Ralph Koppitz
@koppitz.bsky.social
China lawyer for more than 28 years.
Great “Night in Old Shanghai” at the 25th German Ball: 800+ guests, stunning setup, amazing deco, and two fantastic bands from Germany keeping the floor packed. Good music, good people, strong Sino-German vibes. A truly memorable anniversary! 🎉🇩🇪🇨🇳
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Great “Night in Old Shanghai” at the 25th German Ball: 800+ guests, stunning setup, amazing deco, and two fantastic bands from Germany keeping the floor packed. Good music, good people, strong Sino-German vibes. A truly memorable anniversary! 🎉🇩🇪🇨🇳
‼️Chinese Embassies release updated 14 Q&As on unilateral visa-free entry to China ✈️🇨🇳
Link to the full text of the Q&A, including country list👇(in English)
de.china-embassy.gov.cn/det/gdxw/202...
Link to the full text of the Q&A, including country list👇(in English)
de.china-embassy.gov.cn/det/gdxw/202...
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
‼️Chinese Embassies release updated 14 Q&As on unilateral visa-free entry to China ✈️🇨🇳
Link to the full text of the Q&A, including country list👇(in English)
de.china-embassy.gov.cn/det/gdxw/202...
Link to the full text of the Q&A, including country list👇(in English)
de.china-embassy.gov.cn/det/gdxw/202...
🤖 Kingdee’s new “Xiao K” offers 20 enterprise agents on the Cosmic Agent Platform, integrating multi-agent orchestration, LLMs, and Kingdee Data Cloud. It shifts from software to “agent + data,” aligning with China’s AI+ vision of AI as a full enterprise operating layer.
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🤖 Kingdee’s new “Xiao K” offers 20 enterprise agents on the Cosmic Agent Platform, integrating multi-agent orchestration, LLMs, and Kingdee Data Cloud. It shifts from software to “agent + data,” aligning with China’s AI+ vision of AI as a full enterprise operating layer.
China tightens checks on undeclared offshore income of individuals. CRS data from 100+ jurisdictions makes detection easier. Risk of discovery is rising. Early reporting, treaty checks, documentation essential. Our global mobility team can help. 👇
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/14/...
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/14/...
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
China tightens checks on undeclared offshore income of individuals. CRS data from 100+ jurisdictions makes detection easier. Risk of discovery is rising. Early reporting, treaty checks, documentation essential. Our global mobility team can help. 👇
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/14/...
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/14/...
Am 4.12. spricht Corinne Abele im CNBW Business Talk mit mir über lokale Wertschöpfung im neuen 5-Jahresplan, warum sie für internationale Unternehmen ab 2026 wichtig wird. u.a: einheimische Produktkriterien (neu ab 1.1.), Privatwirtschaft, Übergang 14./15. FYP.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Am 4.12. spricht Corinne Abele im CNBW Business Talk mit mir über lokale Wertschöpfung im neuen 5-Jahresplan, warum sie für internationale Unternehmen ab 2026 wichtig wird. u.a: einheimische Produktkriterien (neu ab 1.1.), Privatwirtschaft, Übergang 14./15. FYP.
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🎉 30 years of Rödl & Partner China 🇨🇳🇩🇪 From our first Bund Center office to five locations today. Shaped by resilience, trust, and Thilo Ketterer’s outstanding team. Grateful to Dr. Norbert Riedel, Prof. Christian Rödl, Christian Sommer, Sebastian Wiendieck, Vivian Yao & all friends who joined us. 🚀
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🎉 30 years of Rödl & Partner China 🇨🇳🇩🇪 From our first Bund Center office to five locations today. Shaped by resilience, trust, and Thilo Ketterer’s outstanding team. Grateful to Dr. Norbert Riedel, Prof. Christian Rödl, Christian Sommer, Sebastian Wiendieck, Vivian Yao & all friends who joined us. 🚀
Shanghai FDI snapshot: 80k foreign firms out of 3.5m entities; 1,060 regional HQs; 631 R&D centers. US$100bn FDI in 5 yrs, with 33% in high-tech. Key sectors: biomedicine, AI, autos, high-end equipment, new materials, healthcare.
China Daily👇
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/12/...
China Daily👇
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/12/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Shanghai FDI snapshot: 80k foreign firms out of 3.5m entities; 1,060 regional HQs; 631 R&D centers. US$100bn FDI in 5 yrs, with 33% in high-tech. Key sectors: biomedicine, AI, autos, high-end equipment, new materials, healthcare.
