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        Dear Members and Friends,   The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce, The Swiss Chamber of Commerce in China, The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China, The Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China, The Israel Camber of Commerce are delighted to invite you to a breakfast event on June the 12th:   Cyber Crime - Protecting Against A Growing Threat     Cyber-crime has emerged as one of the top four types of economic crime. Between 2009 and 2011, an increasing number of companies reported that they had fallen victim to cyber-crime. While some of these threats may be discovered during internal auditing procedures, it took a well-known multinational company roughly 10 years to detect that they had been penetrated. Plenty of time for cyber criminals to complete their mission. According to PwC`s sixth Global Economic Crime Survey (GECS), of the respondents who had experienced economic crime, 28% reported damage to employee morale, 19% damage to reputation/brand and another 19% to business relations.   Presentation   Fighting cybercrime from the top Today, most people and businesses rely on the internet and other technologies. As a result, they are potentially opening themselves up the attacks from criminals anywhere in the world. Against a backdrop of data losses and theft, corporate espionage and hacking, PwC looks at the changing threat environment and how traditional defenses are ineffective in stopping today’s sophisticated cyber-attacks. A change in how we react to the threats is required. And that is something that needs to come from the top and from both Government and industry partnerships.   Economic crime is on the rise PwC’s sixth Global Economic Crime Survey (“GECS”) has been completed recently. We have seen a 13% rise in economic crime since our last survey. Organizations, especially those in the financial services (“FS”) industry, see more fraud ahead. The fallout isn’t just the direct costs: economic crime can seriously damage brands or tarnish a reputation, causing organizations to lose market share. As society becomes less tolerant of unethical behavior, businesses need to make sure they are building, and keeping public trust. “Traditional” frauds like asset misappropriation, accounting fraud and bribery and corruption remain the top three that our respondents fell victim to in the last 12 months. 8.00-8.30 Registration 8.30-9:00 Presentation by Brian McGinley, PwC on GECS 9:00-9:45 Presentation by Samuel Sinn, PwC on Cybercrime 9.45-10.00 Q&A Speakers Brian McGinley is a Partner in the Forensic Services practice of the Hong Kong and China firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brian was formerly with the PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic team in the United Kingdom from 1998, where he assisted clients with financial investigations matters, commercial disputes and regulatory compliance issues. In 2003 Brian moved to the PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic team in Hong Kong and since 2007 has been based in Beijing.   Brian advises companies on preventing, monitoring and responding to fraud and corruption issues within the PRC. His experience includes investigations into alleged breaches of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, employee fraud, asset misappropriation and financial statement fraud investigations and anti-corruption due diligence. Brian has a focus on the pharmaceutical industry in China. He also has significant experience with retail, automotive and technology industries, working for a range of corporate clients, regulators and government bodies throughout Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia.     Samuel Sinn has more than 20 years of experience in providing information security, IT risk management and IT audit services to state-owned enterprises, listed companies and multinational corporations in China, Hong Kong and the United States. He has extensive experience in advising on technology risk management within the financial services industry, as well as exposures to industries, including telecommunication, technology and manufacturing.   Samuel has been working in China for 10 years. He provided IT risk assessments, eBanking security assessments, and IT security strategy advisory services to a number of large local banks as well as provided information systems security management advisory services to the automotive and telecommunication companies. Furthermore, he conducted a vast amount of IT audit work for various large local corporations.   Samuel received a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the San Francisco State University in the United States. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) as well as a China Certified Information Security Professional (CISP) and serves as a Director of the Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA), Hong Kong Chapter. We encourage you to bring friends and colleagues and to forward this invitation to your business partners. We also appreciate your ongoing support in introducing new members` prospects to our team.   We look forward to seeing you there!   CICC  

