The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and Flanders Investment & Trade are organizing an information session focused on the European immigration landscape and on managing international assignments. This event will take place at 12h00 on Tuesday 26 November 2019 at Flanders Investment & Trade, Avenue Roi Albert 37, 1000 Brussels.

Mr Alexis Pirotte, Senior Manager, Deloitte, will provide an update on the European immigration landscape and will take a deep-dive into the Single permit process, which has entered into force beginning of this year. He will provide the audience with practicalities to better manage the process especially in view of the long processing times and regional differences.

Mrs Pauline Six, Career Coach & Managing Partner, Bright Expats, will share her expertise on managing international assignments. While global mobility is common practice in companies, being aware of the challenges experienced by expatriates and having solutions ready allows everyone to work more efficiently. A new professional assignment can have a huge impact on one’s personal and family life. What is happening at home influences performance at work – she’ll share solutions proven to help solve some of the key challenges.

Your value in participating:
1. Understand the background of the legislative changes;
2. Impact on current files;
3. Tips and tricks on streamlining your immigration processes;
4. Managing international assignments.

Programme:
12h00 Registration and buffet lunch
12h30 Welcome and Introduction by Ms Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and by Ms Yiwei Zhang, Deputy Director Inward Investment Greater China, Coordinator AMEA, Flanders Investment & Trade
12h40 “Update on the European immigration landscape” by Mr Alex Pirotte, Senior Manager, Deloitte
13h15 “Managing international assignments, the human factor” by Mrs Pauline Six, Career Coach & Managing Partner, Bright Expats
13h35 Practical considerations
14h05 Conclusion

Practical Information:
Date and time: Tuesday, 26 November 2019 from 12h00
Location: Flanders Investment & Trade, Avenue Roi Albert 37, 1000 Brussels
Price for members: €30 (excl. 21% VAT)
Price for non-members: €60 (excl. 21% VAT)

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The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and The Conference Board are organizing the annual China Briefing, which will take place on 28th of November 2019 from 15:30 at Fosbury & Sons, Chaussee de la Hulpe 185, 1170 Brussels.

We would be delighted if you would attend this year’s event:

How Global is the Global economy?
&
The US-China Trade War – Implications, Impacts and Opportunities for Europe”.

During the Briefing, a select group of senior executives will discuss:

• The current state of the global economy: How risky are the risks?
• The status of the U.S.-China “trade war”: How is it impacting trade and investment for Eurozone economies?
• The probable medium-term outcome of the U.S.-China conflict: What changes in the business environment are foreseeable?
• How are global value chains changing in response to trade conflicts, geo-politics and market considerations: What will “globalization” mean looking forward?
• What strategic responses are required from European companies and policy makers?

The meeting will include short presentations of our latest research and thinking by Dr. Bart van Ark, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist and Leo Austin, Senior Advisor to our China Center for Economics & Business.

Bart van Ark is Executive Vice President, Chief Economist, and Chief Strategy Officer at The Conference Board. He leads a team of almost two dozen economists in New York, Brussels, and Beijing who produce a range of widely watched economic indicators and growth forecasts as well as in-depth global economic research. A Dutch national, he is the first non-U.S. Chief Economist in the history of The Conference Board. Van Ark also holds the University of Groningen’s Chair in economic development, technological change, and growth.

Leo Austin has lived and worked in China for twenty-two years. He is one of few foreigners to have led a large Chinese-owned corporation. He has separately completed twelve major investment and restructuring transactions and served on the board of two U.S.-listed Chinese corporations. He is a Trustee of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation, having worked as Assistant to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Leo has a BA and MA in Modern History and Economics from Brasenose College, Oxford University. He speaks, reads and writes Mandarin Chinese. He has traveled to over half the counties in China.

Practical Information

Date and time: Thursday 28 November 2019 from 15:30
Location: Fosbury & Sons, Chaussee de la Hulpe 185, 1170 Brussels

Participation fee:
Members: 75€ (+ 15,75 VAT)
Non-Members: 95 € + (+ 19,95€ VAT)

The meeting will be conducted according to Chatham House Rules.

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Contact: VCKK: info@flanders-china.be

The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and the Province of East Flanders are organizing a seminar focused on ‘Custom formalities when exporting to China’. This event will take place at 15h30 on Monday 21 October 2019 at the Provincial House, Gouvernementstraat 1, 9000 Ghent.

Mrs. Isabelle Bédoyan, Customs Attaché, Embassy of Belgium in China, will present the procedures and regulations of the Chinese customs and other institutions, which are related to import or export. Special attention will be devoted to the changes caused by the reorganization of the General Administration of China Customs.

