Relationship built on historic foundations

Deepening an economic and commercial bond they can build on a long-standing friendship of mutual respect

China is an important partner of Switzerland's, so it is worth remembering that its first contacts with China go back as far as the mid-17th century, when traders and watchmakers traveled here.

Then, by the latter part of the 18th century and into the 19th, trade relations were developing at such a pace that by 1912, Switzerland already had a trade agency in Shanghai.