China Calls On Swiss Firms to Step Up Investment, Cooperation

China Vice Commerce Minister Ling Ji urged Swiss companies to increase investment and cooperation with the Asian nation, highlighting opportunities under its 15th Five‑Year Plan.

Ling told executives at a roundtable in Bern, Switzerland, from firms including Nestle SA, UBS AG, Novartis AG and Glencore Plc that China’s policy direction would offer stability and certainty amid global economic turbulence, according to a statement on the ministry’s website on Saturday.