On 20th September, the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy in the UK and the CCCUK jointly held a lecture of “security training for overseas organizations and citizens” for Chinese enterprises in the UK. ZHU Bin, First Secretary of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office, Chinese Embassy in the UK attended the lecture and delivered her speech. President KONG Xianming of ZBHA Group Co., Ltd. explained the security precautions and case description for overseas Chinese citizens and enterprises. Nearly 80 business representatives from the British and Chinese organizations participated in the event.

Picture 1: President KONG Xianming of ZBHA Group Co., Ltd. explaining security precautions

President KONG Xianming of ZBHA Group Co., Ltd. presented the new thoughts, new models and new countermeasures for overseas security in his lecture. Based on informative cases, he showed the representatives of Chinese enterprises the overseas security situation and the sources of security threats, and brought forward eight recommendations for security risk control for overseas Chinese enterprises, encouraging enterprises to improve their security awareness and take preventive measures to prevent security accidents. Then, he explained in detail overseas personal security basics and skills, and patiently explained how to deal with emergencies, and how to protect personal security, properties, and data security, etc. In the end, he encouraged businesses and individuals to use overseas public-welfare security services as an auxiliary force for consular protection to help deal with security emergencies.

ZHU Bin, First Secretary of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office, the Chinese Embassy in the UK said in her speech that, as the number of Chinese enterprises going global has increased in recent years, which brought about a huge staffing deployment, more stringent requirements have been imposed on security. The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other authorities/agencies/organizations attach great importance to the security protection for overseas Chinese organizations and individuals by continuously improving the building of systems and mechanisms. In the present year, which marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Embassy in the UK requires all Chinese enterprises and institutions to firmly establish their risk awareness, enhance the accountability mechanism, perform in-depth investigation of hidden hazards, and effectively reinforce the security management for enterprises and security protection for individuals.

Picture 2: The lecture of the safety training for overseas organizations and citizens

Through the security training, participants enhanced their sense of responsibility and mission in security and compliance management. Some enterprises expressed their willingness to attach importance to security precautions, re-organize the self-examination of work security and compliance management, and improve employees’ security awareness and competence to deal with security incidents, so as to help guarantee the overseas operational security.