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EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
The “Taiwan issue” under Trump 2.0
Date: July 10, 2025
Event: Supported Webinar
Time: 9:00-9:45 CEST - 15:00-15:45 CST
About the Flash Webinar:
Before the summer holidays officially takes a hold on us, China Macro Group (CMG) will host a flash webinar on Thursday, July 10th 2025, 9 am CEST, to discuss the “Taiwan issue” under Trump 2.0.
From declarations at The Hague NATO Summit and Taiwan President Lai’s dialed-up rhetoric to the CCP’s new concept of “integrated or fused development” of Fujian province with Taiwan, TSMC’s new investment in the US, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s track 2.0 diplomacy, and persisting PLA exercises around Taiwan:
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What are the most important recent developments for European businesses doing cross-strait business?
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What significance do these developments carry for the stability of cross-strait relations?
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Which are the key analytical indicators to watch moving forward?
CMG Senior Advisor Frans-Paul van der Putten will moderate the webinar with Prof. Wu Yongping, Vice Dean of the School of Public Administration at Tsinghua University to provide in-depth analysis and expert perspectives on this complex and timely topic for interested participants.
This webinar will analyze and discuss key aspects of the evolving yet ever-complex “Taiwan issue” to support European and international business’ monitoring efforts and strategic decision-making regarding China and the Chinese market.
Take the opportunity to listen in and ask your questions to Vice-Dean Wu Yongping. Members of DCBF can register for free - Click here to sign up!
About China Macro Group:
CMG is a specialized European management consulting and research firm providing original, fact-based and calibrated China research and analysis to advise European corporate, investment and public sectors on strategic decision-making related to China and the Chinese market. CMG specializes in addressing management challenges shaped by developments in China’s political economy, international trade and market environment, ranging from strategy, footprint/organizational design, HQ-subsidiary interactions to strategic partnerships and negotiations.
In their research and analytical methodology, CMG integrates the four disciplines of: business/strategic management, public policy, macro-economy and international affairs.
Click here to learn more about CMG, and screen through their insightful primers and analyses (members of DCBF can read them for free).
"Reality check" - interpreting the "15th Five-Year-Plan outline" as per the 20th CC 5th Plenum and anticipating shifts
Date: November 01, 2025
Event: Supported Webinar
Time: 9:00-9:45 CET - 17:00-17:45 CST
In the fifth session of the 2025 webinar series “Staying in Dialogue with China”, Markus Herrmann Chen, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG) will be talking to Bai Chong-En, Dean of School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
Members of DCBF can register for free - More info to follow in the coming months!
About the Webinar Series:
This webinar is part of the webinar series 'Staying in Dialogue with China'. The series will bring you six webinars with distinguished China-based experts, concentrated between February and December 2025.
'Staying in dialogue with China' is organized and hosted by China Macro Group (CMG), with Caixin Global as Anchor Partner, in cooperation with China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Chinaforum Bayern, Swissmem, Danish-Chinese Business Forum (DCBF), SwissCham China, the Stein am Rhein Symposium (stars), Sweden-China Trade Council (SCTC), Norwegian Business Association China (NBA China), Danish Chamber of Commerce in China (DCCC), and EuroCham Singapore.
"Transitioning to the 15th Five-Year-Plan" - zooming-in on Shenzhen as local government case-study
Date: December 01, 2025
Event: Supported Webinar
Time: 9:00-9:45 CET - 17:00-17:45 CST
In the sixth and final session of the 2025 webinar series “Staying in Dialogue with China”, Markus Herrmann Chen, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG) will be talking to Zhang Lin, Director of Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality.
Members of DCBF can register for free - More info to follow in the coming weeks!
About the Webinar Series:
This webinar is part of the webinar series 'Staying in Dialogue with China'. The series will bring you six webinars with distinguished China-based experts, concentrated between February and December 2025.
'Staying in dialogue with China' is organized and hosted by China Macro Group (CMG), with Caixin Global as Anchor Partner, in cooperation with China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Chinaforum Bayern, Swissmem, Danish-Chinese Business Forum (DCBF), SwissCham China, the Stein am Rhein Symposium (stars), Sweden-China Trade Council (SCTC), Norwegian Business Association China (NBA China), Danish Chamber of Commerce in China (DCCC), and EuroCham Singapore.
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The “Taiwan issue” under Trump 2.0
Date: July 10, 2025
Event: Supported Webinar
Time: 9:00-9:45 CEST - 15:00-15:45 CST
About the Flash Webinar:
Before the summer holidays officially takes a hold on us, China Macro Group (CMG) will host a flash webinar on Thursday, July 10th 2025, 9 am CEST, to discuss the “Taiwan issue” under Trump 2.0.
