EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Annual General Meeting 2024

Date: April 19, 2024

Event: Annual General Meeting

Time: 9:00 - 13:00 CEST (Registration starts at 8:30)

renewable-energy

Venue: LEGO Campus

About the Event

Danish-Chinese Business Forum is pleased to annouce this year's Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will take place 19th of April 2024. The AGM will be hosted by The LEGO Group at their LEGO Campus in Billund. 

We are pleased to annouce our distinguished keynote speakers:

  • Mr. Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Mr. Qin Jie, Minister Counselor and Deputy Chief of the People's Republic of China to Denmark

Edward Lewin, VP Government & Public Affairs at the LEGO Group, and Tom Behrens-Sørensen, Chairman of Danish-Chinese Business Forum will provide the welcome speech.

The focus of our AGM this year is the EU-China relationship and its implications for Danish companies working with and in China. We have invited several distinguished speakers to provide updates on these topics, which will be annouced in the weeks to come.

Click Here to Register (Only for Members of DCBF) 

China Proposes to Lighten Up Requirements for Cross-Border Data Transfers

Date: May 07, 2024

Event: Webinar

Time: (9:00-10:00 a.m. DK/3:00-4:00 p.m. CN)

renewable-energy

Click here to register (for DCBF, DCCC and DCCHK members only).

Restrictions on cross-border data transfer have long been a cause for concern for foreign companies operating in China, and the Chinese regulators are seeking to address these concerns by lightening up the onerous requirements for cross-border data transfers.

On 28 September 2023, the Cyber Administration of China ("CAC") issued the Regulations for Standardizing and Promoting Cross-Border Data Flow ("Draft Regulations") to solicit public comments. The Draft Regulations appear to overturn some of their previous requirements in relation to cross-border data transfers. If adopted into law in its current form, the Draft Regulations would:

  • Create exemptions for many companies that export data or personal information from China in certain common business scenarios from otherwise mandatory data export approval procedures.

  • Raise the data transfer volume thresholds for the CAC's Security Assessment (a more onerous legal mechanism), and leave transfers of low-volume data to less onerous legal mechanisms. 

  • Allow free trade zones to create "Negative Lists" for cross-border data transfers that are subject to mandatory data export procedures.

Almost half a year has lapsed from the day that the Draft Regulations were publicized, many foreign companies are still waiting for the Draft Regulations to be formally issued. In an official press conference on 5 February 2024, the director of the Department of Foregin Investment Management under the Ministry of Commerce said that the Cyberspace Administration of China is contemplating and improving the Draft Regulations and preparing for its promulgation. 

In this webinar, Samuel Yang, Partner at Anjie Broad, will introduce all that you need to know about the Draft Regulations, their implications on your business, as well as observations of how multiple national companies are dealing with a time of uncertainty and their practical considerations. 

Please contact info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Annual General Meeting 2024

Date: April 19, 2024

Event: Annual General Meeting

Time: 9:00 - 13:00 CEST (Registration starts at 8:30)

renewable-energy

Venue: LEGO Campus

About the Event

Danish-Chinese Business Forum is pleased to annouce this year's Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will take place 19th of April 2024. The AGM will be hosted by The LEGO Group at their LEGO Campus in Billund. 

We are pleased to annouce our distinguished keynote speakers:

  • Mr. Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Mr. Qin Jie, Minister Counselor and Deputy Chief of the People's Republic of China to Denmark

Edward Lewin, VP Government & Public Affairs at the LEGO Group, and Tom Behrens-Sørensen, Chairman of Danish-Chinese Business Forum will provide the welcome speech.

The focus of our AGM this year is the EU-China relationship and its implications for Danish companies working with and in China. We have invited several distinguished speakers to provide updates on these topics, which will be annouced in the weeks to come.

Click Here to Register (Only for Members of DCBF) 

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China Proposes to Lighten Up Requirements for Cross-Border Data Transfers

Date: May 07, 2024

Event: Webinar

Time: (9:00-10:00 a.m. DK/3:00-4:00 p.m. CN)

renewable-energy

Click here to register (for DCBF, DCCC and DCCHK members only).

