Episode 33
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The European Chamber’s annual flagship report, the European Business in China Position Paper, was released on 17th September. As 2025 is the last year of China’s 14th Five-year Plan (FYP), this year’s Executive Position Paper reviews the plan’s outcomes and provides constructive recommendations for the upcoming 15FYP, based on feedback from our member companies.
In this episode, our host Carl Hayward, director of communications at the European Chamber, sat down with European Chamber President Jens Eskelund and Vice President Stefan Bernhart, to discuss the past five years from the perspective of European business in China, and to look forward and highlight some of the areas that European companies hope will characterise China’s economic development over the next half decade.
What to Listen For
01:07 Key events that had the greatest influence on China and EU-China relations in the past five years
03:14 Outcomes of the 14FYP for China’s economy and European businesses
12:30 Most important challenges that need to be addressed
15:19 Core principles of the 14FYP to be adopted in the 15FYP
17:18 Top 5 topics that European businesses hope to see addressed by the 15FYP
21:53 Recommendations to European companies that are caught in the crossfire of global trade frictions
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