Owen Haacke, Chief Representative for USCBC’s Shanghai office, addressed member company interests at the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce’s annual Briefing on Shanghai’s Commerce and Investment. Each year, the Shanghai Commerce Commission invites senior Shanghai leaders from the municipal government and relevant departments to report on Shanghai’s development and how foreign companies contribute to that development in China. USCBC members were well represented at the briefing, and recognized for their achievements building their business in China.

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are increasingly calling on companies to support the creation of party organizations among their employees. The potential for party groups to influence corporate decision making has raised concern among some US company executives: What are foreign companies obligated to do, and how should companies respond to requests to establish party organizations in their China subsidiaries?