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The official podcast of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Sharing on-the-ground insights from European business leaders and experts. Listen in for open discussions about China on current events, policy updates and the experiences of those doing business across China.

  1. 12/08/2025

    Episode 34: How Resilient is China’s Economy?

    This episode is edited from a presentation by Dr Wang Dan, China Director of Eurasia Group, at a European Chamber event, ‘Insight China: Is China’s Economy Turning the Corner?’ that took place on 19th June 2025. In the presentation, she focused on answering the question ‘how resilient is China’s Economy’. The European Chamber will host […]

    30 min

  2. 09/26/2025

    Episode 33: European Businesses’ Wish List for China’s 15FYP

    The European Chamber’s annual flagship report, the European Business in China Position Paper, was released on 17th September. As 2025 is the last year of China’s 14th Five-year Plan (FYP), this year’s Executive Position Paper reviews the plan’s outcomes and provides constructive recommendations for the upcoming 15FYP, based on feedback from our member companies. In […]

    26 min

  3. 01/20/2025

    Episode 32: 2024 Year in Review

    At the end of 2024, three of the European Chamber’s Beijing colleagues – Beijing General Manager Carl Hayward, Head of European Affairs Ester Cañada Amela and Policy and Communications Manager Mariann Nagy – sat down with our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager, to review the year and look forward to 2025. The last episode focused on the keywords […]

    20 min

  4. 12/24/2024

    Episode 31: 2024 Keywords

    At the end of 2024, three of the European Chamber’s Beijing colleagues – Beijing General Manager Carl Hayward, Head of European Affairs Ester Cañada Amela and Policy and Communications Manager Mariann Nagy – sat down with our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager, to review the year and look forward to 2025. This episode focused […]

    28 min

  5. 11/25/2024

    Episode 30: EU-China Relations after the 2024 Elections

    2024 has been an extraordinary year of elections. Two of the world’s largest economies, the European Union and the United States, voted for their new leadership. Due to the strong economic ties between China, the EU and the US, the ramifications of both elections could be enormous for European companies operating in China. In this […]

    35 min

  6. 09/05/2024

    Episode 29: China’s inbound travel recovery, a mixed picture

    In the past year, the Chinese government has been promoting visa-free policies to boost inbound travel. During this summer, news about the big boom of China’s inbound tourists is all over the Chinese media. Foreign vloggers posted tons of travelling in China videos and some of them went viral on Chinese social media. In this […]

    41 min

  7. 08/05/2024

    Episode 28: Can European companies stay ahead of competition in China?

    The European Chamber published its annual Business Confidence Survey in early May. Respondents reported that alongside economic and geopolitical challenges, competition is also a key hurdle for their business in China. In this episode, our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager at the European Chamber, is joined by Jens Eskelund, president of the European Chamber, […]

    29 min

  8. 07/18/2024

    Episode 27: Market access in China: opportunities and challenges

    The European Chamber published its annual Business Confidence Survey in early May. It shows a significant improvement in perceptions about market opening: 19% of respondents report significant market opening in their industry, which is the highest level recorded in the past decade; and 26% of respondents report some opening, the same proportion as last year. […]

    29 min
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