About us

Swiss Centers (SCs) is a non-profit organization serving the Swiss economy by providing adapted services for SME’s intending to and/or entering the Chinese and/or the Asian markets.

 

Since 2000, SCs has created a pool of companies accessing these markets with a full range of practical, direct and accredited services offered at favorable conditions and integrated tailor-made packages to provide truly efficient solutions.

Mission

SCs provides a global strategic advantage to SMEs entering the Chinese and/or Asian markets by ensuring most competitive local operations and by systematically:

  • Reducing market entry time
  • Reducing costs and investments
  • Reducing business risks

In addition, SCs is active:

  • Facilitating Swiss-Chinese trade, know-how transfers and investments
  • Contributing significantly to the enhancement of the Swiss image in China
ACTIVITIES

– Practical support to Swiss companies allowing them to operate their subsidiaries in China through having dedicated staff and Swiss Centers providing all import/export and warehousing support.

– Market entry and distribution opportunities, CIIE + Web marketing

– Free Trade Agreement (FTA) roundtable and support

– Strategy and risk management, survey of Swiss Businesses in China, benchmarking and seminars for managers in Switzerland

– Operational support with partners: executive visits to product specific market actors, identifying and hiring key staff, financial and tax optimization, legal support and conflict resolution, cybersecurity and data management

Concept

SCs is a pool of SMEs and experts providing the resources and know-how SMEs often lack to enter China successfully, minimizing set-up risks through a step-by-step approach as well as producing economies of scale and optimal operational costs.

With SCs support, SMEs compete stronger on the Chinese, Asian and, ultimately, global markets.
The goal and purpose of SCs is to provide the Swiss economy a strategic edge in Asia. Thus, SCs is a non-profit organization working with standard for-profit companies.

EXPERTS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Accredited Service Partners of the SCs are for-profit entities- legally registered in China- active independently in China.