Dear Members and Friends of SwissCham,

SwissCham is delighted to invite you to the upcoming webinar of stars webinar. Stars will have the opportunity to speak about this post-Covid China with his Excellency Ambassador Juerg BURRI, Ambassador of Switzerland to the People's Republic of China, Mongolia and to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Beijing.

With China's Covid-related travel restrictions dropped, international business traveling and two-way exchanges in and with China could resume where they were left pre-pandemic. But since the beginning of the Covid period when China was largely cut off from travel of the rest of the world for almost three years, a lot has changed: Russia invaded Ukraine, the CCP held its 20th Party Congress and reshuffled the Party's and the state's leadership, "de-risking" is top of the agenda in Washington, Brussels and Beijing, and China's economy is sputtering.

What is the on-the-ground view in China on these geopolitical and domestic policy dynamics? How are Sino-Swiss relations evolving more than two years after the Federal Council published its first China strategy? How is Switzerland's approach to China different from the EU and other European countries, and why? How does the Swiss government's upcoming new Foreign Policy Strategy 2024-2027 "view" China? Is high-level Swiss diplomacy going to return to China in 2024? What is the sentiment of Swiss business engaged in China, and what opportunities and challenges do they see? And, what personal surprises did Ambassador Juerg BURRI live through?

This stars Webinar will be moderated by Markus HERRMANN, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG); (Advisory) Board Member stars and SCCC.

Kindly note: This webinar is held under Chatham House Rules and will not be recorded. We are looking forward to welcoming you to this interesting seminar.

With best regards,

Your SwissCham Team