China Daily👇
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/12/...
China Daily👇
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/12/...
🇨🇳 From Jan 1, 2026: China’s new Regulation on Ecological Environment Monitoring takes effect.
It standardizes national monitoring, strengthens oversight, promotes automation & smart systems, and requires registration for qualified service providers.
More👇
english.www.gov.cn/policies/lat...
It standardizes national monitoring, strengthens oversight, promotes automation & smart systems, and requires registration for qualified service providers.
More👇
english.www.gov.cn/policies/lat...
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🇨🇳 From Jan 1, 2026: China’s new Regulation on Ecological Environment Monitoring takes effect.
It standardizes national monitoring, strengthens oversight, promotes automation & smart systems, and requires registration for qualified service providers.
More👇
english.www.gov.cn/policies/lat...
It standardizes national monitoring, strengthens oversight, promotes automation & smart systems, and requires registration for qualified service providers.
More👇
english.www.gov.cn/policies/lat...
Shanghai’s West Bund 🌆
▪️11.4 km shoreline in Xuhui District along the Huangpu River
▪️Former industrial area (Longhua Airport, Cement Factory)
▪️Now 9.4 km² cultural hub with museums, theatre & green riverside
▪️Modern, lively, easily reached from central Shanghai
▪️11.4 km shoreline in Xuhui District along the Huangpu River
▪️Former industrial area (Longhua Airport, Cement Factory)
▪️Now 9.4 km² cultural hub with museums, theatre & green riverside
▪️Modern, lively, easily reached from central Shanghai
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Shanghai’s West Bund 🌆
▪️11.4 km shoreline in Xuhui District along the Huangpu River
▪️Former industrial area (Longhua Airport, Cement Factory)
▪️Now 9.4 km² cultural hub with museums, theatre & green riverside
▪️Modern, lively, easily reached from central Shanghai
▪️11.4 km shoreline in Xuhui District along the Huangpu River
▪️Former industrial area (Longhua Airport, Cement Factory)
▪️Now 9.4 km² cultural hub with museums, theatre & green riverside
▪️Modern, lively, easily reached from central Shanghai
From sweatshop to 🌿 CSR: China’s tea industry evolves.
In Pu’er, tea gardens span 2.21 million mu (~1,500 km²). Heytea & the China Foundation for Rural Development support female farmers with tools, training & better conditions.
👉 China Daily: www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/31/...
In Pu’er, tea gardens span 2.21 million mu (~1,500 km²). Heytea & the China Foundation for Rural Development support female farmers with tools, training & better conditions.
👉 China Daily: www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/31/...
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
From sweatshop to 🌿 CSR: China’s tea industry evolves.
In Pu’er, tea gardens span 2.21 million mu (~1,500 km²). Heytea & the China Foundation for Rural Development support female farmers with tools, training & better conditions.
👉 China Daily: www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/31/...
In Pu’er, tea gardens span 2.21 million mu (~1,500 km²). Heytea & the China Foundation for Rural Development support female farmers with tools, training & better conditions.
👉 China Daily: www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/31/...
China introduces nationwide rules for electronic seals (e-Seals) 🧾
▪️Digital equivalent of company chops, full legal effect
▪️Applies to all entities in China
▪️Licensed providers & registration required
▪️Cross-regional use
👉Firms must review seal governance & train staff
www.roedl.com/insights/new...
▪️Digital equivalent of company chops, full legal effect
▪️Applies to all entities in China
▪️Licensed providers & registration required
▪️Cross-regional use
👉Firms must review seal governance & train staff
www.roedl.com/insights/new...
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
China introduces nationwide rules for electronic seals (e-Seals) 🧾
▪️Digital equivalent of company chops, full legal effect
▪️Applies to all entities in China
▪️Licensed providers & registration required
▪️Cross-regional use
👉Firms must review seal governance & train staff
www.roedl.com/insights/new...
▪️Digital equivalent of company chops, full legal effect
▪️Applies to all entities in China
▪️Licensed providers & registration required
▪️Cross-regional use
👉Firms must review seal governance & train staff
www.roedl.com/insights/new...
CIIE 2025 opens in Shanghai 🇨🇳 Nov 5–10 at NECC.
4,108 exhibitors from 155 countries across 430,000 m².
Highlights: 🚗Auto/Smart Mobility, 🤖Intelligent Industry, 🛍️Consumer Goods, 💉Healthcare, 💼Services, 💡Innovation.