From declarations at The Hague NATO Summit and Taiwan President Lai’s dialed-up rhetoric to the CCP’s new concept of “integrated or fused development” of Fujian province with Taiwan, TSMC’s new investment in the US, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s track 2.0 diplomacy, and persisting PLA exercises around Taiwan:
-
What are the most important recent developments for European businesses doing cross-strait business?
-
What significance do these developments carry for the stability of cross-strait relations?
-
Which are the key analytical indicators to watch moving forward?
CMG Senior Advisor Frans-Paul van der Putten will moderate the webinar with Prof. Wu Yongping, Vice Dean of the School of Public Administration at Tsinghua University to provide in-depth analysis and expert perspectives on this complex and timely topic for interested participants.
This webinar will analyze and discuss key aspects of the evolving yet ever-complex “Taiwan issue” to support European and international business’ monitoring efforts and strategic decision-making regarding China and the Chinese market.
Take the opportunity to listen in and ask your questions to Vice-Dean Wu Yongping. Members of DCBF can register for free - Click here to sign up!
About China Macro Group:
CMG is a specialized European management consulting and research firm providing original, fact-based and calibrated China research and analysis to advise European corporate, investment and public sectors on strategic decision-making related to China and the Chinese market. CMG specializes in addressing management challenges shaped by developments in China’s political economy, international trade and market environment, ranging from strategy, footprint/organizational design, HQ-subsidiary interactions to strategic partnerships and negotiations.
In their research and analytical methodology, CMG integrates the four disciplines of: business/strategic management, public policy, macro-economy and international affairs.
Click here to learn more about CMG, and screen through their insightful primers and analyses (members of DCBF can read them for free).
Back
"Reality check" - interpreting the "15th Five-Year-Plan outline" as per the 20th CC 5th Plenum and anticipating shifts
Date: November 01, 2025
Event: Supported Webinar
Time: 9:00-9:45 CET - 17:00-17:45 CST
In the fifth session of the 2025 webinar series “Staying in Dialogue with China”, Markus Herrmann Chen, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG) will be talking to Bai Chong-En, Dean of School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
Members of DCBF can register for free - More info to follow in the coming months!
About the Webinar Series:
This webinar is part of the webinar series 'Staying in Dialogue with China'. The series will bring you six webinars with distinguished China-based experts, concentrated between February and December 2025.
'Staying in dialogue with China' is organized and hosted by China Macro Group (CMG), with Caixin Global as Anchor Partner, in cooperation with China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Chinaforum Bayern, Swissmem, Danish-Chinese Business Forum (DCBF), SwissCham China, the Stein am Rhein Symposium (stars), Sweden-China Trade Council (SCTC), Norwegian Business Association China (NBA China), Danish Chamber of Commerce in China (DCCC), and EuroCham Singapore.
Back
"Transitioning to the 15th Five-Year-Plan" - zooming-in on Shenzhen as local government case-study
Date: December 01, 2025
Event: Supported Webinar
Time: 9:00-9:45 CET - 17:00-17:45 CST
In the sixth and final session of the 2025 webinar series “Staying in Dialogue with China”, Markus Herrmann Chen, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG) will be talking to Zhang Lin, Director of Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality.
Members of DCBF can register for free - More info to follow in the coming weeks!
About the Webinar Series:
This webinar is part of the webinar series 'Staying in Dialogue with China'. The series will bring you six webinars with distinguished China-based experts, concentrated between February and December 2025.
'Staying in dialogue with China' is organized and hosted by China Macro Group (CMG), with Caixin Global as Anchor Partner, in cooperation with China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Chinaforum Bayern, Swissmem, Danish-Chinese Business Forum (DCBF), SwissCham China, the Stein am Rhein Symposium (stars), Sweden-China Trade Council (SCTC), Norwegian Business Association China (NBA China), Danish Chamber of Commerce in China (DCCC), and EuroCham Singapore.
PAST EVENTS
RESULTS (135)
Empowering Remote Experts for Auditing and Production Inspection with Extended Reality
Date: October 26, 2021
Time: 09.00-10.00 (Denmark) / 15.00-16.00 (China)
Event: Webinar
This webinar will focus on how to utilize Microsoft HoloLens 2 for remote auditing and production/facility inspection as an integrated part of operations and to cope with the restrictions caused by Covid-19. Especially, the Chinese market has had to cope with travel restrictions and closed borders, which has yielded problems of getting expert knowledge in and out of the country. This problem can be mitigated with Extended Reality by empowering experts to be available and present, digitally, at all times. NNIT will share their experiences with remote auditing and inspection based on recent practical cases and conducted proof of concepts using the technology.
