The European business dinner with the Tianjin municipal government was successfully held on 22nd November 2019. The event itself consisted of 2 sessions – a close-door meeting in the afternoon, followed by a dinner where a delegation of government officials from 14 bureax and 100+ executives from member companies, business partners and media attended.
For the close-door meeting in the afternoon, 30 member companies, including Novozymes Tianjin, Regina (Tianjin) Chain & Belt, Airbus (Tianjin), Standard Chartered Global Business Service etc., took this great opportunity to communicate with and received direct responses from various governmental entities with regards to the issues or challenges faced in their daily operations, policies and measures for some of which are related to employee retention, tax refund, social credit system, foreign investment, local innovation and development of block chain etc.
Later on the same day, a reception dinner was hosted where Mr. Jin Xiangjun, vice mayor of Tianjin attended and addressed the welcome keynote. He mentioned: “We hope that this exchange activity becomes an opportunity to not only deepen the friendship between China and the European union, but also to further promote mutual understanding between Chinese and European entrepreneurs, strengthen cooperations and realize complementarily and mutual benefits. “. Ms. Dai Tong, CEO of Novozymes China and Mr. Fabio Antonello, General Manager of Regina (Tianjin) Chain & Belt expressed gratitude on behalf of all participating companies and partners for the great contributions made by the municipal government over the years. The dinner was wrapped up in a warm and friendly atmosphere.