Events Archive
Panel Discussion: 2022 USCBC Member Survey
Every year USCBC surveys its membership to take the pulse of US companies doing business in China. This year’s survey highlights China’s COVID control measures and US-China relations as top challenges and includes data on how these issues and others are impacting company performance and planning.
Managing MNC’s Tax Incentives in China
In an effort to raise productivity, improve living standards, and drive the Chinese economy to its next stage of development through science and technology, China has introduced a series of research and development (R&D) tax incentives and government special subsidy policies in recent years to support innovation-oriented enterprises, including multinational companies (MNCs).
To help us explore this issue, USCBC hosted a hybrid event with KPMG and invited Mr. Wu Liang, tax partner in R&D Tax and Incentives Practice at KPMG China, to share his insights with our members.
Understanding Trends of Cross-border Data Flows: Implications for Foreign Businesses
China has released a wide range of policies to outline next steps for businesses to transfer their data across borders. USCBC has published an analysis on the final Outbound Data Transfer Security Assessment Measures and has been calling for comment on the draft Provisions on the Standard Contract for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information over the past weeks.
USCBC Discussion on Global Attitudes Toward China with Pew Researcher Laura Silver and CSIS Senior Adviser Scott Kennedy
Negative views of China have reached historic highs in over a dozen countries, according to a recently-published Pew Research Center report. Unfavorable opinions of China are largely tied to concerns about China’s human rights policies.
Navigating Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Implementation & China’s Response
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevent Act went into force on June 21 just six short months after it was passed. The law itself is broad and limited prior guidance to industry has created significant uncertainty around the focus of enforcement and level of risk companies face. At the same time, China has legal tools like the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law that create additional risks for companies.
China's Industrial Policy Spending: A Conversation with CSIS Experts
One of the most contentious aspects of China’s economy is its increasing reliance on industrial policy. China’s industrial policy is heavily scrutinized by its trading partners, and it is a primary element of the United States’ justification for tougher trade policies.
Decarbonization in China: Opportunities, Challenges, & the Launch of the USCBC Decarbonization Working Group
The 14th Five-Year Period is a critical period for China to achieve its carbon peaking and energy security objectives. This year, China has rolled out a slew of policies that undergird its “1+N” policy framework including the 14th Five-Year Plan on Modern Energy System Planning, the Mid- to Long-Term Development Plan for Hydrogen Energy 2021-2035, and the 14th Five-Year Plan on Renewable Energy Development. Against this backdrop, US companies in China view decarbonization as a top priority issue in their long-term business strategies.
Scenario Planning: Preparing for a Possible Storm
As the potential for more friction in US-China trade relations are likely to continue due to actions taken by Beijing and Washington, it will be essential for companies to begin “scenario planning” to understand how operations, supply chains, IP, personnel and market share may be impacted if bilateral relations continue to deteriorate.
Martin+Crumpton Group briefed us on the following topics:
Making Sense of China's Tech Crackdown
As China faces an economic slowdown due to COVID-19, the Chinese government has indicated it would ease its crackdown on the tech industry—a crackdown which included the cancelation of DiDi’s IPO over cyber and data security concerns, as well as massive fines on Alibaba and Meituan for anti-monopoly violations. Despite recent statements indicating the easing of the tech crackdown, other rhetoric from the government has underscored the importance of common prosperity and the need to regulate capital.