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Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce Shanghai

1612, Regus Silver Centre
No.1388 North Shaanxi Road
Shanghai 200060, P.R.China

Tel: +86 21 6149 8207
Fax: +86 21 6149 8132
Email: info@sha.swisscham.org


Monday-Friday 9:00-18:00



Expo 2010 Shanghai

Duration:
May 1 to Oct 31, 2010



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The Bridge



The new "The Bridge" issue is out now with the cover story "What to Expect From the Year of the Tiger?" and many more exciting stories.
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New Schengen Visa

From January 2009 on, the new Swiss Schengen visa will be in place.
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Public Holidays

New Year - Jan 1- Jan 3
Chinese New Year - Feb 13- Feb 19
Qingming Festival - Apr 3- Arp 5
Labor Day - May 1- May 3
Dragon Boat Festival - June 14-16
Mid-autumn Festival- Sep 22- Sep 24
National Day - Oct 1- Oct 7

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Job Announcement


Executive Director
SwissCham Shanghai is looking for a new Executive Director. If you are interested by this challenging position, please download the following file: Job Description Executive Director SwissCham Shanghai..

New China Visa Procedure from April to October 2008


In addition to the original passport, photo and completed visa application form, Swiss applicants who apply for a Business visa are now also required to hand in the following documents:

- A Copy of hotel reservation
- A copy of outward and return flight ticket booking (e-tickets accepted but one way ticket will not be sufficient).
- Official invitation letter issued by the relevant department of Chinese government. Please note that an original document is required and an invitation from a Chinese company will no longer be sufficient.) For the application of these documents in Shanghai please contact the governmental offices where your company is registered. (For Puxi and Pudong see addresses below).

Puxi:
Shanghai Foreign Economic Committee
Address: Room 1805, Lou Shan Guan Lu 55, Shanghai 200336
Tel. 021 62752200
Fax. 62705511

http://www.smert.gov.cn/visa/

Pudong:
Pudong Foreign Affairs Office
Counter 6, He Huan Lu 2, Pudong, Shanghai 200135
Tel. 28282640
Fax. 50810724
http://www.pudong.gov.cn/website/usercenter/ProjectDetail.jsp?pr_id=o1213

To get the official invitation the following procedure will take place:
a) subscribe to the governmental homepage where your company is registered
b) Apply online for a visa-invitation
c) Wait 2-3 days, and check again online weather your application has been verified
d) Once your application has been verified, you can go the to pick up your invitation letter.

The additional procedure will take at least 3 days.
For Hong Kong different procedures may apply.
School for Sichuan


SwissCham AFG Chinese New Year Gala 2010
SwissCham wishes the Swiss Chinese Business community a successful year of the Tiger! We would like to thank all our sponsors and our guests for making the SwissCham AFG Chinese New Year Gala an unforgettable evening! [read more]
The new Bridge now available!
This End-of-the Year edition of The Bridge has a strong focus on macroeconomics. Our very own SwissCham Confidence Survey has yielded some exciting results: The confidence of Swiss companies doing business in China is resiliently high and increasing. [read more]
Buy now a Calendar 2010 and support a School Reconstruction in Sichuan!
This twelve month special calendar for the year 2010 contains 24 beautiful portraits of Swiss and Chinese school children taken by the Swiss photographer Petri de Pità. On each picture the children holding self-made drawings to express their future dreams and wishes. By buying a calendar you will directly support the Swiss Community Project and help to finalize the Reconstruction of Longxing Kindergarten in Sichuan. [read more]
Swiss Community Project, Sichuan Province
May 20, 2009, Chongzhou City, Sichuan Province) The Swiss Community Reconstruction Project in Sichuan broke ground for the central Kindergarten in Longxing town of Chongzhou city, one of the areas affected by the earthquake in 2008. The groundbreaking ceremony took place at the new site for the Longxing Nursery School. It was attended by local government officials and other attending sponsors and partners of the Swiss Community in China, especially Mr. Blaise Godet, Ambassador of Switzerland in China, Mr. Christian Guertler, Chairman of SwissCham China, Mr. Stephan Titze and Mr. Felix Sutter, Co-Presidents of the Steering Committee of the project and Mr. Daniel Heusser, Architect and Director of the project.
For more information please contact us by email

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Swisscham Shanghai proudly presents the New Board Members elected in the last Regional General Assembly
Urs Scheidegger - Schindler
Felix Aepli - AFG Arbonia-Forster Holding
Stephan Titze - Syngenta
Andre Pometta - Firmenich
Christian Guertler - DCMI Holding
Nicolas Musy - CH-ina
Ernst Roth - ABB (China) Ltd
Michael Lehmann - SIM
Daniel Heusser - Virtuarch
Tim Murray - Ringier

Please read more about the new board here.


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The Bridge
Be informed about current developments in China! The Bridge with its wide range of high quality contents continues to be provided for free exclusively to members of SwissCham China. Interested non-members in China, Switzerland or anywhere else can subscribe to it and become a Bridge Associate Member. Subscribe now and make sure you get the upcoming issues delivered to your place! For subscription details, please contact SwissCham Shanghai at +86 21 6149 8207 or send an email to thebridge@sha.swisscham
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