The following topics will be covered:
• Belgian Customs in China, can we help you?
• GACC – General Administration of China Customs: Organization and integration of quarantine
• Import and export duties, VAT on export

Mr. Leslie Lambregts, Director of International Affairs, FAVV, will be giving a speech on the support given by FAVV to local companies when exporting to China.

Programme:

15:30     Registration

16:00     Welcome and introduction by Ms. Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce

16:10     Presentation: ‘Custom formalities when exporting to China’ by Mrs. Isabelle Bédoyan, Customs Attaché Embassy of Belgium in China

17:05     Speech by Mr. Leslie Lambregts, Director International Affairs, FAVV Belgium

17:25     Q&A Session

17:40     Networking Drink

Practical Information:


Date and time: Monday 21 October 2019 from 15:30


Location: Provinciehuis, Gouvernementstraat 1, 9000 Gent


Price for members: €45 (excl. 21% VAT)
Price for non-members: €75 (excl. 21% VAT)

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The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce, Ghent University, Cacaolab, the EU SME Centre  and the Province of East Flanders will organise a seminar on how to export chocolate to China. During this session, experts will give you a better insight into the Chinese market, consumer behaviour, cultural differences, export regulations, legal aspects and stability issues of exported chocolates. This will be done through different case studies. You will also learn how to export through the different Chinese e-commerce platforms. Even more importantly, you will directly meet the right contacts, who can introduce your product on the Chinese market.

This seminar is informative, practical and will help you to get connected with the right people!

Program:
10:00   Welcome by FCCC and Ghent University/Cacaolab
10:10   How to deal with Cultural Differences between East and West by Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce
10:30   How to export snacks to China? by Mr Yu Xiaoning, EU SME Expert and Founder of EG DistriSelecta (a Beijing-based importing company operating in the F&B Sector for 25 years – mostly beer, chocolate, biscuits, and other FMCG)
– Overview of the market
– Consumer behaviour and future outlook
– Case Studies of EU Companies exporting to China
12:30-13:30   Lunch
13:30-14:10   Exporting via E-commerce by Mr Yu Yingbao, Representative Shanghai Overseas Promotion  Center for Service Trade (SOPCST)
14:10-14:30   Legal aspects when exporting to China by Mr John Balzano, Partner Covington and  Burling (labeling, IPR)
14:30-15:00   How to guarantee the stability and shelf life of my products by Prof. dr. ir. Koen Dewettinck (Head of the Laboratory of food Technology and Engineering of Ghent University and CEO of Cacaolab (bvba) and Mrs Claudia Delbaere
(Project Manager at Cacaolab bvba).
15:00-16:00 Testimonials followed by Q&A

Cost:

The reduced entry fee for this seminar is €600 (VAT excluded) per person for registrations before 1 October 2019. For registrations from 1 October onwards, the registration fee is €750 (VAT excluded) per person.
Participants of Flemish SME’s can apply for a subsidy via the “KMO-portefeuille” to reduce the price by 30% to €420 (for medium enterprises) or by 40% to €360 (for small enterprises).
More information on: https://www.vlaio.be/nl/subsidies-financiering/kmo-portefeuille

Alimento will provide a financial contribution of € 130 per participant (max. 3 participants per company) for all companies whose participants work in the joint committee PC 220.
More information on: https://www.alimento.be/nl/opleidingen-en-personeelsadvies-voor-werkgevers-bakkers-en-leerkrachten

Date: 10 October 2019, 10:00

Location: House of the Province of East-Flanders:
Gouvernementstraat 1, 9000 Gent

Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce:
info@flanders-china.be – www.flanders-china.be
Cacaolab: Claudia.Delbaere@Cacaolab.be – www.cacaolab.be

Subscribe via this link: http://www.cacaolab.be/?q=content/how-export-chocolates-china

 

China has shown unprecedented economic growth since its market opened four decades ago, rising to become the world’s second-largest economy today. What is happening in China? What are the new business opportunities for European companies? How can you break into the Chinese market and win?

Within the booming Chinese market, there are always changes and challenges, forcing companies to rethink their China strategies. There are many different business models and China entry strategies. Knowing what has worked and failed for other companies can help you succeed in China.

The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC), VOKA West-Flanders and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) have the pleasure to invite you to the seminar focused on: Win in China: Business Models & China Entry Strategies.

This event provides a comprehensive discussion of the Chinese business environment. There is also a large selection of case studies of Western companies that have failed in China, which will help avoid the same mistakes. Finally, the course aims to help you find the right China entry strategies and business models.