Restrictions on cross-border data transfer have long been a cause for concern for foreign companies operating in China, and the Chinese regulators are seeking to address these concerns by lightening up the onerous requirements for cross-border data transfers.

On 28 September 2023, the Cyber Administration of China ("CAC") issued the Regulations for Standardizing and Promoting Cross-Border Data Flow ("Draft Regulations") to solicit public comments. The Draft Regulations appear to overturn some of their previous requirements in relation to cross-border data transfers. If adopted into law in its current form, the Draft Regulations would:

  • Create exemptions for many companies that export data or personal information from China in certain common business scenarios from otherwise mandatory data export approval procedures.

  • Raise the data transfer volume thresholds for the CAC's Security Assessment (a more onerous legal mechanism), and leave transfers of low-volume data to less onerous legal mechanisms. 

  • Allow free trade zones to create "Negative Lists" for cross-border data transfers that are subject to mandatory data export procedures.

Almost half a year has lapsed from the day that the Draft Regulations were publicized, many foreign companies are still waiting for the Draft Regulations to be formally issued. In an official press conference on 5 February 2024, the director of the Department of Foregin Investment Management under the Ministry of Commerce said that the Cyberspace Administration of China is contemplating and improving the Draft Regulations and preparing for its promulgation. 

In this webinar, Samuel Yang, Partner at Anjie Broad, will introduce all that you need to know about the Draft Regulations, their implications on your business, as well as observations of how multiple national companies are dealing with a time of uncertainty and their practical considerations. 

Please contact info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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The Possibility of Influencing Technical Standardization Settings in China

Date: June 01, 2022

Time: 9.00-10.00 a.m. (DK) / 15.00-16.00 p.m. (CN)

Event: Webinar


By Dr. Tim Rühlig, Research Fellow, Technology and Global Affairs Program at German Council on Foreign Relations and Associate Research Fellow, Swedish Institute for International Affairs, Marie Shou, Head of Department, and Pouline Terpager, Chief Consultant, both from Dansk Standard

There is an old saying that ”Those who owns the standards, owns the market”. It is therefore not surprising that China has made considerable efforts to increase its influence in standard setting in recent years with focus on future technologies as outlined in the CM2025 plan. We now not only have three competing systems (US, Europe and now China), in which Europe seems to lose ground, but with the further complication that Chinas approach to standardization is distinct from European and international practice. This webinar will among others cover China’s advances so far, Europe’s ambitions in this area and ends with a presentation of a foreign company’s ability to be involved in shaping technical standard setting in China. The webinar targets everyone interested in working with standards in China.

The presentation will be undertaken by Tim Rühlig, a research fellow at the German Council on foreign relations and an associate research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, who together with the EU China Chamber of Commerce were the authors to “the shape of things to come: The Race to control - Technical Standardisation” as well as a joint presentation by Marie Skou, Head of Department and Pouline Terpager, Chief Consultant; both at Dansk Standard.

Check your email to sign up.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Digital Contracting, E-Signatures and E-Invoices

Date: May 24, 2022

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (DK) / 3:00-4:00 p.m. (CN)

Event: Webinar


By Philippe Snel, Managing Director at Da Wo Law Firm Shanghai and Mikkel Hippe Brun, SVP APC at Tradeshift

Da Wo Law Firm will present on remote contracting. Travelling to China is expected to remain restricted until the end of 2022, but more likely, well into 2023. Nevertheless, business must go on and contracts are concluded every day with China. This presentation will present practical and legal recommendations on how to best negotiate, conclude, perform, and eventually enforce a contract from afar, by relying solely on digital tools.

Tradeshift will present on E-Invoicing in China. This is gaining momentum with a centralized model where all invoices are registered with the tax-authorities. This move opens opportunities for automation and compliance in accounts payable and finance. Tradeshift has been servicing multinational companies' e-invoicing needs in China for more than 7 years and will share the latest developments on e-invoicing in China.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Webinar-MioTech

Digital Transformation: Pathway/Key to Achieve Your Corporate Sustainable Development Goals

Date: May 17, 2022

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (DK) / 3:00-4:00 p.m. (CN)

Event: Webinar


By Jack Hai, Vice President of Carbon and EMS at MioTech

Along with the global trend of green business and to cope with China's 'dual carbon' goal, companies are pledging to achieve net-zero emissions. Yet it is hard to decouple financial performance and emission reduction, as well as implement sustainable practices in the supply chains.

