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On 22 January 2018, Belgium took up the rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Benelux Union. This year, the Benelux is celebrating its 60th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of its cooperation with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Thomas Antoine, the Secretary General of the Benelux, unveiled the slogan for this anniversary year, namely “A greener and younger Benelux ...

The Benelux Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that is has adopted “Megi” cloud accounting software for all of its management accounting and financial compliance requirements.

The Beijing Chapter of the Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China (BenCham) invited two new board members at its recent extended board meeting in Beijing on March 2nd, 2018. The decision to invite new members to the Board of Directors was made after several members retired from the board recently. Additionally, some changes were made pertaining the roles and functions of some existing board members ...

The Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into effect on 25 May 2018. In this article, we will analyze the Data Protection Regulations under the new EU regulations, divided into 3 parts. The new regulation will cover all business entities who are collecting & processing personal data from EU citizens, so that those Chinese companies having business in Europe have to be aware of this.

How have Benelux companies active in China performed in 2017? Are Benelux companies more impacted by new rules and regulations in China and have Benelux companies experienced any business opportunities due to governmental policies such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and "Made in China 2025"? What are the expectations for the new year and does China still remain an important market for ...

The ministers of transport François Bellot (BE), Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (NL) and secretary of state Camille Gira (LUX), together with representatives of the Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels' governments have jointly drafted a 'Benelux Mobility Roadmap' at the Benelux Secretariat-General in Brussels on March 5th, 2018.

Beginning this week, Mr Denis Ducarme, the Belgian Minister of Agriculture and SMEs came to visit China with his delegation consisting mainly of representatives of Belgian companies active in the agribusiness and F&B industry.

The BenCham online knowledge sharing programme - Meet the Expert - is aimed at sharing knowledge from BenCham's members on a variety of topics covering from regulation updates to the release of new policies, from the f&b market to cross border e-commerce and from the One Belt One Road Initiatives to the effect of the Brexit on EU SMEs doing business in China.

From October 30th to November 3rd, BenCham welcomed 15 students from the Netherlands who came to Beijing under the umbrella of the Globi world traineeship project. This traineeship allowed them to learn about “flexibility in thought, understanding and tolerance for traditions and customs different from one’s own”. Even though it was the first time for these 15 students to travel to China, they ...

The BenCham online knowledge sharing programme - Meet the Expert - is aimed at sharing knowledge from BenCham's members on a variety of topics covering from regulation updates to the release of new policies, from the f&b market to cross border e-commerce and from the One Belt One Road Initiatives to the effect of the Brexit on EU SMEs doing business in China.