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The Swiss Centers are delighted to invite you to
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Dear
Friends of Swiss Centers,
Our
annual Swiss Business Confidence Survey in China highlights that the
lack of understanding from the headquarter has been ranked among the
top 3 internal challenges that Swiss subsidiaries in China face.
This
reality is even more prevalent since international travel and
exchanges have been disrupted by the pandemic. At the same time,
while China remains an extremely attractive and important market
for many companies, developing business there is increasingly complex
and less than straight-forward.
For
these reasons, the Swiss Centers and the St. Gallen Institute of
Management in Asia (SGI-HSG), in partnership
with the Chambre neuchâteloise du commerce et de l'industrie (CNCI), join forces this year again to offer a one-and-a-half-day
workshop dedicated to the Swiss companies having or planning to set
up a business in China, and who wish to improve cross-border management
methods between Switzerland and China.
On
the basis of our practical expertise supporting more than 100
subsidiaries in China and combined with our research, we have developed
a program to equip each participant with a comprehensive view and
practical approach to handle a business in China.
We
will also explain cultural and political issues that have an undeniable
influence on the development of business in China such as the “dual
circulation” strategy, the trade wars and tensions with the USA and
Europe.
The
program includes a practical workshop session where the participants
have the opportunity to present concrete cases and questions,
and to practice working out answers and implementable guidelines with
the support of the experts giving the seminar.
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Information
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Date & Time:
September
30th – October 1st,
2021
Venue:
Beau-Rivage Hotel
Neuchâtel*****
Esp. du Mont-Blanc
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2000 Neuchâtel
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Language: English
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Price*:
CHF
1'650.-/participant: with 1 night in a single room.
CHF
1’350.-/participant: for a second participant from the same company
and with 1 night in a single room.
(Includes: 1.5
days seminar, 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, VAT).
Registration:
The seminar
will be limited to 20 people and will be confirmed upon the
reception of the payment.
Please send
an E-mail to Mr. Romain BARRABAS, Customer Relations Executive of the
Swiss Centers: romain.barrabas@swisscenters.org by indicating the following
information by August 31st: Full name, Company name, Job
title, Email address, Phone number.
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*A
10% discount will be given to all Swiss Centers and CNCI members.
Please mention clearly if you are affiliated to one of these 2
organizations.
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Agenda
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DAY 1 - September 30th
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08:30 –
09:00
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Meeting at Beau-Rivage Hotel
Neuchâtel
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09:00 –
09:30
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Opening and participants introduction
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09:30 – 11:00
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Understanding China’s
environment today
by
Zhen Xiao,
CEO of the Swiss Centers
Through
an overview of its history, geography and culture, understand the
key similarities and differences between Western and Chinese
mentalities.
Get insights about China’s
political system and its influence on the economy and the development
of business.
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11:00
– 12:30
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An
overview of China’s post-COVID business environment
by
Nicolas Musy,
Founder of the Swiss Centers and Founding Partner of China
Integrated
Understand
important specificities of Human Resources, in terms of dealing
with partners and motivating employees.
Learn concrete inputs
about the features of Chinese market and the new ways, challenges and
opportunities to do business with China.
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12:30
– 14:00
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Lunch
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14:15
– 15:15
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Doing
business with China and in China - between free trade and
industrial policy
by
Patrick Ziltener,
Prof. Dr. phil., University of Zürich, researcher partner with the University
of St-Gallen
China
officially stands for free trade and has concluded many bilateral
and regional Free Trade Agreements (FTA).
At
the same time, China practices an industrial policy with the mid to
long term goal of creating Chinese companies able to lead globally
in strategic sectors.
Since
2014, Switzerland has an FTA with China - does it work for Swiss
companies?
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15:15
– 16:00
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Coffee
break
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16:00
– 17:00
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The
Chinese Legal System & Foreign Businesses: Friends or Foes?
by
Dr. iur. Clarisse von Wunschheim,
practicing lawyer and partner at the law firm Altenburger
China
adheres to the principle of "rule by law", in contrast to
the principle of "rule of law".
What's
the difference? What is the role and reliability of China's laws
and regulations, which keep increasing in number and complexity?
In
short: What can you – as foreign investor - expect from the Chinese
legal system? Will it protect your business or simply cause you
more headaches?
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17:00
– 17:10
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Coffee
break
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17:10
– 17:30
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Debriefing of the day
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17:30
– 19:30
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Visit
and wine tasting at “Caves de la Ville de Neuchâtel”
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19:30
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Dinner
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DAY
2 - October 1st
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08:30
– 09:00
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How
to establish and manage your subsidiary in China?
by Nicolas Musy
Learn
concretely all the steps: Which type of structure? How do you find
and select the right employees? How to develop your business and
partnerships?
