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CIIE is an annual event aimed at opening the Chinese markets and increasing China's imports. The fair was held for the second consecutive year in November in Shanghai. 150 countries, 3800 companies and over 500,000 visitors and buyers attended the fair. Ambassador of Sweden Helena Sångeland and Consul General Lisette Lindahl attended the welcome dinner on November 4 at the invitation of China's Minister for Trade Zhong Shan. Sweden (Embassy, Consulate General in Shanghai and Business Sweden) had a country pavilion on the theme of "innovative and sustainable solutions for next generation travel and transport", where 18 Swedish companies participated. The Sino-Nordic Economic Cooperation Forum was held as a side event to the CIIE and The Shanghai Consulate General and the Embassy witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements between 9 Swedish companies and Chinese counterparts at an estimated value of USD 120 million. According to the CIIE organizer’s preliminary figures, cooperation and business agreements worth north of USD 71 billion was reached for this year.
Ambassador Helena Sångeland and Consul General Lisette Lindahl travelled to Chengdu November 21-22. The main purpose of the trip was to visit some of the Swedish companies in the region. They were received by the mayor of Chengdu, Luo Qiang, who has previously visited Sweden and has a good knowledge of Swedish companies. The Ambassador and Consul General then visited Polestar Plant. Apart from listening to a detailed briefing on Polestar and Volvo’s ambition in China, they have also participated in a test run of Polestar. After paying a visit to Ericsson’s R&D center Chengdu, they concluded the trip with a visit to ÅF Chengdu.
A textile recycling forum was co-organized by the China Association of Circular Economy and CSR Centre of the Embassy in Nanjing on October 21 to explore new business models for the industry. The forum is part of a circular economy exhibition where the CSR center of the Embassy and Business Sweden hosted a pavillion together with Swedish companies, such as Sweco, Purac, Envac and Stora Enso, together with the Cleantech Hub by the Swedish Energy Agency shared a national pavilion.
Swedish Energy Agency, SweHeat & Cooling, the Embassy of Sweden in Beijing and Business Sweden, partnering with Wuhan Development and Reform Commission and Wuhan Foreign Affairs Office arranged a District Energy Conference in Wuhan, Hubei on December 3. Energy Counsellor Magnus Carnwall led a Swedish delegation of eight companies who joined the conference. The delegation was warmly welcomed by local government and companies. In total 60 people attended the conference and the lively discussion. The conference was followed by a site visit to Hubei Huadian Wuchang Thermal Power Generation Company.
The Swedish Institute Management Programme (SIMP) in China celebrates its 10-year anniversary. The event – SIMP China 10 Years – which was held November 12 at the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence, attracted over 60 representatives from the corporate sector, government organisations, media and non-governmental organisations.
The fourth Sweden China Health Forum took place in the provincial capital of Hainan province, Haikou, between the 4th and 5th of December. The discussions of this year’s forum focused on e-health and commercialization of new and innovative technologies and solutions. Deputy Head of Mission Karl-Olof Andersson contributed with opening remarks. Participants from Swedish and Chinese health related government and academia as well as industry representatives joined the discussions. The aim of the forum is to promote bilateral collaboration within the health field.
During 27th of September to 20th of October, a photo exhibition by the Gender Photographer Thomas Gunnarsson was displayed in a shopping mall in central Shanghai. The month-long exhibition was a combination of Swedish and Chinese images that challenged norms in term of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and age. The Sino-Swedish photo exhibition was combined with six pop-up photo booth sessions, a lecture and a film screening.
Together with the Danish, Finnish and Norwegian consulates in Shanghai, The Consulate General of Sweden in Shanghai organized a series of events focusing on food waste. Between November 21-23rd, invited stakeholders including policy makers, distributers, non-governmental organizations and consumers gathered to discuss the global issue with food waste. The events consisted of a creative zero-waste dinner, a seminar with Nordic and Chinese speakers, a food-waste solutions workshop and a zero-food waste competitive challenge.
Visit Sweden teamed up with Visit Denmark and Innovation Norway to host the annual Travel Roadshow in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing during the last week of October. In total 69 travel suppliers including tourism boards, airlines, hotels, cruises from Scandinavia presented and conducted direct business dialogues with over 500 Chinese buyers.
A digital campaign of #100 hours of Inspiration# was revealed for the city of Stockholm on Chinese top social media platforms Weibo and WeChat and generated over 9 million impressions and 20,000 interactions. The campaign was aimed to promote Stockholm in off-season, targeting individual travelers who intend to make longer stay in one visit.
