Switzerland and China want to expand financial market cooperation
Finance Minister Ueli Maurer held a virtual meeting with Liu He, one of China’s four Vice-Premiers, on Wednesday to discuss reinforcing and expanding cooperation in the financial market sector.
The two ministers discussed prospects for deepening bilateral relations in the areas of stock exchange trading, sustainable financial services and wealth management, as well as central bank digital currency, the finance ministry said.
The two ministers were accompanied by representatives of the respective central banks and financial market supervisory authorities, as well as the Swiss financial sector.
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The opportunities created by the liberalisation moves on the Chinese financial market are to be used for concrete cooperation projects, the finance ministry said.
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