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.

The inauguration ceremony of the Shanghai Overseas Promotion Center for Service Trade (Brussels) and Matchmaking Event will take place on 14 June from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Thon Hotels, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels.

The Center aims to facilitate business between Shanghai and European companies and institutions.

This event is a unique opportunity for companies active in the services industry (logistics, banking, insurance, tourism, e-commerce, entertainment, and animation industry and others) to meet with the leading government officials from Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Shanghai business leaders.

If your company is interested to promote and develop its brand in Shanghai and other locations in China, you can meet the right contacts during this event.

This event is free of charge.

Agenda
10:00-10:30 Sign-in
10:30-10:35 Introduction by Zhao Xiaolei, Director, International Economy & Culture Exchange Center, Eastday
10:35-10:50 Speeches by
Li Hong, Deputy Director-General, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce
Zhou Zhaoming, Economic and Commercial Counselor, Chinese Embassy in Belgium
Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce/ EU-China Business Association
10:50-10:55 Inauguration of Shanghai Overseas Promotion Center for Service Trade
10:55-11:00 Group photo
11:05-11:10 Introduction of the Shanghai Overseas Promotion Center for Service Trade by Gao Binxiang, Vice President, Eastday
11:20-11:30 Book release on overseas development of Shanghai service trade by Mao Jun, Secretary General, Shanghai Global Promotion Alliance for Service Trade
11:30-12:00 Sino-Belgian Service Trade Enterprises Matchmaking Event
12:00-12:30 Buffet lunch & photo exhibition on Shanghai enterprises

Hosted by:
Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce
Eastday
Organized by:
Shanghai Overseas Promotion Center for Service Trade
EU-China Business Association/Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai Global Promotion Alliance for Service Trade
Supported by:
Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Kingdom of Belgium
Brussels Bureau for Promoting Foreign Investment and Trade

During this ceremony, there will also be a matchmaking event with Chinese entrepreneurs. The full composition of the delegation, which includes business leaders and their proposals for cooperation can be found via this link

If you are interested to participate in this event, please register before 07/06 via this link at the FCCC website

Due to a high attendance, priority will be given to members of the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce. 
If you are interested in joining our chamber, we kindly invite you to register via: www.flanders-china.be/en/about/join_fccc

Practical information
Location: Thon Hotels, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels.
Date: 14 June, 10:30 – 12:30
Price: Free

Contact: FCCC: info@flanders-china.be

With over 1.3 billion inhabitants – of whom 1 billion are cyber active – China can no longer be ignored as the cornerstone of your international strategy. Big data, analytics, cloud and mobile solutions, AI and social media are constantly changing business dynamics across all continents and industries. Especially e-commerce has turned out to be one of the largest game changers of the last decennia. Through this seminar the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and VOKA West-Flanders want to help companies with ambition on the Chinese market in developing their e-commerce strategy.

We help you to fine tune your strategy using the most valuable and successful e-commerce models which are applicable in China. We also give you a thorough picture of the Chinese e-commerce landscape and the ecosystem in which you will operate.

Of course, we also do not forget the practical side of things. Several business cases will be examined, illustrating the most important “do’s-and-don’ts” and they will inspire you to develop a successful e-commerce strategy for your company on the China market. There will also be a discussion moment to help you learn from other companies in the audience.

After this seminar:
• You will have a solid understanding of the e-commerce landscape in China, which no doubt will offer you a competitive advantage.
• You will have gotten in touch with the latest and most relevant technologies and business models which can be used to fine tune your Chinese strategy.
• You will have an understanding of new concepts which will make your e-commerce business in China boom.

Register for this seminar through this link

To get more information you can contact tom.vermeersch@voka.be

Guest speaker
Guest speaker is Mr. Bo Ji, Chief Representative of Europe & Assistant Dean of Global Executive Education at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Mr. Bo Ji has been working at senior executive level at Fortune 500 companies such as Monsanto, Cargill, Pfizer and Mars.

Target group
Entrepreneurs, CEOs, COOs, purchasing managers… of companies desiring to fine tune or develop their e-commerce strategy for China.

Extra: Contact day East-Asia (in cooperation with Flanders Investment & Trade)
Voka – Chamber of Commerce West-Flanders is once again organizing contact days with the Flemish economic representatives of Flanders Investment & Trade.

On Thursday 18 June 2019 we receive during the whole day the following representatives: Tony Zhang (Guangzhou, China), Bart Boschmans (Shanghai, China), Doris Wu (Taipei, Taiwan) and Katrien Leinders (Hong Kong, China).

This contact day offers an ideal opportunity for entrepreneurs and professionals to have a free-of-charge face-to-face consultation with one of the Vlev’s. You can discuss with them, before or after the seminar “e-commerce in China”, your project, situation and opportunities in the region or country. You can register for this contact day via west-vlaanderen@fitagency.be

Practical information:
Location: Voka – Chamber of Commerce West-Flanders, President Kennedylaan 9A, 8500 Kortrijk
Price: for Members of the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC) and VOKA: €190
Price for Non-members: €290
Ambassadors: free of charge

Contact
FCCC: info@flanders-china.be