Business Sweden’s brand-new report “China’s New Consumers” has been launched and presented at several retail focused seminars in both Sweden and China. “China’s New Consumers” investigates the consumer behavior and product/brand preferences based on 1,500 consumers from tier 1 cities in China along with insights from Key Opinion Leaders and business leaders. Business Sweden hosted two events in China together with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce China, where the participants enjoyed a presentation on the report’s key highlights followed by a panel discussion with prominent KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders); MRKUMO in Beijing (19/11) and Xiaoxiaobao Mama in Shanghai (4/12) who explained how Swedish consumer brands can actively and successfully work together with KOLs in the Chinese market. The Chinese retail landscape is digital and fast-moving, so this report is an essential read for anyone wanting to understand the largest consumer market in the world. Read the full report here: http://beta.business-sweden.se/grow-globally/articles-global/articles-global2/report-chinas-new-consumers/
On December 5th Team Sweden arranged a panel discussion on accepting the challenge of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, welcomed by Ms. Helena Storm, Consul General with key-note speech by Mr. Edward Yau, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development. The panel consisted of three participants representing different areas of society; G For Good, a local NGO supported by leading real estate developer New World Development, HM, and the Techno Creatives, moderated by Johan M Persson at C’Monde Studios. The topic was how Sweden, being a sustainability frontrunner, can explore different views and ways of creating a sustainable future through new innovative design. With mixed angles from the entrepreneurial, government and corporate sides and questions from the audience, the discussion covered wide-ranging and important topics including CO2 emissions, sustainable farming, recycling and reuse of materials.
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RSVP not later than 8 November to Ms. He Lingqi at lingqi.he@gov.se or 010 8531 1849 ext 203. Kindly provide your organisation, name, title and email address. As space is limited for this event, seats will be allocated on a “first come, first served” basis. We look forward to welcoming you at this event!
On 12 November China, the CSR Centre of the Embassy of Sweden in Beijing will host a Salon on CSR development in China for past and future 10 years. There will be a SIMP Alumni panel discussion on CSR Development in China: 10 Years in the Past and 10 Years in the Future. The event will bring together SIMP alumni, who are also experts in the field, to look back over the past 10 years on what China have achieved in the field of CSR and to look forward on what to expect in the future.
SIMP is a Management Programme sponsored by Sweden to promote and support responsible leadership and sustainable business practices. It was introduced in China in 2009. It runs every year. 2019 witnesses the 10th Anniversary of its China network with over 150 alumni all over China. The salon will also gather representatives from companies, diplomacy, international organisations and NGOs. The event will be an opportunity for different actors working actively on promoting CSR in China to meet up, discuss the importance of collaboration to maximize impact and create synergies of CSR efforts in China.
On October 12th, SwedCham had a successful Strategy Day on a theme of Innovation with 19 participants from the mainboard, Beijing& Shanghai Chapter Boards and SwedCham office team Beijing and Shanghai. The chairman Lars-Åke 林奇辉 Severin warmly welcomed all the participants and General Manager Daniela L-V Cassmer introduced the aim of the day is to offer a great opportunity to get to know each other better and also brainstorm as many creative ideas as we could as to layout the SwedCham Business Plan 2020. The area managers Hannes Hultman(SH) and Jaycee Yang (BJ) had the presentations covering their own areas and followed by an interactive lucky draw value voucher activity among main board members, 4 divided small group discussions and presentations on the most important strategic priorities. Ended with surprisingly fresh and delicious food by a Sushi chef, Daniela thanked all the participants for their precious time and contributions to the strategy day!
As a supporting partner, SwedCham is very happy to invite our members to the Third Annual International Sustainability Conference in Guangdong (ISCG2019). ISCG2019 creates a platform that connects like-minded professionals and organizations to promote responsible businesses and facilitates capacity-building partnerships and commercial opportunities that can generate shared value both in the GreaterBayArea and elsewhere.
Do you have a passion for business relations and want to develop your skills? We are now looking for 2 motivated interns to join SwedCham’s Beijing and Shanghai Office respectively during Spring 2020.
Please submit your cover letter and CV to Jaycee@Swedcham.cn for Beijing and hannes@swedcham.cn for Shanghai. Positions are filled continuously.
On October 10th, we started a 12 weeks continuing course to the Swedish language by collaborating with Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) 北京外国语大学. The class is mixed with 8 new and old participants from our beginner courses both held in Spring this year and also even 7 years ago.
