China Dispatches – European Chamber Podcasts

Jan 20 2025 43 ep. 38 mins 16
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The official podcast of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Sharing on-the-ground insights from European business leaders and experts. Listen in for open discussions about China on current events, policy updates and the experiences of those doing business across China.

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Episode 32: 2024 Year in Review

Jan 20 2025 19 mins  
At the end of 2024, three of the European Chamber’s Beijing colleagues – Beijing General Manager Carl Hayward, Head of European Affairs Ester Cañada Amela and Policy and Communications Manager Mariann Nagy – sat down with our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager, to review the year and look forward to 2025. The last episode focused on the keywords […]

Episode 31: 2024 Keywords

Dec 23 2024 27 mins  
At the end of 2024, three of the European Chamber’s Beijing colleagues – Beijing General Manager Carl Hayward, Head of European Affairs Ester Cañada Amela and Policy and Communications Manager Mariann Nagy – sat down with our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager, to review the year and look forward to 2025. This episode focused […]

Episode 30: EU-China Relations after the 2024 Elections

Nov 25 2024 35 mins  
2024 has been an extraordinary year of elections. Two of the world’s largest economies, the European Union and the United States, voted for their new leadership. Due to the strong economic ties between China, the EU and the US, the ramifications of both elections could be enormous for European companies operating in China. In this […]

Episode 29: China’s inbound travel recovery, a mixed picture

Sep 05 2024 41 mins  
In the past year, the Chinese government has been promoting visa-free policies to boost inbound travel. During this summer, news about the big boom of China’s inbound tourists is all over the Chinese media. Foreign vloggers posted tons of travelling in China videos and some of them went viral on Chinese social media. In this […]

Episode 28: Can European companies stay ahead of competition in China?

Aug 05 2024 29 mins  
The European Chamber published its annual Business Confidence Survey in early May. Respondents reported that alongside economic and geopolitical challenges, competition is also a key hurdle for their business in China. In this episode, our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager at the European Chamber, is joined by Jens Eskelund, president of the European Chamber, […]

Episode 27: Market access in China: opportunities and challenges

Jul 17 2024 28 mins  
The European Chamber published its annual Business Confidence Survey in early May. It shows a significant improvement in perceptions about market opening: 19% of respondents report significant market opening in their industry, which is the highest level recorded in the past decade; and 26% of respondents report some opening, the same proportion as last year. […]

Episode 26: The Bumpy Road to Carbon Neutrality

Jul 01 2024 30 mins  
The European Chamber published its annual Business Confidence Survey in early May. One section of the survey is on carbon neutrality. It is a key policy priority for the Chinese Government, which targets peaking carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. It is also a key goal of European businesses in China, […]

Episode 25: HR strategies for a rapidly changing world

Jul 05 2023 33 mins  
With Chinese and global economic growth expected to slow, and China making the transition to long-term management of the COVID-19 pandemic, how are HR professionals’ strategies on workforce management evolving? In this episode, our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager at the European Chamber, is joined by Sunny Sun and Wang Shuhong, chair and vice […]

Episode 24: Joerg Wuttke, passing the baton

May 29 2023 35 mins  
One founding member of the European Chamber went on to serve as its president for four terms spanning over a decade and a half, all while balancing an enormous workload, dividing his time between Chamber tasks and his day-job as the head of BASF in Beijing. After stepping down as Chamber president in May, he […]

Episode 23: European companies’ dilemma about localising R&D into China

May 22 2023 35 mins  
The European Chamber, in partnership with the Mercator Institute for China Studies, (MERICS) launched the joint-report China’s Innovation Ecosystem: The localisation dilemma on 21st April. The report was the second of a planned three rounds of surveys and interviews among the Chamber’s members on European companies’ research and development (R&D) activities in China. In this