This episode contains segments on:

• January–April total use of FDI;
• Guidelines on increasing financing support for small and micro enterprises;
• EU anti-dumping investigation into tyres from China; and
• January–April industrial profits.

The Chamber released its annual Business Confidence Survey 2025, which you can download here.

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This episode contains segments on:

• China April official macroeconomic indicators
• Action plan to advance China’s digitalisation
• Anti-dumping duties on imported polyoxymethylene copolymer
• Yicai report on household savings

Listeners are invited to attend the European Chamber’s annual Business Confidence Survey online launch on 28^th May.

This episode contains segments on:

• China April foreign trade data;
• US-China joint decision to reduce mutual tariffs; and
• China April Price Indices.

Listeners are also invited to join a hybrid event China’s Healthcare Sector – What Role for European SMEs? on 19^th May.

This episode contains segments on:

• China lifts sanctions on members and a subcommittee of the European Parliament
• Caixin China Manufacturing and Services PMI in April
• Rhodium report: Was Made in China 2025 Successful?

The March/April 2025 edition of the Chamber’s bimonthly magazine, EURObiz, is available to download from the Chamber’s website.

This episode contains segments on:

• April official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI;
• Q1 industrial profits;
• China’s Law on the Promotion of the Private Economy adopted; and
• China to introduce more measures to boost the economy.

Listeners are also invited to join the launch of the preliminary findings of the Chamber’s Flash Survey on the US-China Trade War on 8th May.

This episode contains segments on:

• China’s actual use of foreign direct investment in the first quarter;
• Guideline for improving cross-border flow of financial data;
• Work plan to accelerate services opening up; and
• Latest developments regarding China’s efforts at opening its healthcare sector to foreign participation

The Chamber is conducting an anonymous survey among members on the US-China trade war. Please fill in the survey before 27th April to influence our advocacy strategy.

Correction: the actual use of FDI in March soared 13.2 per cent compared to last year.

This episode contains segments on:

• GDP growth in the first quarter and macroeconomic indicators in March;
• Foreign trade data in March;
• EU member states adopt proposals to postpone the application of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; and
• Price indices in March.

Listeners are also invited to join an exclusive dialogue with Timothy Stratford, Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, on 18th April. The event will take place in Beijing and attendees can also watch online.

This episode contains segments on:

• China’s measures in response to the US tariffs on imports from China;
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds phone call with Chinese Premier Li Qiang; and
• China extends anti-dumping probe into EU brandy

Listeners are also invited to attend the launch of the Chamber’s latest report Made in China 2025: The Cost of Technological Leadership on 16th April.

This episode contains segments on:

• Manufacturing and services purchasing manager’s index (PMI) in March;
• European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič visited Beijing and met with Chamber representatives;
• Chinese president held talks with foreign business CEOs in Beijing; and
• Profits at larger industrial firms in January and February 2025.

Listeners are also invited to join the event ‘Leveraging E-Commerce in China While Protecting Your IP’, taking place on 9^th April in Beijing.

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 1^st April to hear Professor Da Wei, a renowned international relations expert, discuss United States-China relations and Trump 2.0.