China’s key platform for global cooperation.
👇 www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/04/...
4,108 exhibitors from 155 countries across 430,000 m².
Highlights: 🚗Auto/Smart Mobility, 🤖Intelligent Industry, 🛍️Consumer Goods, 💉Healthcare, 💼Services, 💡Innovation.
China’s key platform for global cooperation.
👇 www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/04/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
CIIE 2025 opens in Shanghai 🇨🇳 Nov 5–10 at NECC.
4,108 exhibitors from 155 countries across 430,000 m².
Highlights: 🚗Auto/Smart Mobility, 🤖Intelligent Industry, 🛍️Consumer Goods, 💉Healthcare, 💼Services, 💡Innovation.
China’s key platform for global cooperation.
👇 www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/04/...
4,108 exhibitors from 155 countries across 430,000 m².
Highlights: 🚗Auto/Smart Mobility, 🤖Intelligent Industry, 🛍️Consumer Goods, 💉Healthcare, 💼Services, 💡Innovation.
China’s key platform for global cooperation.
👇 www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/04/...
🚀BREAKING NEWS: China extends visa-free policy until end 2026, adds Sweden to the list
Reuters 👇
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Reuters 👇
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🚀BREAKING NEWS: China extends visa-free policy until end 2026, adds Sweden to the list
Reuters 👇
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Reuters 👇
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
🇨🇳 Lunch on the Bund with Prof. Klaus Muehlhahn & Dr. Julia Haes: why genuine China expertise matters more than ever in 🇪🇺 Europe. Understanding China’s tech, regulation & society is key. Europe, esp. 🇩🇪 Germany, needs more who can explain China from within, not through fear or filters.
November 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🇨🇳 Lunch on the Bund with Prof. Klaus Muehlhahn & Dr. Julia Haes: why genuine China expertise matters more than ever in 🇪🇺 Europe. Understanding China’s tech, regulation & society is key. Europe, esp. 🇩🇪 Germany, needs more who can explain China from within, not through fear or filters.
Thanks to Frank Gaenzle and the Smart Factory Kunshan team for a great Founding Partners’ Breakfast Roundtable. Oscar Ramos shared insights on how differing US–China AI strategies create new opportunities, the gaps at EU HQs, and real cost side of going AI-first. And the Weisswurst was excellent.
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Thanks to Frank Gaenzle and the Smart Factory Kunshan team for a great Founding Partners’ Breakfast Roundtable. Oscar Ramos shared insights on how differing US–China AI strategies create new opportunities, the gaps at EU HQs, and real cost side of going AI-first. And the Weisswurst was excellent.
🇺🇸🇨🇳🇪🇺 Xi–Trump summit takeaways for Europe:
▪️China’s 12-month rare-earth moratorium eases short-term supply & price risks for EV, wind & robotics.
▪️Lower US tariffs may shift Chinese exports to US, slightly easing EU price pressure.
▪️Slower US tech-controls cut near-term compliance risk.
▪️China’s 12-month rare-earth moratorium eases short-term supply & price risks for EV, wind & robotics.
▪️Lower US tariffs may shift Chinese exports to US, slightly easing EU price pressure.
▪️Slower US tech-controls cut near-term compliance risk.
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
🇺🇸🇨🇳🇪🇺 Xi–Trump summit takeaways for Europe:
▪️China’s 12-month rare-earth moratorium eases short-term supply & price risks for EV, wind & robotics.
▪️Lower US tariffs may shift Chinese exports to US, slightly easing EU price pressure.
▪️Slower US tech-controls cut near-term compliance risk.
▪️China’s 12-month rare-earth moratorium eases short-term supply & price risks for EV, wind & robotics.
▪️Lower US tariffs may shift Chinese exports to US, slightly easing EU price pressure.
▪️Slower US tech-controls cut near-term compliance risk.
🇨🇳 China focus on service consumption, with “money, willingness, places, confidence”.
▪️Growth engines: tourism, culture, education, healthcare, eldercare.
▪️Smart tourism, online education & telehealth.
▪️Upgrading malls, cultural hubs & night economies.
▪️Focus on consumer rights, data privacy & trust.
▪️Growth engines: tourism, culture, education, healthcare, eldercare.
▪️Smart tourism, online education & telehealth.
▪️Upgrading malls, cultural hubs & night economies.
▪️Focus on consumer rights, data privacy & trust.
October 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🇨🇳 China focus on service consumption, with “money, willingness, places, confidence”.