Benefits
* Understand the unique business models that work in China to fine-tune your strategy planning, product design, and market positioning.
• Clarify the real reasons behind the failures of some Western companies: let the mistakes of others help you build the right strategies.
• Master your vision of the Chinese market and build new approaches for your company to succeed in China.

Intense Learning with Substantial Gains
Win in China is a half-day China immersion program for European senior executives to learn, rethink and develop their China strategies. During the course, you will discuss new business model concepts and frameworks with the CKGSB faculty and your peers. Explore their applications in real-life contexts through interactive group exercises and simulations. You will also learn from the successes and failures of large and small companies operating in China. All these experiences will inspire you to rethink your approach to the Chinese market.

Course Outline
• 4 reasons why companies failed in China
• Top tips on what to learn based on previous failures
• 4 popular business models in China
• 8 strategies to enter the Chinese market
• 10+ real-life case studies
• 2 group exercises and class discussions

Attendees Profile:
CEOs, founders and managers from companies interested in doing business with China.

Agenda:
12:00 – 12:30 Registration & Sandwich lunch
12:30 – 12:40 Introduction by Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce
12:40 – 15:30 “Win in China: Business Models & China Entry Strategies” by Bo Ji, Assistant Dean & Chief Representative for Europe at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

16:00 – 16:30 Experiences of Barco in China by Nicolas Van Den Abeele, Senior Vice President – GM Entertainment, Barco

16:30 – 17:00 Q&A Session
17:00 – 17:30 Networking

Practical information:

Location: Barco – Beneluxpark 21, 8500 – Kortrijk

Price: €290
Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC) and Voka members: €190

Ambassadors: Free

Companies can use the KMO – Portefeuille

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About the speaker

Experiences of previous participants:
“The enthusiasm of the speaker was remarkable. Through the experiences of the 
lecturer everything was very understandable and clear. There was a lot of interaction in the group through which allowed us to know the experiences of others.”
Peter Cannaerts, Purchasing Manager of Agfa Graphics:

“A very dynamic speaker and a very interesting workshop where the diversity of the group was a big advantage. In addition to the speakers information and tips, we could learn through the experiences of each participant.”

Bo Ji is an inspiring TEDx speaker, a Chinapreneur, and game changer for global startups expanding into China
Bo is currently the Assistant Dean & Chief Representative for Europe at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), a top business school with more than 10,000 chairman/CEO level alumni in China. Bo had an over-20-year successful corporate career in Global Business Development, Innovation, Strategy, Supply Chain Management, M&A, etc. He served as the senior executive at the headquarters of many fortune 500 companies such as Monsanto, Cargill, Pfizer, Wrigley and Mars. After a long corporate life, Bo became a serial entrepreneur and investor. Bo founded the “China Start” to bring global startups and scale-ups to China. He created a paradigm shift for global startups to expand to China instead of Silicon Valley.

Combining his extensive business experiences and in-depth knowledge, Bo has been teaching EMBA/MBA at some of the world’s most prestigious business schools such as INSEAD, Esade, MIT, New York University, Sydney School of Entrepreneurship, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Technology University of Munich (TUM), Tsinghua University, CKGSB, Zhejiang University, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Taiwan’s National Chengchi University etc. Bo offers more than 10 innovation and entrepreneurship related lectures and seminars worldwide, such as “Customer focused innovation”, “Steve Jobs Mind: Disruptive Innovator’s DNA” ,“Capturing the Audience: How to pitch for investment?” , “Question Storming”, “Win in China” , “Unicorn or Dragon: How to tap into the Chinese Market for Growth”, “The New Trend of the Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, etc.

In addition, Bo offers advice to Chairmen and CEOs at large corporations. He also serves as a mentor & advisor to startups and scale-ups at incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces around the world such as Plug & Play, China Accelerator, Sydney School of Entrepreneurship, Techcode, etc.

Bo is a well sought inspiring speaker at renowned international conferences, forums, TV media and annual corporate meetings. He frequently appears at large scale tech/startup conferences around the world as keynote speaker, such as Mobile World Congress (Spain), London Tech Week (UK), Pioneers 18 (Austria), Wolves Summit (Poland), Horasis Global Meeting (Portugal), UN Empretec Global Summit (Turkey), Arctic 15 (Finland), Info Share (Poland), Startup Village (Russia), Lean Startup Europe (Netherlands), Campus Party (Italy), European Startup Days (Poland), OurCrowd Global Investor Summit (Israel), Technology Innovation Summit (China), Startup LaunchPad (Hong Kong), India Blockchain Week (India) etc.

Bo is well connected globally and has an extended global political and business network with 30,000+ startup founders, 5000+ investors, and 15,000+ corporate CEOs.