The monthly European Chamber publication, EuroBiz, provides information about the activities and the lobbying activities of the Working Groups, upcoming Chamber seminars and social events as well as reports on recent Chamber activities. It also includes features on the Chinese and European economy as well as regular news briefs on current business issues.

COVER STORY
Yes, Laoban!
A new generation of expat employees is reporting to the next generation of Chinese managers
by Jordan Calinoff

Since China opened up to foreign businesses, most workplace cultural complaints – at least, most complaints published in the English-language press – have involved expatriate bosses grumbling about their local staff.

Problems of low productivity, lack of initiative and communication difficulties plagued mixed-culture offices. Now, the economic downturn is broadening office cultural clashes to include Chinese managers conflicting with their foreign underlings, leading to a whole new set of complaints from both sides.

Many multinational companies can no longer afford to keep on expensive foreign managers on plush expat packages, leading companies to promote Chinese executives to toplevel management positions. In fact, a survey conducted by HR consultancy Mercer in February discovered that 57 percent of Asia-based companies were looking to switch from using expat employees to locals, the highest of any region surveyed. ...

Download EuroBiz Magazine, September 2009

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INTERVIEWS
26 Chamber Interview
Dirk Moens on the state of the Chamber in China

28 Reform and golfing
Robbie Henchman of IMG on golf

30 The optimist
Xintiandi architect Ben Wood on better cities and
better lives

COLUMNS
32 Chamber Position Paper
An introduction to the European Chamber of Commerce in China's annual Position Paper

34 Fraud Ben Wootliff
Tolerating corruption is a serious business risk

38 Patents Ram Deshpande
Outsourcing patent research

40 Chemicals Tim Wommelsdorff
Chemical manufacturers are finally feeling the pinch

44 Management Bill Dodson
Business degrees are not completely useless

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The Chamber was formed with the support of the EU Delegation in Beijing on 19th October 2000. It is a non-profit membership fee-based organisation with offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Chengdu.

Today, the Chamber is the leading exponent of European business interests in China creating a continuously growing business forum. It comprises of over1090 members, from global companies to small-medium enterprises. Its mission is to serve member companies by being the Voice of European Business in China.

It is built around a core of some 30 Working Groups,  which meet regularly to discuss business issues in their respective industries. The Working Groups contribute to an annual Position Paper on Business in China, which the Chamber presents to the Chinese and European governments.

The Chamber is managed by a National Executive Committee made up of representatives from various European Member States. The Supervisory Board and the Advisory Council provide strategic input for the National Executive Committee. Each Chapter is managed at the local level by a Local Board which reports directly to the National Executive Committee.

Executive Committee members, the Supervisory Board and Local Boards are elected at the Spring Annual General Meeting.

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