China to forge innovative strategic partnership with Switzerland
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China and Switzerland will establish an innovative strategic partnership to promote common development and prosperity, a joint statement issued on Friday said.
The statement was released after the talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann who is paying a state visit to China from Thursday to Saturday.
The political foundation of the two countries' innovative strategic partnership lies in adherence to equality, mutual respect, exchanges and mutual learning, said the Chinese President.
The Belt and Road Initiative has provided broad space for China-Switzerland cooperation, he said, noting that China is ready to work with Switzerland to enhance cooperation within the framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Speaking highly of the rapid development of the bilateral cooperation, Schneider-Ammann said Switzerland is satisfied with the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement.
Switzerland is willing to actively participate in the Belt and Road Initiative and the construction of the AIIB, the Swiss president added.
The two sides had also expressed the support to the construction of the offshore-yuan market in Zurich of Switzerland, as well as the cooperation on the training of senior management personnel of financial institutions.
After the talks, the two presidents witnessed the signing of a number of cooperative documents in the areas of vocational safety and health, low-carbon city construction and technological innovation.
Switzerland is one of the first European countries to recognize China's market economy status and the first country in continental Europe to reach an FTA with China, while China is Switzerland’s largest trading partner in Asia. The total trading volume between the two countries had reached 45 billion US dollars in 2015.