Moutai Fragrance Greets the New Year · Switzerland and China Celebrate 75 Years of Friendship Together - 2025 Spring Tea at the Temple of Heaven

In 2025, the Year of the Snake full of vitality and hope, as a tradition from all directions of the Temple of Heaven, we gather together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland and the Spring Festival. When having meals, Chinese people prefer to sit around a round table, symbolizing reunion and sharing. Today, foreign guests will also gather together to experience the liveliness and warmth of the Chinese dining table! This evening party, guided by the review of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland, explores the major events of China-Switzerland friendship over the past 75 years and looks forward to the bright prospects of China-Switzerland relations. On September 14 of the same year, Switzerland officially established diplomatic relations with China, becoming one of the earliest Western countries to do so. In 2013, China and Switzerland signed a free trade agreement, which was the first bilateral free trade agreement signed between China and a continental European country. In 2024, China and Switzerland officially launched negotiations to upgrade their free trade agreements. Looking back on the history of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland, the bilateral relations have achieved considerable development and created many "firsts".