CBTC – the Chinese-Belgium Technology Center, located in the Science Park of Louvain-La-Neuve – is the first large-scale High-Tech incubation center created by Chinese investors outside China. It is a platform aiming at serving Chinese companies entering the Belgian or European market in order to establish partnerships and to conduct R&D cooperation. It is also a gateway to help Belgian or European companies who have the intention to do business in China. The main investors for this CBTC project are WHIBI (Wuhan International Business Incubator), DongFeng Design Institute and HuaYong Investment. The company running this center is JuXing International Technology Investment. Since 2014, two office centers (3000 sqm) have been established and are ready to welcome all Chinese, Belgian or European companies.

The first delegation (May 2014) was a real success. Indeed three Chinese companies decided to set up a subsidiary in Juxing facilities. They are currently in the registration process. Upon this good news, Juxing will welcome its second group of professional visitors from China (from 10th – 12th September). This group consists of 15 companies, all headed by their CEOs or their General Managers. These companies are active in the fields of green technology, bio-engineering, ICT. Besides business and trading, the group members also have interests in establishing partnership cooperation and R&D center in Belgium, in Europe and in China.

The members of this high profile delegation will be presenting themselves and their company at the Aula Magna in Louvain-la-Neuve on the 10th of September (from 9 AM to 12 PM), followed by a networking lunch. Please feel welcome to come and meet them on this occasion!
As seats are limited, advance registration is both free and essential. Please register through this link before the 31st of August.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jdWfsrD1fnQbBgh6101LFIviZwEAgRzkUAOKi6I5wmM/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

In the following days after your registration and according to seats availability, you will receive a confirmation email including some useful and practical information regarding the event. In case of any questions, please contact Julie Patterson, Julie.patterson@jxiti.com
This event has been organized with the help of UCL and Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park.

The Yangtze River Delta is regarded as China’s economic powerhouse with Shanghai being China’s financial and logistics center, and the provinces Zhejiang and Jiangsu important manufacturing bases.

As EUCBA member of Germany, DCW is organizing an EUCBA European Business Delegation to China: “Exploring the Yangtze River Delta”, 20-27 September 2014 to Shanghai, Taicang, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing and Suzhou.

During the week-long meetings will be organized with high-ranking local government representatives, who will give an introduction to the investment environment of their cities and to their special services for foreign investors.

There will also be opportunities to visit economic development zones and industrial parks, meet European investors in the region and learn from their experiences in China. Furthermore, visits will be organized to international organizations and associations, where you will receive advice for your China plans.

The tour will be complemented by a sightseeing program, which will provide a better cultural understanding of the traditional and modern China. The delegation will be accompanied by Mr. Rainer Gehnen, Vice General Secretary of EUCBA.

You may download the flyer or visit  www.eucba.org/visits2china for more information.

Contact: Mrs. Chen Xie-Thalmann |  chen.xie-thalmann@dcw-gmbh.de  | +49 221 1397701.

On Monday, June 30, 2014, the Flanders Cleantech Association is receiving a delegation of its Chinese partner CAEPI, together with a delegation of about 10 Chinese environmental and energy companies looking for partners in Flanders.

CAEPI is the Chinese Association of the Environmental Protection Industry, which is guided by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). During the visit the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC) will introduce the cleantech mission to China in October which the FCCC is organizing together with the Flanders Cleantech Association, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) and the Province of East Flanders. More information about the Chinese delegation and the introduction of the projects “CAEPI Delegation” can be requested by sending an e-mail to info@fca.be.

The meeting will take place in the strategically located Portview at the Noorderlaan in Antwerp.

If you wish to participate, please download the registration form at www.flanders-china.be and return it before June 20. Participation is free of charge for FCCC members and limited to companies in the cleantech sector.

In addition to information about the delegation on June 30, you can also request a list of opportunities in the Tianjin region (the prosperous industrialized port region on the coast close to Beijing) via info@fca.be.be.

The meeting with CAEPI on June 30 and listing of your areas of interest in the registration form are part of the preparations for the cleantech mission to China in October. You will receive more information on June 30, which will also be available on our website www.flanders-china.be

The Center of Environmental Law and Energy Law of Ghent University (Belgium) and the Research Institute of Environmental Law of Wuhan University (China) will jointly organize the 3rd Sino-European Conference on Environmental Law on the topic of “Environmental Justice”. The Conference will take place in Ghent, Faculty of Law, on 27 and 28 June 2014.

Following link provides information for persons who might be interested in attending this conference: http://www.ugent.be/re/publiekrecht/nl/

Horsten International, KBC and Tritas Consulting, with the support of the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC), are organizing a seminar on Recent Developments in Doing Business in China and Hong Kong on 3 June 2014 at Seminariecentrum Nieuwgoed, Grotesteenweg Zuid 8 in Gent.

The programme is as follows:

13:30 – 14:00

• Registration

14:00 – 14:30

• Olivier Dubois & Elain Liu, Partners Tritas Consulting (www.tritasconsulting.com) Update on the new Hong Kong company ordinance: challenges and opportunities; Changes to China’s new company law: welcoming signs for new investors

14:30 – 15:00

• Jo Vander Stuyft, General Manager KBC Hong Kong (www.kbc.be) Financing your business in China and the role of Hong Kong

15:00 – 15:20

• Bart Horsten, Managing Director Horsten International (www.horsten.be) Case study BIOBEST: how a manufacturing SME structured its business in China via Hong Kong

15:20 – 15:40

• Testimonial: Koen Berghmans, Director Corporate Finance and Controlling, Ahlers Group Belgium (www.ahlers.com)

15:40 – 16:00

• Q&A

16:00 – 17:00

• Networking reception

This seminar will be held in Dutch.

More information on the venue is available at www.nieuwgoed.be

Registration fee: €30 (VAT excl.)/person for FCCC members and for non-members €50 (VAT excl.)/person. Register by sending your contact details by e-mail to info@horsten.be before 30 May 2014.