▪️Growth engines: tourism, culture, education, healthcare, eldercare.
▪️Smart tourism, online education & telehealth.
▪️Upgrading malls, cultural hubs & night economies.
▪️Focus on consumer rights, data privacy & trust.
▪️Growth engines: tourism, culture, education, healthcare, eldercare.
▪️Smart tourism, online education & telehealth.
▪️Upgrading malls, cultural hubs & night economies.
▪️Focus on consumer rights, data privacy & trust.
Industries prioritized in China’s 4th Plenum: green and low-carbon industries, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, transport and logistics, cyberspace and digital economy, scientific R&D and education, healthcare and life sciences, agriculture and rural modernization, cultural and creative industries
October 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Industries prioritized in China’s 4th Plenum: green and low-carbon industries, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, transport and logistics, cyberspace and digital economy, scientific R&D and education, healthcare and life sciences, agriculture and rural modernization, cultural and creative industries
🇨🇳 Beijing Daxing Airport (PKX) — opened 2019, 46 km south of Tian’anmen.
700,000 m² terminal by Zaha Hadid, six-arm “starfish” layout, capacity 72 M passengers/year.
Linked via Airport Express & Xiong’an rail.
Midnight flight to Shanghai Pudong ✈️ clear view over Hongqiao.
700,000 m² terminal by Zaha Hadid, six-arm “starfish” layout, capacity 72 M passengers/year.
Linked via Airport Express & Xiong’an rail.
Midnight flight to Shanghai Pudong ✈️ clear view over Hongqiao.
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🇨🇳 Beijing Daxing Airport (PKX) — opened 2019, 46 km south of Tian’anmen.
700,000 m² terminal by Zaha Hadid, six-arm “starfish” layout, capacity 72 M passengers/year.
Linked via Airport Express & Xiong’an rail.
Midnight flight to Shanghai Pudong ✈️ clear view over Hongqiao.
700,000 m² terminal by Zaha Hadid, six-arm “starfish” layout, capacity 72 M passengers/year.
Linked via Airport Express & Xiong’an rail.
Midnight flight to Shanghai Pudong ✈️ clear view over Hongqiao.
🇨🇳 China’s 1st AI-deepfake ad case: a video used a fake likeness of CCTV anchor Li Zimeng to promote “deep-sea polyene fish oil” as a cure.
⚖️ Violated the Advertising Law; fined ≈ 200 k RMB (€24 k).
Regulators warn: no AI impersonations, no false health claims.
👇 SAMR: www.samr.gov.cn/xw/df/art/20...
⚖️ Violated the Advertising Law; fined ≈ 200 k RMB (€24 k).
Regulators warn: no AI impersonations, no false health claims.
👇 SAMR: www.samr.gov.cn/xw/df/art/20...
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🇨🇳 China’s 1st AI-deepfake ad case: a video used a fake likeness of CCTV anchor Li Zimeng to promote “deep-sea polyene fish oil” as a cure.
⚖️ Violated the Advertising Law; fined ≈ 200 k RMB (€24 k).
Regulators warn: no AI impersonations, no false health claims.
👇 SAMR: www.samr.gov.cn/xw/df/art/20...
⚖️ Violated the Advertising Law; fined ≈ 200 k RMB (€24 k).
Regulators warn: no AI impersonations, no false health claims.
👇 SAMR: www.samr.gov.cn/xw/df/art/20...
🇨🇳 7. Nov | Potsdam + online: „Update Chinageschäft 2025“ der IHK Potsdam.
Themen: Seltenen Erden ⚙️, deutsche China-Strategie 🇩🇪 und Zollüberblick für Unternehmen.
Mit Sebastian Wiendieck (Rödl & Partner China), GTAI & APA-Experten.👇
veranstaltung.ihk-potsdam.de/b?p=fbivbusi...
Themen: Seltenen Erden ⚙️, deutsche China-Strategie 🇩🇪 und Zollüberblick für Unternehmen.
Mit Sebastian Wiendieck (Rödl & Partner China), GTAI & APA-Experten.👇
veranstaltung.ihk-potsdam.de/b?p=fbivbusi...
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🇨🇳 7. Nov | Potsdam + online: „Update Chinageschäft 2025“ der IHK Potsdam.
Themen: Seltenen Erden ⚙️, deutsche China-Strategie 🇩🇪 und Zollüberblick für Unternehmen.
Mit Sebastian Wiendieck (Rödl & Partner China), GTAI & APA-Experten.👇
veranstaltung.ihk-potsdam.de/b?p=fbivbusi...
