China and Switzerland Maintain the 4th Round of Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

On October 10, 2025 native time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the 4th spherical of China-Switzerland Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue with Swiss Federal Councillor and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Wang Yi stated that this 12 months marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland, making it a “big year” for the expansion of bilateral relations. The two international locations have maintained high-level exchanges and constantly deepened mutually useful cooperation. Negotiations on upgrading the Free Trade Agreement have been progressing in an orderly method, the bilateral native forex swap settlement has been renewed, and the actions of the Year of Culture and Tourism have been wealthy and colourful. China and Switzerland have practiced the China-Switzerland cooperation spirit that includes equality, innovation and win-win outcomes via concrete actions, reaching fruitful outcomes and setting an instance of mutual respect, searching for widespread floor whereas reserving variations, and win-win cooperation within the worldwide neighborhood. China cherishes the extraordinary 75-year journey of China-Switzerland relations and is able to work with Switzerland to attract on precious expertise, keep dialogue, improve mutual belief, deepen cooperation, and exemplify peaceable coexistence and mutual profit amongst international locations with totally different nationwide situations and social programs. Wang Yi expressed the assumption that Switzerland will proceed to abide by the one-China precept and safeguard the political basis of bilateral relations.

Wang Yi famous that the 12 months 2025 can be a “big year” for the United Nations (UN). 80 years in the past, international locations all over the world established the United Nations with the best of by no means once more going to warfare. Today, humanity has as soon as once more come to a crossroads, confronted with decisions between peace and warfare, dialogue and confrontation, win-win approaches and zero-sum video games. Switzerland hosts key UN places of work. China and Switzerland are companions in training multilateralism. From Premier Zhou Enlai main a delegation to the Geneva Conference in 1954, to President Xi Jinping’s profitable state go to to Switzerland in 2017, and particularly his systematic exposition on the UN Office in Geneva on the imaginative and prescient of constructing a neighborhood with a shared future for mankind, China and Switzerland have skilled a collection of spotlight moments, reflecting the historic worth and up to date significance of bilateral relations. In the face of a turbulent and quickly altering worldwide panorama, China is able to keep shut strategic communication with Switzerland, steadfastly uphold the UN-centered worldwide system, construct a extra simply and equitable international governance system, and collectively contribute to world peace and improvement.

Ignazio Cassis stated that Switzerland was among the many first Western international locations to ascertain diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. Over the previous 75 years, either side have maintained a pioneering spirit and rational perspective, strengthened exchanges in any respect ranges, superior sensible cooperation, and achieved vital outcomes. Particularly, the Free Trade Agreement and revolutionary cooperation, as the 2 pillars of Switzerland-China cooperation, have made constructive progress. Next 12 months marks the tenth anniversary of the institution of the Switzerland-China revolutionary strategic partnership. Switzerland is able to deepen cooperation with China throughout varied fields, writing extra tales of pleasant and mutually useful relations between the 2 international locations. Switzerland extremely commends China’s inexperienced improvement technique and its coverage of opening as much as the skin world, and can proceed to uphold the one-China coverage with none wavering. Amid profound adjustments within the worldwide energy dynamics, Switzerland appreciates the numerous and constructive function performed by China, warmly welcomes the Global Governance Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, and can proceed to help the work of the International Organization for Mediation, established at China’s initiative, strengthen multilateral cooperation with China, and collectively tackle international challenges.

The two sides carried out in-depth communication on strategic mutual belief, sensible cooperation, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and multilateral cooperation, and reached broad widespread understandings.

Both sides expressed dedication to proceed respecting one another’s core pursuits and collectively sustaining political mutual belief between the 2 international locations and the momentum of high-level improvement in bilateral relations.

The two sides will speed up negotiations on upgrading the Free Trade Agreement and increase mutually useful cooperation in synthetic intelligence, inexperienced improvement, digital economic system, finance, commerce in providers, and different elements. China welcomes Swiss enterprises and merchandise to discover the Chinese market, and the mixture of Switzerland’s revolutionary capabilities and China’s super-large market is anticipated to generate constructive synergy, offering stronger impetus for the event of each international locations.

Both sides spoke extremely of the outcomes of the collection of actions of the China-Switzerland Year of Culture and Tourism, and expressed willingness to proceed selling people-to-people and cultural exchanges in addition to academic cooperation. China will proceed to lengthen the visa-free coverage for Switzerland to consolidate the muse of common help for bilateral relations.

The two sides additionally exchanged views on worldwide and regional problems with widespread curiosity, together with the Ukraine disaster, the scenario within the Middle East, and local weather change. Both sides agreed to proceed sustaining communication on multilateral affairs, safeguard the UN-centered worldwide system and WTO-centered multilateral commerce system, and make new contributions to world peace, stability, prosperity and improvement.

After the dialogue, the 2 sides issued the Joint Document of the 4th Round of Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue between the People’s Republic of China and the Swiss Confederation.