The webinar is held by speakers from NNIT:
Kasper Kronmann Nielsen, Advisory Director
Kevin Helge Hansen-Schwartz, XR Business & Solution Consultant
Kristian de Silva Nielsen, Digital Business Consultant
Frederik Sparre Willumsen, Associate Digital Business Consultant
Martin Næsby Hansen, Associate Digital Business Consultant
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2021 Sourcing Survey by Asia Perspective – Findings and Insights
Date: September 28, 2021
Time: Time: 9:00-10:00 (Denmark) / 15:00-16:00 (China)
Event: Webinar
Are you working with sourcing and/or supply chain operations connected to the Asian markets? Then this is the Webinar for you. Asia Perspective has been conducting yearly surveys on sourcing in China and Southeast Asia for the last decade, measuring the perception of the region as a sourcing market and how it changes over time. Under the influence of the COVID pandemic, unprecedented events have revealed vulnerabilities in international supply chains, highly affecting many global companies and industries. This webinar will focus on the disruptions during the past 12 months, but more importantly, how to manage them going forward. Join this webinar where Lukas Faxå and Johan Annell, consultant and partner at Asia Perspective, will present this year's report and unique insights.
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Signature Event - Fast Track China
Date: September 09, 2021
Time: 03.00 PM - 04.30 PM
Event: Signature Event
Presentations by:
- Niels Christian Flintholm, Partner at Leaf Digital
- Yangze Wang, Head of Creative Media at Amplify 360 by Yahoo
An inspiring session that tells you how to successfully build your brand in China by utilizing the culture, digital platforms, KOLs, and media. The presentation shares the latest insights and trends within four main pillars - strategy, creatives, media orchestration, and platforms as you learn to engage with your target audience and build brand loyalty through authentic conversations and the right content.
Through hands-on experiences, you will learn which concrete steps to take and the pitfalls you need to be aware of when navigating the Chinese online market as a brand.
The session will be livestreamed on Zoom, and you can find the sign-up link below.
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Supporting your China Business Initiatives in a Virtual Environment
Date: September 07, 2021
Time: Time: 9:00-10:00 (Denmark) / 15:00-16:00 (China)
Event: Webinar
Virtual collaboration is here to stay. In the new era of team collaboration, global business leaders are posed with new challenges working in a virtual environment on several levels. While some may embrace the efficiency, more global teams struggle with goal alignment, performance, team connection and communication when teams work together virtually. John Fu, Managing Partner of China Insight will present a set of challenges companies encounter in this context as well possible solutions. We will explore how you could effectively lead and support the business initiatives in China, including real company cases and practical including and not limited to the following: being aware of the China business context, building strategic alignment, strengthening team morale, empowering team members and leveraging technologies.
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Culture and IPR – How to Find the Right Chinese Name for Your Company and Products
Date: August 31, 2021
Time: Time: 9:00-10:00 (Denmark) / 15:00-16:00 (China)
Event: Webinar
Does it matter how you name your company in Chinese characters? The answer: yes. Jakob Krogh-Jensen, Founder of OUNNID will present the advantages of protecting a Chinese translation of your brand in China. He will share specific methods on how to construct a memorable Chinese brand translation and explain ways to clear the brand for trademark protection. He will further provide tips for brand holders in Mainland China on how to increase brand value. After his presentation he will answer questions.
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Omni-channel Marketing Automation, Empowers Enterprises to Increase Conversion in China
Date: August 24, 2021
Time: 9:00-10:00 (Denmark) / 15:00-16:00 (China)
Event: Webinar
Under the background of decreasing dividend of Internet traffic, MarTech has gradually become the focus of many enterprises. MarTech aggregates and manages the data of different business systems in the process of business operation so as to establish a set of effective data assets, which brings new opportunities for digital transformation and innovation.
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Signature Event - China's Five-Year Plan
Date: June 10, 2021
Time: 9:00
Event: Signature Event
Earlier this year China unveiled the new Five-Year Plan for 2021-2025 outlining key targets and focus areas for the coming years. To give an overview of the plan and where the growth will be in China in the coming years, we have invited a range of distinguished speakers who will unpack the plan and give their perspective on where China is heading and where the opportunities lie.
