On 12 August 2022, the Association of Chinese Lawyers in Europe (ACLE), founded at the end of 2012, held its Summer Summit 2022 in The Hague, the "Legal Capital of the World", as scheduled.

The summit was held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Association of Chinese Lawyers in Europe (ACLE), and it was also the first large-scale event of ACLE in the Netherlands. On the sunny summer day, echoing the enthusiasm of the members, more than 50 overseas lawyers from nearly 20 countries, including Benelux, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Czech Republic, UK, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Poland, arrived at the historic Wittenberg Castle in The Hague, the Netherlands, and together with the guests of the Chinese enterprises in Europe, more than one hundred people carried out the summer European Commercial Law Seminar Summit.

In addition to members of the European Chinese Lawyers Association (ECLA), the event was also attended by members of Innovation Quarter and Rotterdam Partners, tax advisors, law firms, accounting firms, trust companies, M&A advisors and human resources firms from the Netherlands and other European countries, as well as Chinese enterprises in the Netherlands and Europe. Chinese companies in the Netherlands and Europe participated. Through efficient business networking, this event provides Chinese enterprises and related professional services personnel with information and resources, and also builds a platform to promote cross-industry exchange opportunities and cooperation among enterprises.

 While the Dutch summer was hot, the castle was deep and cool, and the largest seminar for Chinese and legal professionals in Europe after the epidemic showed her charm. In a business casual style, the atmosphere of the conference was serious and enthusiastic. After a short opening speech by Mr Gu Qun, the President of the European Chinese Lawyers Association (ECLA) from Sweden, the guests made a number of fascinating discussions and speeches.

The first roundtable discussion of the summit focused on the development and difficulties encountered by China's electric vehicle industry in Europe. Moderated by Mr Zhao Hui, Partner of King & Wood Mallesons Frankfurt Office, Mr Wang Dong, COO of Great Wall Electric Vehicle (GW EV) Europe, shared the challenges of Great Wall's entry into Europe in terms of product differentiation, legal environment and logistics costs, while Ms Jiang Tinglian, Managing Director of Intelligent Manufacturing Europe of Fosun Group, gave an in-depth description of the challenges faced by the Fosun Group in entering Europe. Ms Jiang Tinglian, Managing Director of Intelligent Manufacturing Europe of Fosun Group, gave an in-depth description of Fosun Group's layout of auto parts, upstream, midstream and downstream in Europe, and Mr Qiang Shunqiang, European Sales Director of Xiaopeng Automobile, elaborated on Xiaopeng Automobile's strategy and tactics in the European market and pointed out that flying cars will bring new business opportunities and legal challenges in the European market.

Afterwards, the second roundtable discussion attracted the attention of the participants. The discussion centred on the comprehensive financial services that Chinese banks in Europe can provide to Chinese enterprises and the outlook of the bank's next step to support the key industries or projects, moderated by Mr. Shang You from Jund & Partners and led by Mr. Jiang Li from Bank of China Rotterdam Branch, Mr. Jiang Li, Managing Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Europe) Ltd. Mr Jiang Li from Bank of China Rotterdam Branch, Mr Li Feng, General Manager of ICBC (Europe) Amsterdam Branch and Chairman of the All Netherlands Chinese Enterprises Association, and Mr Huang Daiquan, General Manager of China Construction Bank (Europe) Rotterdam Branch, shared their respective focuses on account opening, financing, fund management, stock custody, green bonds and other businesses. Looking ahead, President Jiang Li believed that the high-end manufacturing, energy, logistics, and healthcare industries, among the 13 countries in the European Union where China Construction Bank has laid out its business, give priority to serving Chinese customers. President Huang Daiquan pointed out that the Netherlands, as the western European terminus of the Belt and Road, has great business opportunities for cooperation with Central and Eastern Europe and Southern Europe, especially for cross-border e-commerce business cooperation, and that Chinese enterprises and banks have great opportunities in the formulation of green credit standards for banks under the energy crisis caused by climate change, and in energy transformation. Mr Li Feng, General Manager of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, made an outlook on the key industries and projects for Chinese enterprises to invest in, and suggested that the unity of Chinese associations is a great strength, and that the financial and legal professionals can escort Chinese enterprises like a tiger with wings.

This summer summit and cocktail party was sponsored and co-organised by Dumela B.V., the main sponsor and co-organiser of the summit, which assisted in the planning and organisation of the whole event. The executive director of Dumela B.V., Ms. Duan Jing, shared her professional service experience in the speech of the summit: as a professional legal and business expert in the Netherlands, Dumela B.V. is the guide for Chinese enterprises to enter into the Netherlands, and is committed to providing a one-stop business and legal service platform for Chinese investments in the Netherlands, as well as M&A consulting, and assisting the comprehensive landing and business development of Dutch and European enterprises in China. CDP is also the main sponsor of the event.

Ms Yu Xiaohong, Managing Director of CDP Global Service, the main sponsor of the event, also gave an excellent presentation on the human resources services required for cross-border talent mobility related to the overseas expansion of Chinese companies.

At the end of the seminar, Ms Sun Fei, a representative of Corpag Trust Group in the Netherlands, Mr Bas Jorisson of Archipel Tax Advice and Mr Gary Miller of Michcon de Reya in the UK, who sponsored the Association's Summer Summit, also made relevant keynote speeches.

After the summit, the guests and members had dinner together and then attended the Midsummer Night's Business Reception. With the sun shining and the breeze blowing, the speakers, members, sponsors and partners, as well as representatives from the Dutch high-tech chip, medical, IT and other industries joined the networking activities, and many Chinese legal professionals joined ACLE at a rapid pace!

The conference would not have been possible without the support of our sponsors, and we would like to thank once again our co-organisers and main sponsors Dumela and CDP, our gold sponsors Corpag, Archipel Tax Advice and China-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, and our silver sponsors King & Wood, Mallesons, Thalassa, Mallesons, Thalassa, Mallesons, Mallesons, Thalassa and Mallesons. Mallesons, Thümmel, Schütze & Partner, Livingstone Partners, Drees & Sommer SE, Ce Legal, KPMG, TMF, Go Global, marimon-abogados, Banque Internationale à Luxembourg and Minnovation International AB.