Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Inhazio Cassis, member of the Federal Council and head of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, jointly held the 3rd round of the China-Switzerland Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue in Beijing on Wednesday.

Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said China-Switzerland relations have stood the test of time, have long been at the forefront of China's bilateral relations with Western countries and are exemplary.

According to the Chinese foreign minister, China is ready to open up new prospects for China-Switzerland relations of innovative strategic partnership together with Switzerland under the leadership of the two leaders.

Cassis, for his part, pointed out that the two countries understand each other and have frank exchanges, and the existing differences do not affect bilateral cooperation. He added that Switzerland is willing to work with China to promote the further development of the Swiss-Chinese innovative strategic partnership relationship.

The two sides agreed to continue to respect each other's core interests, important concerns, system choices and development paths, and make effective use of the numerous mechanisms of intergovernmental dialog and cooperation. They also agreed to deepen cooperation in areas such as finance, science and innovation, education, intellectual property rights, climate change, green development and winter sports.