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European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

China Dispatches

Sharing on-the-ground insights from European business leaders and experts about China on current events, policy updates and the experiences of doing business across the country.

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China ShortCuts

Five-minute weekly catch-up about the Chinese business landscape. Tune in every Wednesday for the latest economic data, market trends, and policy and regulatory updates.

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.


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  • 26th March 2025: China Development Forum

    This episode contains segments on the: China Development Forum 2025; State Council’s Opinions on Further Strengthening Trade Policy Compliance Efforts; Provisions on the Implementation of the Anti-foreign Sanctions Law; and Revised Regulations to Protect Payments to SMEs. Listeners are also invited to an event on 1st April to hear Professor Da Wei, a renowned international relations expert, discuss United States-China […]

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  • 19th March 2025: Action Plan to Boost Consumption

    This episode contains segments on: Action Plan to Boost Consumption; Utilisation of foreign direct investment in January and February; Macroeconomic indicators in January and February; and Statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting. The Chamber launched a new member service The EU China Business Digest.

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  • 12th March 2025: February Price Indices

    This episode contains segments on: Price indices in February; Foreign trade data in January and February; Secretary General Adam Dunnett joined CGTN’s live coverage of ‘Two Sessions’; and Caixin China General Service PMI. Listeners are also invited to join the event ‘Chat with Joerg Wuttke: What to Expect in Trump 2.0’ online on 17th March.

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  • 5th March 2025: Annual Government Work Report

    This episode contains segments on: Annual Government Work Report; Official Purchasing Manufacturing Index (PMI) in February; European Commission to simplify rules on sustainability; and The United States raised additional tariffs on Chinese imports. Listeners are also invited to join the townhall briefing on 13th March in Beijing or online, during which President Jens Eskelund will […]

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  • 26th February 2025: Action Plan for Stabilising Foreign Investment

    This episode contains segments on: State Council’s Action Plan for Stabilising Foreign Investment Actual use of foreign direct investment in China in January 2025 The Council of the EU adopts 16th sanction package on Russia’s war against Ukraine Financial Times report on China’s spending on individual consumption Listeners are also invited to join the event […]

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  • 19th February 2025: Closed-door Meeting with Prominent Entrepreneurs

    This episode contains segments on: Chinese President meets private entrepreneurs; Caixin analysis of 2025 local GDP growth targets; China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association opposes US tariffs on aluminium products; Listeners are also invited to join the event Digital Transformation in Retail—Experiential Retail on 26th February in Shanghai.

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  • 12th February 2025: January Price Indexes

    This episode contains segments on: January producer and consumer price indexes; The United States imposed additional tariff on Chinese imports; State Council Executive meeting; and Rhodium Group report on China’s role in global supply chains; From the Chamber’s side, the European Tour 2025 took place in Brussels between 3rd and 7th February.

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  • 22nd January 2025: China’s 2024 GDP Growth

    This episode contains segments on: China’s GDP and macroeconomic data in 2024; Foreign direct investment in 2024; The EU’s report on International Procurement Instrument investigation into China’s public procurement for medical devices; and EU launches challenge against China at the WTO on royalties for EU high-tech sector; The Chamber released Siloing and Diversification: One World, […]

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  • Episode 32: 2024 Year in Review

    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 […]

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  • 15th January 2025: Price Indices 2024

    This episode contains segments on: Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index in December and 2024; Foreign trade data in 2024; and National commerce work conference. Listeners are also invited to join the event China’s Economic Outlook 2025: Opportunities for FIEs after the Central Economic Work Conference on 16th January in Beijing or online. Contact: […]

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