The Innovative and Steadfast Partnership between Switzerland and China

Host: Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

Co-organizer: RUC Entrepreneur and Executive Alumni Club

Time: 14:30-16:00, Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (Beijing Time)

Languages: Chinese, English (simultaneous interpretation available)

Venue: Beijing, China

Speaker: Jürg Burri, Ambassador of Switzerland to China

Jürg Burri took up his position as Ambassador of Switzerland to China, Mongolia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 2022. In 2018, he was appointed as Ambassador of Switzerland in Poland. From 2014 to 2018, he was the Director General of the Consular Directorate of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Berne. From 2013 to 2014, he was the Head of Research and Innovation Directorate, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research in Berne. From 2009 to 2012, he was appointed as Deputy Director of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of Federal Department of Home Affairs in Berne. From 2006 to 2009, he served as the Minister/Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing. From 2002 to 2006, he was the Counselor (Science, Education, Space) of the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union in Brussels. From 1998 to 2002, he worked in Head of Office of United Nations Section in Berne.

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