2007-11-23 - REPORT : Special Meeting of the COIC (Chamber of International Commerce) in Ningbo

[Patrick]

2007-11-23 : Special Meeting of the COIC (Chamber of International Commerce) in Ningbo.

On Friday the 23^rd of November a special meeting of the COIC (Chamber of International Commerce) which is a branch of the CCPIT (China Council For The Promotion Of International Trade) was held by Dezan Shira & Associates and organized by Ningbo Expat Assoc.
Dezan Shira & Associates are Business and Tax Consultants with 8 offices in China and soon also will be operating out in Ningbo.
The event was also relayed to the foreign community by HelloNingbo and the Beilun BBQ Assoc.

The meeting started at 4pm in the new Fortune Plaza building (No 77, Heyi road) located opposite Tianyi Square and next to Ningbo World Hotel.

The entrance of the COIC offices. Bright and new ! Nice and spacious place !


The meeting had been prepared by Eckhard & Evelyn (N.E.A.) with Samy & Barbara (Altica)...


Evelyn introduced the COIC and opened the meeting while members of the local press started shooting...


Left is Olaf Griese (Business Dev. Manager) and right is Richard Hoffman (Senior Associate)
both from the famous Business and Tax Consultants firm Dezan Shira


Olaf and Richard explained the new "Labor Contract Law" which will take effect on January 1, 2008...


Richard explained the impact that the new law will have on how the relationship
between employer and employee will be handled in the future...


A session of Questions and Answers followed the presentation...


About 50 Expatriates and representatives from foreign invested companies had attended the meeting…


Eckhard (left) presented to Patrick (HelloNingbo) his official COIC Membership card.
Right is Samy who also prepared the meeting with Barbara, both from Altica Corp.


Following the meeting, participants joined a buffet dinner held in the Ningbo World Hotel…


Here, quite a few familiar faces from Beilun with Klaus and the lovely Spring.
On Ludo’s left, Marc that recently arrived in Ningbo as Assistant General Manager,
both from Massive, a Belgian manufacturer of lighting fixtures…
I missed Detlef from Hape Company hidden on the left.
Sorry Detlef next time I will do a full portrait of you... I promise


Eckhard going around toasting. Hopefully the beer was quite light…


Why only Eckard toasting ? Richard, Olaf and Patrick also toasted…


Mr Yang Zhen Min, Vice Chairman of the CCPIT, joined the dinner...


Andrea, Deputy General Manager from ASK Group had a charming assistant…


Left is Bill who is the Vice G.M. of Shenglong, a geothermal HVAC manufacturer.
Right is Vittorio, Purchasing Manager in Flenco, company specialized in centralized lubrication systems…


David, Manager of ShipAir was there with Samy on his right and Gabor on his left...
The meeting was a great success and Eckhard said "More is to come !"


COIC official website: Chamber of International Commerce - Ningbo
Dezan Shira official website: Dezan Shira & Associates
NEA official website: Ningbo Expat Association