We offer two types of membership:

1. The Standard Membership tier is for EG members who do not hold a position in any of our teams.

2. The Staff Membership tier is for members who hold a position of responsibility within EG’s teams. Staff tier members will be contacted to sign an MoU with EG to acknowledge the responsibilities they take on.

You cannot purchase the staff-tier membership unless you are an actual part of the EG staff.

There is also a Board Tier that is for the members of EG's Executive Board.

The yearly membership fee amounts to 13 euros for Standard Tier Members.

The yearly membership fee amounts to 10 euros for Staff-Tier Members and 20 euros for Executive Board-tier Members.

Paying our small fee will grant you the status of EG Member as part of either the Standard Membership Tier or the Staff Tier. All paying EG Members will receive access to a variety of new opportunities we have been preparing for you, including, but not limited to:

• Access to the members-only section of our website, with your own profile, through which you will be able to access all additional opportunities;

• Submitting articles for publication any time you want (non-paying followers will see publication opportunities restricted to twice a year, and only during specific periods);

• Suggesting online events or podcast episodes, assisting the events team in their organization, engaging with the speakers, and moderating them if you wish;

• Proposing in-person events in your area and being engaged in their organization;

• Priority in selections to participate in our flagship projects: academic journal, youth conference, and others;

• Subscribing to our internal newsletter, bringing you the latest EG news + a section on job opportunities and calls for papers;

• Networking opportunities (e.g. talking to speakers after events, appearing in a database of EG members to facilitate inter-member contacts);

• Discounts and other opportunities for members stemming from EG partnerships (e.g. summer schools, conferences, scholarships);

• Receiving a participation/membership certificate;

• Have your initiatives, projects, and achievements promoted on EG platforms and to our Board of Advisors;

• Vote on issues regarding EG in the General Assembly;

• Access to other upcoming opportunities, such as the mentorship program, the EG library, which will include the readings recommended by event speakers and databases of Chinese-learning resources, a new China-focused newsletter, podcasts, and other resources. You can even suggest additional content to be added to the databases!

And more to come!

Don’t worry! If you choose not to pay, you will not lose access to European Guanxi’s output. You will still be able to read our articles and academic journal, attend our events, and subscribe to our newsletter. You will, however, not be considered a member of EG, and will be missing out on all the amazing opportunities listed above!

There is no deadline, but all memberships are valid until the end of August of every year with the exception of the Board fee, whose duration is the same as the term.

Payments issued before (1st ) May 2024 will grant you membership until August 1st, 2024.

In order to function, EG is dependent on a range of expenses: a website domain, a Zoom account, a company Bank Account…

Our current budget makes it challenging to keep up sustainably. Furthermore, an increased budget is crucial if we are to improve the quality of our activities!

Rest assured that EG will always be fully transparent with regard to its budget and expenses, and financial information will soon be added to our website reflecting this

Unfortunately we are not able to offer payment refunds. We encourage you to take advantage of all the opportunities the payment provides for you!

Our payments are managed by our Treasury, so for issues concerning payments gone wrong please write to our Payment Support Team and we will try to get back to you in a timely manner. Please mind that the Payment support team does not have access to the website profiles, so asking questions on how to activate your account to this email will only delay the process.

For questions on how to access the website section or profile, please write to our Membership Officers. Please mind that the memberships office has no access to the bank account, so asking for an acknowledge of payment to this email will only delay the process.

The sooner you solve any issue the better, so do not hesitate to reach out!

Please remember that we are all volunteers dedicating our free time to this organisation, so please understand that we might not be as timely and as efficient, but we are doing our best in getting back to all as soon as we can.