The speakers at this event will include H.E. Mr. Feng Tie, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Denmark, Tom Behrens-Sørensen, Chairman of DCBF and Founder and Chairman of the Behrens-Sorensen Advisory P/S, Wang Lei, Deputy Dean at the School of Government at Beijing Normal University, Allan von Mehren, Chief Analyst at Danske Bank, Hans Henrik Pontoppidan, Secretary General at Danish Chinese Business Forum and Søren Falck, Head of Delegations at the Confederation of Danish Industry.
The speakers will also provide insights to how Danish companies see the business outlook in China and how to access the Chinese market.
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Online Chinese Consumer Trends in Food and Beverages
Date: June 08, 2021
Time: 09:00
Event: Webinar
China’s online market is dynamic, particularly after Covid-19. Products in food & beverage are those that consumers purchase the most online. By observation over years, Smart Path have noticed a movement in segments within the category, indicating online consumers’ behaviour or preference have changed. Understanding such movements are helpful for companies and organizations to understand China’s online market as well as online consumers’ behaviour – insights that may have business potential and can be valuable for further growth in China. Kevin Dai, Smart Path will present the audience to a cross categories comparison and experiences from the market, and a helicopter view on the positioning of each category and development in online trends.
Following the presentation there will be an open discussion at which any related questions and/or comments are most welcome.
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 Denmark / 15:00 - 16:00 China
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The Era End of Certain IIT Preferential Policy - What's Next?
Date: June 01, 2021
Time: 09:00
Event: Webinar
Are you aware that the preferential Individual Income Tax (IIT) policy would be ceased by the end of 2021? What does that that this means for the company and the employee? In partnership with TMF Group, we are pleased to invite you to a webinar dedicated to the regulatory environment and the challenges & opportunities from a HR perspective. Brenda Qin, Head of HR & Payroll of North China TMF Group, will address practical topics such as the impact on such preferential IIT policy termination and how to be compliant and which implications it has on your tax payments.
Brenda has in-depth knowledge of HR & Payroll operations, employee equity incentive management and Individual Income Tax (IIT) planning. With more than 15 years working experience in providing services to multinational companies, she has demonstrated her solid strengths as being a critical thinker and adept negotiator who can apply extensive knowledge of local markets and technology domain expertise to ensure the efficiency and compliance of HR & Payroll processes in China.
Following the presentation there will be an open discussion at which any related questions and/or comments are most welcome.
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 Denmark / 15:00 - 16:00 China
Back
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Empowering Remote Experts for Auditing and Production Inspection with Extended Reality
Date: October 26, 2021
Event: Webinar
This webinar will focus on how to utilize Microsoft HoloLens 2 for remote auditing and production/facility inspection as an integrated part of operations and to cope with the restrictions caused by Covid-19. Especially, the Chinese market has had to cope with travel restrictions and closed borders, which has yielded problems of getting expert knowledge in and out of the country. This problem can be mitigated with Extended Reality by empowering experts to be available and present, digitally, at all times. NNIT will share their experiences with remote auditing and inspection based on recent practical cases and conducted proof of concepts using the technology.
The webinar is held by speakers from NNIT:
Kasper Kronmann Nielsen, Advisory Director
Kevin Helge Hansen-Schwartz, XR Business & Solution Consultant
Kristian de Silva Nielsen, Digital Business Consultant
Frederik Sparre Willumsen, Associate Digital Business Consultant
Martin Næsby Hansen, Associate Digital Business Consultant
Back
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2021 Sourcing Survey by Asia Perspective – Findings and Insights
Date: September 28, 2021
Event: Webinar
Are you working with sourcing and/or supply chain operations connected to the Asian markets? Then this is the Webinar for you. Asia Perspective has been conducting yearly surveys on sourcing in China and Southeast Asia for the last decade, measuring the perception of the region as a sourcing market and how it changes over time. Under the influence of the COVID pandemic, unprecedented events have revealed vulnerabilities in international supply chains, highly affecting many global companies and industries. This webinar will focus on the disruptions during the past 12 months, but more importantly, how to manage them going forward. Join this webinar where Lukas Faxå and Johan Annell, consultant and partner at Asia Perspective, will present this year's report and unique insights.
Back
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Signature Event - Fast Track China
Date: September 09, 2021
Event: Signature Event
Presentations by:
- Niels Christian Flintholm, Partner at Leaf Digital
- Yangze Wang, Head of Creative Media at Amplify 360 by Yahoo
An inspiring session that tells you how to successfully build your brand in China by utilizing the culture, digital platforms, KOLs, and media. The presentation shares the latest insights and trends within four main pillars - strategy, creatives, media orchestration, and platforms as you learn to engage with your target audience and build brand loyalty through authentic conversations and the right content.
