Swiss enterprises eye China’s huge market potential: Diplomat
Wang Bozun Published: Apr 20, 2021 07:43 PM
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Swiss companies are eying China s huge market opportunities, particularly after the country has successfully controlled the pandemic, Yves Morath, commercial counselor of the Embassy of Switzerland in China and the head of Swiss Business Hub China, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
Morath s comments came days before the first China International Consumer Products Expo will be held in Haikou, South China s Hainan Province from May 7-10. Switzerland will attend the expo as the only guest country of honor.
Under Chinese government s master plan to build a free trade port in the whole of Hainan Island, the country in 2020 decided to host the China International Consumer Products Expo. Global products will be duty-free at the event.
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