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Welcome to the Webinar: China-Update 2023!

Join us as we delve into the world of Douyin: What is it? What factors contributed to its rapid rise in popularity? And how can we effectively harness its potential? We are honored to welcome Mme Chu to share her expertise on this subject.

In our fourth conversation of this series, Markus HERRMANN, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG); (Advisory) Board Member stars and SCCC, Zurich, will be talking to Jorge TOLEDO ALBIÑANA, Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing. EU-China relations have in recent years deteriorated rapidly. Against the backdrop of unfulfilled hopes in European capitals of China converging with market-based economies and providing a level playing field for foreign business, the EU Commission adopted a more assertive approach in its strategic outlook in 2019, describing China simultaneously as a cooperation and negotiation partner, an economic competitor in pursuit of technological leadership and a systemic rival promoting alternative models of governance. The Covid pandemic, human rights issues, a China perceived as belligerent in the Taiwan Strait as well as Beijing’s position in the Ukraine war are further straining the relationship. In a recent speech, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen characterized China concisely as “becoming more repressive at home and more assertive abroad”. To deal with an increasingly revisionist China in the eyes of Brussels, the EU vows to strengthen its own industrial competitiveness and resilience, make better use of existing trade instruments, develop new defensive economic tools and strengthen alignment with its partners – in short, the EU adopts a strategy of “de-risking” its exposure to China, while at the same time strengthening “the international system itself”. What does this strategic adjustment mean for engagement and diplomacy on-the-ground? What role does the transatlantic relationship play? Is there still hope for a reinvigoration of the CAI? Where can and shall the EU and China continue to collaborate going forward? And what does this mean for European business in China? Kindly note: All webinars of this series are held under Chatham House Rules and will not be recorded.

Welcome to the SCCC Legal Chapter Luncheon!