In the above context, Digital Transformation could be the key solution for companies to reach sustainability, which not only helps companies systematically manage energy consumption more efficiently but also ensure that the supply chain carries out their sustainability efforts in a measurable, impactful way.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency and Meeting Sustainability Targets in Chinese Supply Chains

Date: May 10, 2022

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (DK) / 3:00-4:00 p.m. (CN)

Event: Webinar


By Johan Anell, Partner at Asia Perspective, a Leading Nordic Management Consultancy with Offices Across East Asia

Johan Anell, Partner at Asia Perspective and based in Beijing, has a background from the automotive industry and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and management. Johan will speak on how Nordic companies act now in order to secure that their Asian supply chains are sustainable and contribute to meeting global ambitions. The climate and energy challenge the world is facing will shape policy and economics for many years, companies need to prepare for handling the risks and transforming their supply chains. Europe is preparing for a carbon border-tax and China is increasingly enacting policies affecting manufacturers who are major users of energy. Governments and financial markets are increasingly demanding transparency deeper into the supply chain and companies need to proactively work with data on the here-and-now and plan for their future supply chains as an integral part of corporate strategy.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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AGM

DCBF's Annual General Meeting 2022

Date: April 28, 2022

Time: 3:00-7:00 p.m. (DK)

Event: Annual General Meeting


The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is our most important event of the year, as the main purpose is to give all members of the forum the opportunity to voice their opinion.  

This year the event will take place both at BESTSELLER A/S in Aarhus and online.

This year the theme of the event is how Danish companies stay successful in China against the backdrop of increasing challenging (geo) political and domestic situation in China. To give insights on this theme we have invited Luisa Kinzius, Director at Sinolytics GmbH, and Björn Conrad, CEO of Sinolytics GmbH. Moreover, we have invited Michael W. Schultze, Director of Global Supply Chain at BESTSELLER A/S, to touch upon supply chain challenges. 

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

 

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Overview of the Recent IP-Related Legal Developments in China

Date: April 12, 2022

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (DK) / 3:00-4:00 p.m. (CN)

Event: Webinar


By Matias Zubimendi, IP Business Advisor at China IPR SME Helpdesk

On October 17th 2020, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee approved the Patent Law amendment, which entered into force on 1st of June 2021. The key provisions of the new law include an increase in statutory damages, patent term restoration and a mechanism for early resolution of patent disputes in the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, the new law extends the design patent term from 10 to 15 years.

On November 11th 2020, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee approved the Copyright Law amendment, which entered into force on 1st of June 2021. The new copyright law expands the works protectable by copyright to adapt to the newest technological developments. It also increases statutory damages, authorises technological protection measures, reinforces the investigative powers of copyright authorities and shifts the burden of proof in infringement cases in favour of the right holder. During this online training, the Helpdesk provides an overview of these recent changes and explains what impact these changes can have for the SMEs. The online training will include a Q&A session at the end of the event allowing attendees to pose questions to the speaker.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Solving IP Problems Crossing Multiple International Borders Using Minimal Resources

Date: April 05, 2022

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (DK)/3:00-4:00 p.m. (CN)

Event: Webinar


By Thomas L. Ewing, Senior IP Strategist at AWA Denmark A/S

From a commercial point of view, it is usually easy to decide how to handle the big IP cases, where a lot is at stake, and likewise for the little cases. But what about the “medium” cases, where the immediate financial risk might be low but where the negative long-term market signal for doing nothing might be high? This seminar attempts to offer a conceptual framework from a commercial perspective for solving such cases. The seminar will be illustrated with a case in point whose solution involved enforcement, or threatened enforcement, in China for the purpose of solving a commercial problem in the USA. Thus, the seminar will anchor its conceptual framework with a series of practical, low-cost, real-world actions.

