On October 20, 2023, together with the Shunyi district, the German Industrial Park based there and the Association for the Promotion of German-Chinese Technology and Cultural Exchange (i.E.), we organized the first German-Chinese soccer tournament in Beijing (Shunyi). It was a pleasure to open the event with the Shunyi District Mayor at Shunyi Olympic Water Park. Four teams took part including: from Viessmann and Mercedes. A successful tournament with great teams and lots of fun to promote German-Chinese friendship. We will now hold the tournament at regular intervals...

We wish all clients and their families a relaxing moon festival . Due to the national holidays in China, our office will be closed from September 29th , 2023 to October 6th, 2023 .

The Moon Festival, or Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated in Asia on the 15th day of the eighth month in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. In ancient times, emperors sacrificed to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. The word “mid-autumn” can already be found in historical works from the Zhou Dynasty...

China's new anti-espionage law, which came into force on July 1, 2023, has caused discussion and controversy around the world. The law is intended to protect China's national security and combat espionage activities. The new law is an amendment or revision of the anti-espionage law that was passed in 2014. The revised version has a significantly more extensive scope and vaguer definitions. This webinar will examine China's new anti-espionage law. The possible effects on Austrian companies and the resulting recommendations for action are also discussed....

On Thursday, September 14, 2023, the SYMPOSIUM ON DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN CHINA was held in Shenyang. The first event in this context in Shenyang.

About 35 company and association representatives participated in this event, organized by the AHK North China and the German Consulate General in Shenyang.

The panel discussion experts included Dr. Falk Lichtenstein (CMS) and Daniel Albrecht (Starke IP). The moderation was taken over by Dr. Constanze Wang (AHK China). The introduction...

On August 29, 2023, the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China has published the announcement on the extension of the individual income tax regulation regarding allowances and subsidies for expats.

Expats who meet the requirements of resident individual (who has a domicile in China; or who does not have a domicile in China but has resided in China for a total of 183 days in one tax year), can chose one of the following tax reduction regulations for their income tax in China:

European companies fear China's spy investigators - "worrying signals"; Titles like these have been haunting the European press landscape in recent weeks. In this video you can find out what is actually behind the new Chinese espionage law and what effects can be expected.

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On Tuesday, June 13th, 2023, the SYMPOSIUM ON DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN CONNECTION WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN CHINA took place in the German Embassy in Beijing. Around 50 company and association representatives took part in this event, organized by the AHK China and the German Embassy.

The experts on the panel discussion included the lawyers Christoph Hezel (Taylor Wessing) and Daniel Albrecht (Starke IP). The moderation was taken over by Dr. Constanze Wang (AHK China).

The participating experts were happy...

Platform governance has been at the forefront of the tech andmedia world recently, given the rise in cyberbullying, hate speechand other harms online. The aim of the DSA and the PMIPCS isto create a uniform framework dealing with four issues–thehandling of illegal or potentiality harmful online content, the lia-bility of online intermediaries for third-party content, the protec-tion of users’fundamental rights online and the bridging of in-formation asymmetries between the online intermediaries andtheir users. This article compares relevant regulations of thePMIPCS with...

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On November 16, 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the revised Administrative Regulations on Internet Comment Threading Services. Just one month later, the 16-article regulations came into force, in which the control obligations of network operators and service providers are specified. More transparency should strengthen the rights of users.

The new rules apply to providers and users of Internet commenting services in China. For purposes of the Terms, “Comment Posting Services” means those services provided by websites,...

For more than 20 years, the German Charity Christmas Bazaar has traditionally taken place in the pre-Christmas period on the grounds of the German Embassy in Beijing. There, people from a wide variety of nations and cultures have the opportunity to get in the mood for Christmas with German treats and the purchase of handmade gifts. The proceeds will be used to support aid projects in and around Beijing. These projects take care of children, parents and families, sick and disadvantaged people as well as people with a disability.

In 2022 the...

We wish all our friends and clients and a Happy Chinese New Year.

Our office will be closed from January 21, 2023 to January 27, 2023. E-mails and post are therefore not read and answered regularly.