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Creating Business and Dialogue

China is one of the largest and most challenging economies in the world. It represents a huge economic potential but also poses a number of difficulties for EU businesses - especially SMEs - trying to enter the market. A better knowledge and greater understanding of China are crucial to increasing Europe's competitiveness and enhancing Europeans' capacity to take advantage of the potential of its market.

Understanding China addresses these needs by creating a new business dialogue on China-related issues.

 

  • Targeted high-quality and specialist training programme for European executives from different European business representative organisations, working on international trade and/or China issues;
     
  • An enhanced policy dialogue by organising interactive high-level conferences for senior company representatives, academic experts and policymakers, and through the creation of a China Advisory Council;  
     
  • This interactive website, with its ambition of becoming a true Ideas Community on EU-China business issues.

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Policy Dialogue

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  • A range of events across the EU
  • An interactive website community

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Understanding China is an excellent programme where I received practical information on the Chinese market. The Programme offers a good mix of classical training and hands-on experiences, like the study visit, with thorough feedback directly from SMEs.
 
I would definitely recommend this experience.
Matteo Latini, Promotional Events Coordinator Ancona Promuove, Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Ancona for the internationalization of SMEs
Apart from the benefits of the training, the programme has been invaluable for networking and making new contacts.

During the training you are in direct contact with people from other business organisations who work in the same field as you - the exchange of information and best practices as well as the identification of possibilities of working together will certainly be useful for my future work.
Javier Bahut,
Director Representative Office,
SODERCAN, China
Thanks to the Understanding China programme I have been able to work on a project aimed at improving our China services for our companies.  The information provided during the training was targeted and adapted to our needs.
 
I am very happy with the results achieved by participating!
Luc van Looveren,
Senior Advisor EU relations, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Antwerp-Waasland, Belgium
In China, it is all about who you know. The study visit has given me the opportunity to meet a number of different actors on the ground with whom I will be able to work together in the future.
 
Combined with the training modules, I have received a comprehensive insight both from a Chinese and a European perspective and a vast practical knowledge about China!
Andrea Grubišić,
Senior Regional Coordinator - Overseas Desk, Croatian Chamber of Economy, Croatia

Trainings

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Opening Ceremony of the Training Programme
2010

  Monday 14 June 2010 - Antwerp City Hall

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Wed, 07 Jul 2010
China's deputy foreign minister has warned that the level of "misunderstanding" between Brussels and Beijing is on the rise, despite the EU's new architectural framework, designed in part to improve the bloc's dialogue with the international community.
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