Themen: Seltenen Erden ⚙️, deutsche China-Strategie 🇩🇪 und Zollüberblick für Unternehmen.
Mit Sebastian Wiendieck (Rödl & Partner China), GTAI & APA-Experten.👇
veranstaltung.ihk-potsdam.de/b?p=fbivbusi...
🇨🇳 China issues new “Domestic Product Standard” for government procurement (Guo Ban Fa [2025] No. 34).
▪️From Jan 1 2026: 20 % bid discount for qualifying goods.
▪️Must be made in China; local component ratios set by MOF within 5 yrs.
▪️Equal treatment for SOEs, private & FIEs
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
▪️From Jan 1 2026: 20 % bid discount for qualifying goods.
▪️Must be made in China; local component ratios set by MOF within 5 yrs.
▪️Equal treatment for SOEs, private & FIEs
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
October 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🇨🇳 China issues new “Domestic Product Standard” for government procurement (Guo Ban Fa [2025] No. 34).
▪️From Jan 1 2026: 20 % bid discount for qualifying goods.
▪️Must be made in China; local component ratios set by MOF within 5 yrs.
▪️Equal treatment for SOEs, private & FIEs
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
▪️From Jan 1 2026: 20 % bid discount for qualifying goods.
▪️Must be made in China; local component ratios set by MOF within 5 yrs.
▪️Equal treatment for SOEs, private & FIEs
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
🇨🇳 Chery Jetour G700
▪️Yangtze River crossing: 1.5 km
▪️Time: 22 min · Speed: ~7 km/h
▪️800 V SiC hybrid system
▪️2.0 L turbo + dual e-motors (>400 kW)
▪️6-axis gyro · water just above wheels
▪️Range 1,400 km · Price ¥349,900–429,900 (€44–55 k)
carnewschina.com/2025/10/16/c...
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
▪️Yangtze River crossing: 1.5 km
▪️Time: 22 min · Speed: ~7 km/h
▪️800 V SiC hybrid system
▪️2.0 L turbo + dual e-motors (>400 kW)
▪️6-axis gyro · water just above wheels
▪️Range 1,400 km · Price ¥349,900–429,900 (€44–55 k)
carnewschina.com/2025/10/16/c...
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
October 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🇨🇳 Chery Jetour G700
▪️Yangtze River crossing: 1.5 km
▪️Time: 22 min · Speed: ~7 km/h
▪️800 V SiC hybrid system
▪️2.0 L turbo + dual e-motors (>400 kW)
▪️6-axis gyro · water just above wheels
▪️Range 1,400 km · Price ¥349,900–429,900 (€44–55 k)
carnewschina.com/2025/10/16/c...
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
▪️Yangtze River crossing: 1.5 km
▪️Time: 22 min · Speed: ~7 km/h
▪️800 V SiC hybrid system
▪️2.0 L turbo + dual e-motors (>400 kW)
▪️6-axis gyro · water just above wheels
▪️Range 1,400 km · Price ¥349,900–429,900 (€44–55 k)
carnewschina.com/2025/10/16/c...
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Prost from the Oktoberfest in Beijing! 🍻 Fantastic crowd, great music, and an unforgettable keg tapping: our Ambassador needed five heroic swings before the beer finally flowed. 🇨🇳🥨🇩🇪
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Prost from the Oktoberfest in Beijing! 🍻 Fantastic crowd, great music, and an unforgettable keg tapping: our Ambassador needed five heroic swings before the beer finally flowed. 🇨🇳🥨🇩🇪
🇩🇪🇨🇳Wonderful evening in Shenyang at the welcome reception for new German Consul General, Ms. Sévery. A strong sense of community among the German business network in Northeast China.
Many thanks to Kathrin Wolfsgruber, Zhen Wang, German Chamber team, for organizing such a pleasant, inspiring event!
Many thanks to Kathrin Wolfsgruber, Zhen Wang, German Chamber team, for organizing such a pleasant, inspiring event!
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
🇩🇪🇨🇳Wonderful evening in Shenyang at the welcome reception for new German Consul General, Ms. Sévery. A strong sense of community among the German business network in Northeast China.
Many thanks to Kathrin Wolfsgruber, Zhen Wang, German Chamber team, for organizing such a pleasant, inspiring event!
Many thanks to Kathrin Wolfsgruber, Zhen Wang, German Chamber team, for organizing such a pleasant, inspiring event!