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[Member News] Pearson Announces its Partnership with the British Pavilion of Beijing Expo 2019

5th August 2019
rachel
Chamber News, Education / Business Training & Services, Member News

Aug 1st, 2019, Pearson announced today a partnership program with the British Pavilion of the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition (hereinafter Beijing Expo). Pearson is participating at the Beijing Expo as the lead sponsor of the British Pavilion. By leveraging…

What’s New in the 2019 Negative Lists? [Policy Insights]

1st August 2019
rachel
Advocacy, Chamber News

Tuesday 30th July marked the implementation of China’s revised Negative and Encouraged Lists for foreign investment by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). These effectively act as a manual for foreign businesses in China to understand which sectors they are prohibited and restricted from investing in by the authorities, and which enjoy incentives.

Start your day with a sketch!

29th July 2019
rachel
Chamber News

Last Wednesday, the British Chamber of Commerce in China organised the 3rd Management Series event of the year - A Guide to Notetaking, a learning-by-doing workshop hosted by Martin Barnes, founder of Mountains of Imagination. The theme of this…

Testing Times: The ongoing U.S.-China trade war has unsurprisingly impacted legal work, but firms say that there have been a number of bright spots

Reed Smith Partner Dora Wang discussing US-China trade war and legal impacts The ongoing U.S.-China trade war has unsurprisingly impacted legal work, but firms say that there have been a number of bright spots.While the inconvenient truth is that China-US…

British Airways announces move to Beijing Daxing

http://mediacentre.britishairways.com/pressrelease/details/86/2019-319/11312 British Airways has today announced that all direct flights to and from Heathrow and Beijing will move to new state-of-the-art Daxing airport from 27 October 2019, with flights available on ba.com from today. British Airways is the first international airline to…

How British businesses in China should prepare for a no-deal Brexit [Policy Insights]

The UK is scheduled to exit the European Union on the 31st October 2019. With the final two Conservative Party leadership candidates, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, refusing to rule out the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, British businesses must now prepare for the potential subsequent fallout. A no-deal Brexit would mean the end of the UK’s access to the European Single Market and Customs Union, replaced by alignment with World Trade Organisation rules on cross-border trade.

Data Privacy and AI Tech updates

On Friday, in partnership with Fieldfishers China, BritCham co-hosted and in-depth talk on the latest appraisal of GDPR and AI technology. In summary; despite firms fears of GDPR and the potential fines that could be levied, regulatory bodies have started…

What are the outcomes of the 10th Economic and Financial Dialogue? [Policy Insights]

5th July 2019
rachel
Advocacy, Breakfast Briefing, Chamber News

Earlier this month the Chancellor Philip Hammond hosted Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua in London for this year’s EFD to discuss economic challenges and trade and investment opportunities between the UK and China. With the findings of BritCham’s inaugural Position Paper having informed the discussions between the two sides, Thursday’s briefing served as a valuable platform from which government and business could talk about how the market access barriers facing British companies were addressed.

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