Swiss Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, Head of the Federal Department of Finance, leads a delegation from the Confederation and Swiss financial centre players on a trip to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
From 12 to 19 April 2017, visits to ministries and authorities, state institutions and financial centre players are envisaged. The talks focus on bilateral and multilateral issues, and concrete cooperation at the state and private-sector levels.
This exchange with state and private-sector players from the most important financial centres in the Asian region takes place in the context of Switzerland's financial market policy for a competitive Swiss financial centre.
(Swiss Secretary of State Joerg Gasser with the Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie)
Opening Doors
This underlines the strengths of the Swiss financial centre and actively safeguards Switzerland's interests in this area. This also includes opening doors for the sector overseas.
(Herbert J. Scheidt, President of the Swiss Bankers Association in Beijing)
It is therefore desirable to achieve a public image that is as consistent and effective as possible together with the sector. Switzerland has one of the best, most secure and most competitive financial centres in the world thanks to its excellent framework conditions, according to the Swiss Federal Department of Finance.
This page will be continuously updated with information, reports and photographs during the trip.
