Urs Buchmann makes a keynote speech at the meeting. [Photo by Li Yingying/gxnews.com.cn]

A Swiss delegation made up of 27 entrepreneurs, led by Urs Buchmann, visited Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Nov 8 to seek greater cooperation in multiple areas.

At the Guangxi-Credit Suisse Entrepreneurs Project-Matching Meeting, both sides had in-depth discussions on financial services, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, healthcare and modern services, aiming to further promote Guangxi's opening-up.

Yang Chunting, director of the Guangxi Investment Promotion Agency, briefly introduces Guangxi. [Photo by Lin Hao/gx.chinanews.com]

With unique geographical and resource advantages, the region has a vast potential for future development. A number of enterprise representatives provided detailed information on the development and business opportunities of financial services at the meeting. The Swiss enterprises showed great interest, hoping to introduce more mature management concepts and advanced technologies to Guangxi while exploring new opportunities and models for cooperation. 

Some well-known universities and enterprises, including Guangxi University, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine and Guilin Sanjin Pharmaceutical Company, launched six major cooperation programs, all of which have created great interest among the delegation. Both sides reached an initial intention of cooperation.

In recent years, the region has attached great importance to attracting business and investment from developed countries, regarding it as an important action in carrying out the innovation-driven development strategy. Targeting biological medicine, the robotics industry and 3D Printing, the region aims to attract well-known transnational corporations to invest in Guangxi to achieve win-win solutions.

Representatives from Switzerland and Guangxi take a group photo. [Photo by Lin Hao/gx.chinanews.com]