      Dear Members and Friends,   The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce, The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China, The Swiss Chamber of Commerce in China, The Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China, The French Chamber of Commerce in China and The Israeli Chamber of Commerce in China are delighted to invite you to the seminar:    Beijing Air quality, what is done and what can you do to protect yourself? Pollution in Beijing has become one of the most hotly debated subjects on the Chinese web, with public outrage growing. Authorities have tried to ease the controversy by promising to measure small particles by 2015 and opening one of their monitoring centers to the public. They have also questioned the credibility of the US air monitor. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Beijing have invited Ms. Zhou Rong, climate and energy campaigner at Greenpeace, to learn more about the Air Quality situation in Beijing. Ms. Zhou Rong will elaborate on the following topics this morning: 1. Overview of PM2.5 pollution 2. PM2.5 health impact and self protection 3. Who is to blame: What is the source of PM2.5? 4. What is the solution? 5. Challenge, How long it will take? 6. What you can do?   About the speaker: Ms. Zhou Rong is the climate and energy campaigner of Greenpeace. She studied Atmospheric Science in Sun Yat-sen University, and after that worked in Guangzhou Environmental Bureau for 5 years. Zhou Rong has diverse experience of China environmental policy, factory clean production, and media.  Before joining Greenpeace, she was a senior manager at Southern Weekly working on Corporate Social Responsibility.   Registration: to register send an e-mail to info@cameraitacina.com   CICC

          Dear Members and Friends,   The China-Italy Camber of Commerce, The Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China, The French Chamber of Commerce in China, The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China and Canada China Business Council, are delighted to invite you to a breakfast event on May 9:     Direct and Indirect Selling by FIE’s in the Chinese Market     China has been the “World Factory” in the past two decades but now this populous country is getting a new image of “Crazy Consumer” in spite of the worldwide economic slowdown. Aware of the increasing consuming power of the Chinese market and increasing production costs in China foreign investors are no longer focused on the manufacturing of products in China but seek opportunities to sell products in the large Chinese consumer market. However, certain restrictions apply for foreign invested companies when selling their products. The seminar will address the legal and practical issues when selling in the Chinese market through different sales channels.   The seminar will cover the following subjects: • Exclusive distribution/agency/wholesale/retail • Direct selling (the incorporation and approval requirements for FIE’s and the prohibition of multi-layer marketing) • Online selling trough registered websites (legal requirements: is a value added telecommunication license required?) • Franchising Also, the speakers will also briefly touch upon: • Confidentiality of business secrets of foreign invested commercial enterprises (alternative confidentiality measures?) • Non-compete clauses (do they work in practice?) In addition, the seminar will provide the audience with a point of view from a Shanghai Chinese entrepreneur with respect to setting up and operating a franchise organization in the Chinese market.   Speakers: • Jan Holthuis: founding partner of HIL • Limeng Yang: legal adviser at HIL HIL International Lawyers & Advisers was the first Dutch law firm to acquire a license to open a foreign law firm branch in China and is active in China since 1997. Jan and Limeng will address legalities in practice.   • Nick Ai: deputy General Manager of Shanghai East Franchise Management Co. Ltd. • Mina Song   Shanghai East Franchise Management Co. Ltd has developed franchise networks in China for many years. Nick will share his experience in the practice and successful projects of local franchise business, which will enable the audience to gain a deeper insight into this industry. 

  Dear Members and Friends,   The China-Italy Chamber Of Commerce, The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, The British Chamber of Commerce in China and The China-Britain Business Council, The Danish Chamber of Commerce in China, The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China, The German Chamber of Commerce in China, The Hong Kong Chamber Of Commerce In China, The Israel Chamber of Commerce in China, The Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China, The Spanish Chamber of Commerce in China, The SwissCham and The American Chamber of Commerce in China are delighted to invite you to the Monthly Inter-Chamber Networking at the Marriott Northeast Hotel on Wednesday 23rd May at 18:30.           Come and join us at this monthly inter-chamber networking to mingle with old and new business contacts in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.   The Chambers encourage you to bring friends and colleagues and to forward this invitation to your business partners. It is a great opportunity to network, exchange contacts and meet Chamber staff to learn more about the Chambers` services and activities.           If interested in attending the event, please register by sending an e-mail at info@cameraitacina.com   CICC