[12th November] Launch of the Shanghai Position Paper 2025/2026

[Offline] Launch of the Shanghai Position Paper 2025/2026

The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to the launch of the Shanghai Position Paper 2025/2026, Shanghai’s Chapter flagship report, taking place on Wednesday, 12^th November 2025. 

As we are entering the 15th Five Year Plan, which is likely to pursue technological self-reliance in strategic sectors and maintain the country’s leadership in global manufacturing, we encourage the Shanghai government to actively include European companies in the implementation process. In particular, the Shanghai Chapter sets five recommendations:

• Implement city-wide, consistent rules for foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) addressing structural barriers – Make Shanghai a single-entry point for foreign businesses with one set of conditions to operate across districts

• Increase Shanghai’s international attractiveness to foreign nationals and businesses – Boost Shanghai’s attractiveness for foreign nationals and businesses through more favourable taxation, visa policies, living costs and connectivity

• Support small and medium-sized enterprises’ growth – Recognise SMEs as the new growth frontier and enable their scale-up through better access to finance and greater transparency

• Enhance Shanghai’s competitiveness by enabling European companies to fully participate in the green transition – Support Shanghai’s competitiveness by enabling companies' access to renewables with improved grid access, fair pricing and incentives

• Strengthen Shanghai’s supply chain resilience and leverage Shanghai’s coordination role for trade issues, including export controls – Encourage Shanghai to lead, facilitate, expedite, and coordinate on region-wide trade issues, in particular in relation to export controls 

Implementing these recommendations would help sending a positive signal to foreign investors in China’s most international city.