(Re)Connecting with ministerial homologues in Beijing
Productive meetings at the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) established action plans to tackle challenges and seize opportunities in our bilateral research and education collaboration.
Meeting between Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and the Ministry of Education Jinpeng Huai
Meeting between Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and the Ministry of Science and Technology Hejun Yin
Swiss companies are shaping future skills in China
The Swiss Vocational Education and Training (VPET) Alliance, led by SwissCham and Swissnex in China and represented by ABB China, presented the second edition of the Sino-Swiss VPET White Paper. The document maps out trends in skills-based education in China, while taking stock of ongoing initiatives of Swiss companies, as well as their challenges and opportunities towards developing and scaling their initiatives. Stay tuned: the booklet will be public shortly (bit.ly/3Wcavn7)
Publication of the second edition of the Sino-Swiss VPET White Paper
MoU signed by Swissnex in China and CSTEC
Gang Dai MoST Director General, Department of International Collaboration, Ambassador Jacques Ducrest, the Head of the International Relations Division at the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, Xiang Gao, Director General, CSTEC, and Philippe Roesle CEO and Consul at Swissnex in China
New collaborations in research and innovation
EPFL and Tsinghua University agreed on an ambitious new collaboration towards a telescope which will create 3D maps of the universe. Swissnex in China signed an MoU with our colleagues at China Science and Technology Exchange Center (CSTEC) to establish synergies on the ground and leverage our networks towards an upcoming conference on astrophysics.
EPFL officially joined the Multi Spectroscopic Telescope (MUST) project, led by Tsinghua University
Martin Vetterli President of EPFL, Luming Li President of Tsinghua University, Jean-Paul Kneib, head of the Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO) and Zheng Cai, Deputy Director of the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University
Meeting between EPFL and Tsinghua University
From left to right: Song Huan, Associate Professor at the Department of Astronomy of Tsinghua University, Jean-Paul Kneib, and Zheng Cai
Importance of people-to-people exchanges
Over the course of the 5 days, we met with several university presidents, vice presidents and notable researchers. In addition to a VIP dinner in Beijing, our Planetary Thinking event in Shanghai allowed for more informal and in-depth discussions between various Swiss and Chinese stakeholders.
Planetary Thinking: Sino-Swiss Explorations of Environmental Coexistence
The event organised by Swissnex in China was tailored for the high-level Swiss Scientific delegation.
VIP dinner in Beijing
Feeling the pulse of innovation in China
Visits at Huawei, iMakerBase, x-Lab at Tsinghua University and Hong Kong Baptist University gave some fascinating first-hand insights into China’s priorities in research and innovation.
Visit led by Xiuqing Hao, Director of Tsinghua x-lab, with the Swiss Science delegation
Our Highlight
Visit to the Swissnex office of Ambassador Jacques Ducrest and Régis Nyffeler Deputy Head Bilateral Relations at SERI
The Swissnex in China's team welcomed Jacques and Régis for a breakfast meeting.