Through hands-on experiences, you will learn which concrete steps to take and the pitfalls you need to be aware of when navigating the Chinese online market as a brand.
The session will be livestreamed on Zoom, and you can find the sign-up link below.
Back
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Supporting your China Business Initiatives in a Virtual Environment
Date: September 07, 2021
Event: Webinar
Virtual collaboration is here to stay. In the new era of team collaboration, global business leaders are posed with new challenges working in a virtual environment on several levels. While some may embrace the efficiency, more global teams struggle with goal alignment, performance, team connection and communication when teams work together virtually. John Fu, Managing Partner of China Insight will present a set of challenges companies encounter in this context as well possible solutions. We will explore how you could effectively lead and support the business initiatives in China, including real company cases and practical including and not limited to the following: being aware of the China business context, building strategic alignment, strengthening team morale, empowering team members and leveraging technologies.
Back
Image
Culture and IPR – How to Find the Right Chinese Name for Your Company and Products
Date: August 31, 2021
Event: Webinar
Does it matter how you name your company in Chinese characters? The answer: yes. Jakob Krogh-Jensen, Founder of OUNNID will present the advantages of protecting a Chinese translation of your brand in China. He will share specific methods on how to construct a memorable Chinese brand translation and explain ways to clear the brand for trademark protection. He will further provide tips for brand holders in Mainland China on how to increase brand value. After his presentation he will answer questions.
Back
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Omni-channel Marketing Automation, Empowers Enterprises to Increase Conversion in China
Date: August 24, 2021
Event: Webinar
Under the background of decreasing dividend of Internet traffic, MarTech has gradually become the focus of many enterprises. MarTech aggregates and manages the data of different business systems in the process of business operation so as to establish a set of effective data assets, which brings new opportunities for digital transformation and innovation.
Back
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Signature Event - China's Five-Year Plan
Date: June 10, 2021
Event: Signature Event
Earlier this year China unveiled the new Five-Year Plan for 2021-2025 outlining key targets and focus areas for the coming years. To give an overview of the plan and where the growth will be in China in the coming years, we have invited a range of distinguished speakers who will unpack the plan and give their perspective on where China is heading and where the opportunities lie.
The speakers at this event will include H.E. Mr. Feng Tie, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Denmark, Tom Behrens-Sørensen, Chairman of DCBF and Founder and Chairman of the Behrens-Sorensen Advisory P/S, Wang Lei, Deputy Dean at the School of Government at Beijing Normal University, Allan von Mehren, Chief Analyst at Danske Bank, Hans Henrik Pontoppidan, Secretary General at Danish Chinese Business Forum and Søren Falck, Head of Delegations at the Confederation of Danish Industry.
The speakers will also provide insights to how Danish companies see the business outlook in China and how to access the Chinese market.
Back
Image
Online Chinese Consumer Trends in Food and Beverages
Date: June 08, 2021
Event: Webinar
China’s online market is dynamic, particularly after Covid-19. Products in food & beverage are those that consumers purchase the most online. By observation over years, Smart Path have noticed a movement in segments within the category, indicating online consumers’ behaviour or preference have changed. Understanding such movements are helpful for companies and organizations to understand China’s online market as well as online consumers’ behaviour – insights that may have business potential and can be valuable for further growth in China. Kevin Dai, Smart Path will present the audience to a cross categories comparison and experiences from the market, and a helicopter view on the positioning of each category and development in online trends.
Following the presentation there will be an open discussion at which any related questions and/or comments are most welcome.
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 Denmark / 15:00 - 16:00 China
Back
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The Era End of Certain IIT Preferential Policy - What's Next?
Date: June 01, 2021
Event: Webinar
Are you aware that the preferential Individual Income Tax (IIT) policy would be ceased by the end of 2021? What does that that this means for the company and the employee? In partnership with TMF Group, we are pleased to invite you to a webinar dedicated to the regulatory environment and the challenges & opportunities from a HR perspective. Brenda Qin, Head of HR & Payroll of North China TMF Group, will address practical topics such as the impact on such preferential IIT policy termination and how to be compliant and which implications it has on your tax payments.
Brenda has in-depth knowledge of HR & Payroll operations, employee equity incentive management and Individual Income Tax (IIT) planning. With more than 15 years working experience in providing services to multinational companies, she has demonstrated her solid strengths as being a critical thinker and adept negotiator who can apply extensive knowledge of local markets and technology domain expertise to ensure the efficiency and compliance of HR & Payroll processes in China.
Following the presentation there will be an open discussion at which any related questions and/or comments are most welcome.
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 Denmark / 15:00 - 16:00 China
