SME Position Paper 2024/2025

report| 11 September 2024

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The 2024/2025 Inter-Chamber SME Working Group Position Paper outlines recent policy and regulatory developments affecting European SMEs in China throughout the past year. Its key recommendations aim to address issues encountered by small and medium-sized enterprises, including in access to financing, timely payments, and IPR protection.

About the the Inter-Chamber Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Working Group

The Inter-Chamber Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Working Group was established in 2014 as a new advocacy element of the EU SME Centre Phase II. One of its objectives is to strengthen advocacy for European SMEs.

The working group is based on the European Chamber’s Small and Medium sized Enterprise Forum. It brings together European SMEs to create a strong channel where concerns over the business challenges faced in China can be expressed. The working group’s recommendations represent the concerns and interests of SMEs from all EU Member States.

The Inter-Chamber Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Working Group organises a series of regular working group meetings and policy meetings and that are intended to provide practical solutions and policy advice to European SMEs and European SME stakeholders.

Join the European SME business community in China and get up-to-date presentations on the regulatory, economic and social changes happening in China that have the direct impact on SMEs exporting and investing in the market. Listen to common issues faced in the market and contribute your experiences to help lobby European and Chinese policymakers.

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