Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao discussed bilateral economic and trade relations with Swiss federal councilor Guy Parmelin at the eighth Sino-Swiss Economic Forum in Beijing.
China is Switzerland's third-largest trading partner, while the latter is the former’s sixth-largest in Europe.
Sino-Swiss trade volume grew by 4.4 per cent in 2023, reaching $59.5 billion, Wang was cited as telling the forum by state-controlled media outlets.
The forum was jointly hosted by the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the embassy of Switzerland in China.
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