Thomas is senior IP Strategist at AWA AB in Sweden. He holds several degrees, and he is in the final stages of completing his PhD in industrial management and economics. All his research has been focused on intellectual property.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Q2 Outlook by Saxo Bank

Date: March 29, 2022

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (DK) / 3:00-4:00 p.m. (CN)

Event: Webinar


Saxo Bank’s Q2 Outlook will soon be released. We are pleased to invite you to join the Webinar and get the exclusive first look.

It is your chance to hear directly from Mr. Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank’s Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer’s presentation with expert commentary and discover what he believes for the financial markets and how different assets classes will behave.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Signature event- Sinolytics

China’s Cybersecurity ​and Data Governance ​

Date: March 16, 2022

Time: 09:00-10:00 (DK) - 16:00-17:00 (CN)

Event: Signature Event


Danish-Chinese Business Forum and Sinolytics invite you to this Signature Event, where experts from Sinolytics will provide you with an update on China’s Cybersecurity and Data Governance and how these impacts business operations in China. In addition, you will get their latest update on the Corporate Social Credit System. 

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The Possibility of Influencing Technical Standardization Settings in China

Date: June 01, 2022

Event: Webinar


By Dr. Tim Rühlig, Research Fellow, Technology and Global Affairs Program at German Council on Foreign Relations and Associate Research Fellow, Swedish Institute for International Affairs, Marie Shou, Head of Department, and Pouline Terpager, Chief Consultant, both from Dansk Standard

There is an old saying that ”Those who owns the standards, owns the market”. It is therefore not surprising that China has made considerable efforts to increase its influence in standard setting in recent years with focus on future technologies as outlined in the CM2025 plan. We now not only have three competing systems (US, Europe and now China), in which Europe seems to lose ground, but with the further complication that Chinas approach to standardization is distinct from European and international practice. This webinar will among others cover China’s advances so far, Europe’s ambitions in this area and ends with a presentation of a foreign company’s ability to be involved in shaping technical standard setting in China. The webinar targets everyone interested in working with standards in China.

The presentation will be undertaken by Tim Rühlig, a research fellow at the German Council on foreign relations and an associate research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, who together with the EU China Chamber of Commerce were the authors to “the shape of things to come: The Race to control - Technical Standardisation” as well as a joint presentation by Marie Skou, Head of Department and Pouline Terpager, Chief Consultant; both at Dansk Standard.

Check your email to sign up.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Digital Contracting, E-Signatures and E-Invoices

Date: May 24, 2022

Event: Webinar


By Philippe Snel, Managing Director at Da Wo Law Firm Shanghai and Mikkel Hippe Brun, SVP APC at Tradeshift

Da Wo Law Firm will present on remote contracting. Travelling to China is expected to remain restricted until the end of 2022, but more likely, well into 2023. Nevertheless, business must go on and contracts are concluded every day with China. This presentation will present practical and legal recommendations on how to best negotiate, conclude, perform, and eventually enforce a contract from afar, by relying solely on digital tools.

Tradeshift will present on E-Invoicing in China. This is gaining momentum with a centralized model where all invoices are registered with the tax-authorities. This move opens opportunities for automation and compliance in accounts payable and finance. Tradeshift has been servicing multinational companies' e-invoicing needs in China for more than 7 years and will share the latest developments on e-invoicing in China.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Webinar-MioTech

Digital Transformation: Pathway/Key to Achieve Your Corporate Sustainable Development Goals

Date: May 17, 2022

Event: Webinar


By Jack Hai, Vice President of Carbon and EMS at MioTech

Along with the global trend of green business and to cope with China's 'dual carbon' goal, companies are pledging to achieve net-zero emissions. Yet it is hard to decouple financial performance and emission reduction, as well as implement sustainable practices in the supply chains.

