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The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China has published its new Shanghai Position Paper 2025/2026. The report provides a comprehensive overview of Shanghai's economic development and identifies key challenges and recommendations for European companies.
Shanghai remains a crucial business location for international companies: Foreign-invested firms contribute significantly to the city's GDP, tax revenues, and foreign trade. At the same time, the position paper emphasizes that geopolitical uncertainties, structural market barriers, and an increasingly complex regulatory environment are making business more difficult for European companies.
Key recommendations of the report include:
• Reducing structural market barriers and ensuring fair competition for foreign companies
• Increasing Shanghai's international appeal, particularly through improved conditions for foreign professionals
• Targeted support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• Strengthening supply chain stability and Shanghai's role in international trade
• Better integration of European companies into the green transformation
The position paper underscores Shanghai's central role as a global economic and trade hub, but also clearly demonstrates that further reforms are necessary to ensure an attractive and transparent business environment for European companies in the long term.
For more detailed information and the full analysis, the complete report is available at the following link:
https://europeanchamber.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/upload/documents/documents/Shanghai_Position_Paper_2025_Investing_Shanghai_Global_Future[1375].pdf