In this course, our participants will continue to learn to speak, read and write in Swedish, and practice conversation in everyday and workplace scenarios.
In the morning of October 17th, 19 participants came to the Capital Club, where SwedCham had the pleasure to co-host this morning's SharpTalk breakfast together with SEB. Eugenia Fabon Victorino, SEB’s Head of Asia Strategy, was the keynote speaker on the theme of: One Step Up, Two Steps Back. Ms. Victorino really gave the audience in-depth and vivid insights on how China is coping with the challenging global environment and the trade conflict and what important things that CEOs should take into consideration when it comes to their Asia Strategy.
30+ participants came to our After Work sponsored by Beckers in the evening of October 18th. By using colorful paints provided by Beckers Group the participants created their own unique patterns on miniature Volvo Cars models at Volvo Cars Experience Center! The famous Chinese influencer Tangcu was invited to share her knowledge and skills in using different colors to express your feelings. Tangcu, who has about 2 million followers on Douyin/ TikTok, impressed the participants that had great fun creating their own colorful cars!
On October 22nd, Mr. Cheng Song, Chef Consultant at Martinsen Group, led the participants a whole-day training on Business Speech, Reporting, and Presentation at the fancy Cophenhagen Fur Office in Beijing.
Upon completion of the business speech training and rounds of oral practices, the participants were able to differ the audience's preferences, communicate and control scenes more effective, and master the whole process of speech and its key points.
On October 23nd, co-organized by SwedCham, Danish Chamber of Commerce in China and ThinkChina, 60+ participants joined over the topic of the Corporate Social Credit System.
The panel consisted of Adam Dunnett, Secretary-General at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Joakim Abeleen, Head of Beijing Office at Business Sweden, Liam Z. Jia, Business Development Advisor at the EU SME Centre, Casper Wichmann 魏凯, ThinkChina.dk. The panelists shared their thoughts on the potential complications of the system, immediate actions to be taken and future business environment for foreign companies in China, possibility to share the data on one platform within all departments of Chinese government; how European and media think towards Corporate Social Credit System; bearing so-called "China Speed" in mind and following the constant development of the system; how much it might affect Chinese companies and SMEs.
On October 29th, we had a great pleasure again of having Anna Eriksson, counsellor at the Embassy of Sweden's Migration Section in Beijing, who gave us a yearly update of the application process for business visas to Sweden and bona fide status for companies in an effective way. Anna also mentions ed what is new with the revised visa code that enters into force in February 2020.
Do you have a passion for business relations and want to develop your skills? We are now looking for 2 motivated interns to join SwedCham’s Beijing and Shanghai Office respectively during Spring 2020.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China is an independent, non-profit member organization, network, and platform for Swedish businesses and decision-makers in China. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China was founded in 1998 and has around 260 member companies. The Chamber regularly arranges activities for its members such as seminars, workshops, social activities, and other network opportunities. The Chamber is a part of the local team Sweden's effort together with the Embassy in Beijing, the Consulate General in Shanghai, Business Sweden and Visit Sweden, and works to build a stronger Swedish community in China.
The purpose is for you to get integrated into the daily work, and get an insight into how a foreign Chamber of Commerce operates. In 2020, it will be marked as the 70th year of the Sino-Sweden Diplomatic Relations. The SwedCham will also have annual big events like Annal General Meeting, Spring Dinner, Swedish Traditional Party, Christmas party. You will be involved a lot in the Swedish business community by being a part of executing small and big events, communication, designing, and multiple important tasks.
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The internship is unpaid. You are required to have valid insurance during the time of the internship. Interns are responsible for finding their own housing.
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Please submit your cover letter and CV to Jaycee@Swedcham.cn for Beijing and hannes@swedcham.cn for Shanghai. Positions are filled continuously.
BJ: On October 12th, SwedCham had a successful Strategy Day on a theme of Innovation with 19 participants from the mainboard and SwedCham office team Beijing and Shanghai. The chairman Lars-Åke 林奇辉 Severin warmly welcomed all the participants and General Manager Daniela L-V Cassmer introduced the aim of the day is to offer a great opportunity to get to know each other better and also brainstorm as many creative ideas as we could as to layout the SwedCham Business Plan 2020. The area managers Hannes Hultman(SH) and Jaycee Yang (BJ) had the presentations covering their own areas and followed by an interactive lucky draw value voucher activity among main board members, 4 divided small group discussions and presentations on the most important strategic priorities. Ended with surprisingly fresh and delicious food by a Sushi chef, Daniela thanked all the participants for their precious time and contributions to the strategy day!
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