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Schneider-Ammann in Cina
Il Presidente della Confederazione e' arrivato questa mattina nel Paese asiatico per una visita ufficiale della durata di 3 giorni. (LE FOTO) Previsti incontri col presidente Xi Jinping e il primo ministro Li Kequiang.
Ats - 7 aprile 2016
Il presidente della Confederazione Johann Schneider-Ammann e' arrivato questa mattina in Cina per una visita di Stato di tre giorni. Durante il suo soggiorno sono previsti incontri con il presidente cinese Xi Jinping e il primo ministro Li Keqiang.
"Al centro dei colloqui a Pechino vi saranno temi economici, finanziari, commerciali e scientifici", informava lunedi' il Dipartimento federale dell'economia, della formazione e della ricerca (DEFR). Verranno discusse anche questioni internazionali e la collaborazione dei due Paesi in organi multilaterali come il G20 e l'Organizzazione mondiale del commercio (OMC).
Schneider-Ammann e' accompagnato da una delegazione economica e scientifica. Dopo i colloqui politici ad alto livello di oggi e domani a Pechino, sabato sono previsti incontri con dirigenti e rappresentanti di imprese svizzere a Shanghai.
China and Switzerland signed five documents on Friday to boost cooperation in areas including work safety, science, innovation and low-carbon city construction as the two countries declared the establishment of their innovative strategic partnership.
President Xi Jinping and visiting Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann witnessed in Beijing the signing of two memorandums of understanding, between the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Chengdu and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation as part of a Sino-Swiss low-carbon city project.
Calling Schneider-Ammann "an old friend of the Chinese people", Xi recalled his meeting with the Swiss president in June when he came to China for the signing ceremony of the China-proposed Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Xi told his Swiss counterpart that the two countries should work together to establish innovative platforms for enhancing cooperation between enterprises, colleges and institutions.
Regarding the growth in trade between the two countries, which last year celebrated the 65th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, Xi said, "The daily trade volume is now 26 times what it was annually in the first years after we established diplomatic ties."
Switzerland is China's seventh-largest trade partner in Europe, and trade volume between the two reached $44.3 billion last year.
Xi spoke highly of the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement. Enacted in July 2014, it was China's first free trade pact with a country on the European continent. Xi said it has "set an example for Sino-European cooperation".
Schneider-Ammann said that Switzerland would like to enhance communication with China in areas including science, environmental protection, finance and education. Switzerland wants to participate in the construction of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative as well as the AIIB.
Schneider-Ammann arrived in China for his state visit on Thursday. Before meeting with Xi, he talked on Thursday with Premier Li Keqiang, the ministers of commerce and of science and technology, as well as the head of the Construction Bank of China. He is scheduled to fly to Shanghai on Saturday to meet with businesspeople there before returning home that day.
Wang Shunqing, deputy director of the European Department of the Foreign Ministry, said that the establishment of a Sino-Swiss innovative strategic partnership gives "a new definition to our bilateral ties", and marks a new era for the two countries.
"President Xi said that President Schneider-Ammann's visit has brought a spring breeze of cooperation," he said. The discussion between the two presidents was "somewhat longer" than had been scheduled, showing that the meeting had been fruitful, he added.
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-04/09/content_24393581_2.htm