in Europe and China
Meet with Chinese and EU authorities

If you have any questions about the Platform, please contact Ms Ester Canada Amela.

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