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Starting small, thinking big: building a better platform for SME growth
One of the keys to SMEs’ success is a focus on long-term economic growth and financial stability. They should start by adopting a business model that not only enhances performance, say Joe Carr,...
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What got you here won’t get you there: corporate entrepreneurship in China
Having changed profoundly in just 10 years, it is perfectly conceivable that the pace of change to China’s business landscape will increase further over the next decade. What will this mean for...
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The tools to thrive: providing effective support to SME globetrotters
Providing support to SMEs has been a long-standing policy of the European Union, particularly helping them to establish businesses and succeed overseas. Jean-Marie Avezou, DG Internal Market, Industry,...
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Opportunities and Challenges for EU SMEs
The Chinese market has seen many changes in 2016, opening up new opportunities for European small businesses while demanding even more advanced local knowledge and experience. In this article, China...
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Selling your wares: entering the software business in China
European SMEs are traditionally strong in the development of new technologies and providing related services. Although China is a challenging market to enter in terms of regulation of technology and...
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Levelling the playing field for SMEs in China: European Chamber’s...
First coming into effect in 2003, the SME Promotion Act underwent a recent revision in late 2016. The Chamber’s InterChamber SME Working Group took this opportunity to proactively feed into the...
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Healthy, Happy People
How China’s New Food Safety Law (NFSL) impacts exporters of ‘health food’ and special foods Chinese people are increasingly curious about trying foreign food products, and with the advent of...
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IPR4F&B: Intellectual property protection in China’s food and beverage industry
China’s vast F&B market is hugely attractive to foreign exporters. However, before they consider dipping their toes in the water they must ensure their IP is fully protected. The China IPR SME...
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No playing around: China’s safety compliance for toy manufacturers
Alongside the rapid growth of China’s e-commerce market, Chinese consumers are becoming more sophisticated and have increasingly higher expectations of product safety:[1] they expect imported and...
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Opportunities and Access in Green Tech
Advice for European SMEs in China’s energy, water and environment tech sectors Despite rising levels of pollution, China still relies heavily on fossil fuels to provide the majority of its energy...
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Advice for Foreign SMEs Looking to Invest in China
How to navigate foreign investment rules and regulations in China’s FTZ’s Foreign investment in China is often more complicated than people realise. With all the rules and regulations that have been...
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How to Provide Online Services in China
The necessary regulatory steps and framework to make it possible Understanding the online environment can be tricky in China as telecommunications has rapidly changed in the past few years. By...
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Understanding Chinese R&D Ownership
Important considerations for IP in China A host of foreign enterprises have seen the opportunity for conducting research and development (R&D) in China. However, business have repeatedly run into...
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The Advent of Agri-food
Opportunities for EU SMEs in China’s agricultural market Agri-food exports continue to be essential to the European Union’s (EU’s) economy, showcasing a model that China would do well to learn from....
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Turning Over a New Tax System
A small businesses’ guide to VAT in China China’s turnover tax system used to be comprised of a value-added tax (VAT), business tax (BT) and consumption tax (CT). However, starting in 2012, China...
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Belt & Road Initiative: Business Opportunities and Challenges for European SMEs
The size and scope of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) warrant European companies, including SMEs, giving it a close look. In fact, according to the European Chamber’s Business Confidence...
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‘Two Sessions’ 2019 Through the Lenses of European Small Businesses
Yi Gang, Governor of the People’s Bank of China, answered questions on financial reform and development in a press conference on 10th March 2019. How the outcomes of this year’s Two Sessions could...
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Reasons to be Cheerful
Why the slowdown in the Chinese economy is not all bad news “Despite the slowdown, China is one of the most attractive places for business expansion.” China’s economy may be slowing down, but it is...
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Stimulus Package
A guide to funding and public incentives available to SMEs in China Access to public incentives and funding instruments on acceptable terms is a key factor for the execution of research and innovation...
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Thinking Small to Succeed Big
Achievements of the EU SME Centre The European Union (EU) Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Centre is an EU-funded project that aims to help European SMEs enter and operate in the Chinese...
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