In the above context, Digital Transformation could be the key solution for companies to reach sustainability, which not only helps companies systematically manage energy consumption more efficiently but also ensure that the supply chain carries out their sustainability efforts in a measurable, impactful way.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency and Meeting Sustainability Targets in Chinese Supply Chains

Date: May 10, 2022

Event: Webinar


By Johan Anell, Partner at Asia Perspective, a Leading Nordic Management Consultancy with Offices Across East Asia

Johan Anell, Partner at Asia Perspective and based in Beijing, has a background from the automotive industry and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and management. Johan will speak on how Nordic companies act now in order to secure that their Asian supply chains are sustainable and contribute to meeting global ambitions. The climate and energy challenge the world is facing will shape policy and economics for many years, companies need to prepare for handling the risks and transforming their supply chains. Europe is preparing for a carbon border-tax and China is increasingly enacting policies affecting manufacturers who are major users of energy. Governments and financial markets are increasingly demanding transparency deeper into the supply chain and companies need to proactively work with data on the here-and-now and plan for their future supply chains as an integral part of corporate strategy.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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AGM

DCBF's Annual General Meeting 2022

Date: April 28, 2022

Event: Annual General Meeting


The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is our most important event of the year, as the main purpose is to give all members of the forum the opportunity to voice their opinion.  

This year the event will take place both at BESTSELLER A/S in Aarhus and online.

This year the theme of the event is how Danish companies stay successful in China against the backdrop of increasing challenging (geo) political and domestic situation in China. To give insights on this theme we have invited Luisa Kinzius, Director at Sinolytics GmbH, and Björn Conrad, CEO of Sinolytics GmbH. Moreover, we have invited Michael W. Schultze, Director of Global Supply Chain at BESTSELLER A/S, to touch upon supply chain challenges. 

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

 

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Website IPR SME

Overview of the Recent IP-Related Legal Developments in China

Date: April 12, 2022

Event: Webinar


By Matias Zubimendi, IP Business Advisor at China IPR SME Helpdesk

On October 17th 2020, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee approved the Patent Law amendment, which entered into force on 1st of June 2021. The key provisions of the new law include an increase in statutory damages, patent term restoration and a mechanism for early resolution of patent disputes in the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, the new law extends the design patent term from 10 to 15 years.

On November 11th 2020, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee approved the Copyright Law amendment, which entered into force on 1st of June 2021. The new copyright law expands the works protectable by copyright to adapt to the newest technological developments. It also increases statutory damages, authorises technological protection measures, reinforces the investigative powers of copyright authorities and shifts the burden of proof in infringement cases in favour of the right holder. During this online training, the Helpdesk provides an overview of these recent changes and explains what impact these changes can have for the SMEs. The online training will include a Q&A session at the end of the event allowing attendees to pose questions to the speaker.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Solving IP Problems Crossing Multiple International Borders Using Minimal Resources

Date: April 05, 2022

Event: Webinar


By Thomas L. Ewing, Senior IP Strategist at AWA Denmark A/S

From a commercial point of view, it is usually easy to decide how to handle the big IP cases, where a lot is at stake, and likewise for the little cases. But what about the “medium” cases, where the immediate financial risk might be low but where the negative long-term market signal for doing nothing might be high? This seminar attempts to offer a conceptual framework from a commercial perspective for solving such cases. The seminar will be illustrated with a case in point whose solution involved enforcement, or threatened enforcement, in China for the purpose of solving a commercial problem in the USA. Thus, the seminar will anchor its conceptual framework with a series of practical, low-cost, real-world actions.

Thomas is senior IP Strategist at AWA AB in Sweden. He holds several degrees, and he is in the final stages of completing his PhD in industrial management and economics. All his research has been focused on intellectual property.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Q2 Outlook by Saxo Bank

Date: March 29, 2022

Event: Webinar


Saxo Bank’s Q2 Outlook will soon be released. We are pleased to invite you to join the Webinar and get the exclusive first look.

It is your chance to hear directly from Mr. Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank’s Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer’s presentation with expert commentary and discover what he believes for the financial markets and how different assets classes will behave.

Please contact us at info@dcbf.dk if you have any questions.

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Signature event- Sinolytics

China’s Cybersecurity ​and Data Governance ​

Date: March 16, 2022

Event: Signature Event


Danish-Chinese Business Forum and Sinolytics invite you to this Signature Event, where experts from Sinolytics will provide you with an update on China’s Cybersecurity and Data Governance and how these impacts business operations in China. In addition, you will get their latest update on the Corporate Social Credit System.