The 2017 Swiss Business in China Survey is now available in digital and printed formats.   A printed copy is ready to order at 60RMB from admin@swisscenters.org.   Swiss managers in China are considerably more confident than a year ago: 68% expect “higher” or “substantially higher” sales in 2017 compared to 2016, while only 1%…

Organized by the Swiss Center Shanghai in collaboration with SwissCham and Swissnex, the Roundtable on Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement (SSFTA) on May 19th gathered a delegation of 32 from the Swiss business community and Shanghai government authorities together in dialogue. In attendance was Consul-General Alexander Hoffet, delegates from the Swiss Business Hub and representatives from…

On March 13th, a new chapter of Sino-Swiss cooperation was ushered in with the signing of a strategic partnership between the Foundation Swiss Centers and Beijing INNO-Olympic Group. The new partnership aims to create opportunity for growth through the Swiss House Beijing, a center of Swiss innovation in China. In April of 2016, Chinese President…

Shanghai (31 January 2017)  Swiss exports to China (including Hong Kong) remain on a high level: According to recent figures of the Swiss Federal Customs Administration, Switzerland exported goods in the value of 14.69 billion Swiss Francs to the Middle Kingdom in 2016. This number is almost identical with the exports achieved a year earlier,…

Shanghai (12 January 2017) – Swiss managers in the Far East are coming into the Chinese Year of the Rooster with optimism. 68% of Swiss business leaders in China expect “higher” or “substantially higher” sales in 2017 compared to 2016, while only 1% expects lower sales. A year ago, 58% expected higher sales while 7%…