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09:00 –
09:45
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Coffee break
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09:45 –
11:30
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Case
studies
Moderated
by Zhen Xiao
& Nicolas Musy
A maximum
of 3 case studies all the participants will work on and try to find
solutions and concrete inputs.
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11:30
– 12:15
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Final
debriefing
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12:15
– 13:30
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Stand-up
lunch (or brown bag lunch for those who has to leave earlier)
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Speakers
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Nicolas Musy
Founder of the Swiss Centers & Founding Partner of China
Integrated
Nicolas Musy holds a MSc. in
Physics Engineering from the EPFL
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne). He has won his
university’s first Special Alumni Award for demonstrating outstanding
innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. He has been responsible to
establish EPFL’s presence in China and his Alma Mater cooperation
with Chinese top universities and the Chinese Academy of Science. In
addition, he developed and ran the 2-week China Module of the EPFL
EMBA in entrepreneurship.
Exclusively involved in China
trade, investment, research, strategy and project management, he has
resided in the Shanghai area since 1988. He founded the Swiss Centers,
co-founded the first Swiss industrial SME in China, Suzhou
2-ply Co. Ltd and is the Managing
Director of LX Precision. As
Founding Partner of China Integrated (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.,
Nicolas has successfully supported a number of multinationals and
over 100 mid-sized companies for their legal set-up, market entry,
operations management, business acquisition, conflict resolution and
restructuring.
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Zhen Xiao
CEO of the Swiss Centers
Zhen
Xiao obtained his engineering education from Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore. He then worked in Singapore and in Switzerland
for more than 20 years as an engineer, researcher, and manager. He
has been working with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Lausanne from 2005 to 2012 as China Relation Coordinator. Over the
past 10 years, he has supported and advised many Swiss companies in
business development in China, and successfully expanded the Swiss Centers with new
facilities and service.
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Patrick
Ziltener
Prof. Dr. phil, University of Zürich,
researcher partner with the University of St-Gallen
Dr.
Prof. Patrick Ziltener is also Director of a research project
sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Patrick Ziltener
has analyzed multi and bilateral Free Trade Agreements for more than
15 years, in cooperation with Switzerland Global Enterprise, Chambers
of Commerce and other trade-related organizations. From 2006 to 2009
he was State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Senior Advisor
for Economic Relations with East Asia and Secretary of the Free Trade
and Economic Partnership Agreement Switzerland‐Japan negotiations.
Patrick Ziltener studied in Basel, Berlin (Free University) and
Zurich Economics and Sociology and received a Ph.D. from University
of Zurich in 1997.
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Dr. iur.
Clarisse von Wunschheim
practicing lawyer and partner at the law firm Altenburger with
offices in Zurich, Geneva and Lugano
Dr Clarisse
von Wunschheim is Partner at Altenburger and the head of its
China-Switzerland Business Advisory Services.
Born in
Mexico, raised up in Germany and Switzerland
and having spent 9 years living and working in Beijing, Clarisse is
specialized in international and cross-cultural dispute resolution,
in particular international arbitration and commercial mediation and
with a focus on the European and Chinese market. Her main areas of
practice include general contract law, agency and distribution,
sales, joint ventures as well as other forms of foreign investment.
Clarisse is
described by Who's Who Legal as a "fast, smart and
solution-oriented lawyer" and is particularly appreciated by her
clients and peers for her strategic thinking and inspirational
mindset.
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Romain
Barrabas
Customer Relations Executive of the Swiss Centers
Graduating
in 2013 with a Multidisciplinary
Master in Asian Studies
(University of Geneva, Graduate Institute Geneva), Romain is
currently based in Switzerland where he works as a Customer Relations
Executive for the Swiss Centers China,
a non-profit organization that has been supporting Swiss companies
wishing to expand into China for over 20 years.
He
spent most of the last decade in China: first in Nanjing to perfect
his Mandarin and then in Shanghai in event management and
communication for the watch manufacturer Breguet. He then spent more
than 6 years in Beijing, at the Swiss Chamber of Commerce (SwissCham
Beijing) as Marketing & Events Manager and then General Manager.
Romain was then employed by the Embassy of Switzerland as Deputy Head
of the Culture & Media Section. Finally, he chaired the Swiss
School of Beijing for more than 3 years where he still serves as a
member of the Board of Directors.
In
Switzerland, he has held positions in communication and sales for the
watch brands Baume & Mercier and Girard-Perregaux.
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In Collaboration
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2021
The Swiss Centers are
invested and developed by Foundation Swiss Centers, a non-profit
foundation registered in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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