On 23 September 2026, Global Times covered the launch of the European Chamber's European Business in China Position Paper 2026/2027. Chamber president Jens Eskelund said China's increasingly strong position in global value chains makes it indispensable for global players, including European companies, and that for many firms the only way to keep marketing growth is to tap the cost-effectiveness of Chinese supply chains.
The chamber argues that for many multinationals the country's draw now comes less from the size and profitability of the China market and more from world-leading supply chains and industrial clusters. It describes an evolution from in China for China to in China for the world as China operations integrate into global production. The Position Paper spans 33 industry and horizontal papers and puts forward 1,096 recommendations to Chinese policymakers.
The report also cites the chamber's European Business in China Business Confidence Survey 2026 (late May): 75% of respondents categorised their China production as more efficient than production elsewhere, and 94% saw the China market as important for sourcing. Global Times notes the paper lands while the EU continues to roll out or consider restrictive measures on Chinese products and supply chains, including electrical-steel quotas and minimum prices reported by Reuters.