Beijing, China - Oct 31, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. President of Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin speaking at 9th Sino-Swiss Economic Forum
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Parmelin, President of Swiss Confederation:
"Yesterday's signature is a milestone, but not the finish line. The agreement must now complete our respective domestic approval process and our shared task is then to ensure its effective implementation."
3. Parmelin speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Parmelin, President of Swiss Confederation:
"The agreement's true value will lie in the concrete benefits it delivers and ultimately, it is companies that will turn, improve framework conditions into trade, investment, innovation, and employment. This is precisely why the Sino-Swiss Economic Forum matters, and it brings together policymakers, business leaders, researchers and innovators from both countries and provides a valuable platform for constructive dialogue and new partnerships."
5. Parmelin speaking
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Parmelin, President of Swiss Confederation:
"Our economies differ greatly in size, but they share important strengths -- a strong trading tradition, a capacity for innovation, and a conviction that prosperity grows through exchange. As this forum goes to a close, I encourage you to build up the ideas shared and the connections made here and turn them into concrete projects. Governments can establish the framework, but it is you, the entrepreneurs, investors and innovators in this room, who will bring it to life."

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7. Aerial shot of cityscape

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8. Aerial shot of cityscape

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9. Various of Federal Palace building, street scene

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10. Lake

President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin has called for turning the newly upgraded China-Switzerland free trade agreement into concrete business results through platforms such as the Sino-Swiss Economic Forum.

Speaking at the 9th Sino-Swiss Economic Forum in Beijing on Saturday, just a day after the formal signing, Parmelin called for swift domestic approvals and active business engagement to translate the historic pact into market gains.

The forum brought together business leaders from both countries, with discussions spanning artificial intelligence (AI), advanced engineering and manufacturing, and life sciences.

"Yesterday's signature is a milestone, but not the finish line. The agreement must now complete our respective domestic approval process and our shared task is then to ensure its effective implementation," he said.

Parmelin further emphasized that the agreement's true value will lie in the concrete benefits it delivers.

"The agreement's true value will lie in the concrete benefits it delivers and ultimately, it is companies that will turn, improve framework conditions into trade, investment, innovation, and employment. This is precisely why the Sino-Swiss Economic Forum matters, and it brings together policymakers, business leaders, researchers and innovators from both countries and provides a valuable platform for constructive dialogue and new partnerships," he said.

He also noted that while the two economies differ greatly in size, they share important strengths.

"Our economies differ greatly in size, but they share important strengths -- a strong trading tradition, a capacity for innovation, and a conviction that prosperity grows through exchange. As this forum goes to a close, I encourage you to build up the ideas shared and the connections made here and turn them into concrete projects. Governments can establish the framework, but it is you, the entrepreneurs, investors and innovators in this room, who will bring it to life," he said.