The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Wu Bangguo and the President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard has held talks yesterday, i.e., on July 18th,in order for the expansion of their bilateral cooperation.
Wu has conveyed the regards of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Leuthard and said that “In order to push forward the Sino-Swiss ties, China would work together with Switzerland. The economies of both China and Switzerland are highly balancing while having large potential in economic cooperation. Besides expanding the support in the technical fields China is also expecting with Switzerland to make join efforts for boosting the collaboration in environmental protection, green economy, low carbon technology and financial service areas. ”
Leuthard on reaffirming the Swiss government’s perspective on one-China policy has said that “Switzerland bestows with a great attention for a friendly cooperation with China and is keen on deepening the bilateral ties. It is one of the initial western countries that have built diplomatic ties with China. Swiss is looking forward to carry out the mutual aid in energy saving, environmental protection and sustainable economic development.”
The two leaders has made discussions that involved views on global issues like financial emergency and climate changes and Leuthard has admired highly the progress in the Sino-Swiss relations in the current years.
Wu, who is on an official goodwill visit to Switzerland, is also set to leave for Geneva for attending the third World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.