CHINESE LOBBYING IN THE EU

Source: Transparency Register

Ranking based on amount spent on lobbying

1. Huawei Technologies
2. ZTE Corporation
3. Da Jiang Innovations
4. European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
5. China Chamber of International Commerce
6. Hongwei SHI
7. Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
8. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

Not registered (Not exhaustive)

1. Tencent (Owner of Chinese social media WeChat, official partner of Brussels business association ChinaEU which lobbies for technological partnerships with the EU.
2. China Internet Development Foundation
3. Cyberspace think tank China Labs  
4. China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD)
5. Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA)
6. Ali Baba Group
7. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
8. Renmin University of China
9. Sichuan University
10. Fudan University
11. China Scholarship Council
12. Shanghai Research Institute
13. China Road and Bridge Corporation (CBRC)