China News Agency, Berlin, September 1st, Berne News: The Chinese Embassy in Switzerland released a speech by the new Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland Wang Shiting through its WeChat official account on the 1st local time.
The updated information on the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Switzerland shows that Wang Shiting has assumed the post of Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland in August 2020.
According to the resume published by the Chinese Embassy in Switzerland, Ambassador Wang Shiting graduated from Shandong Normal University, China Foreign Affairs College, George Washington University with a Bachelor of History, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of International Politics and Practice.
He has worked in the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe, the Embassy in South Africa, the Embassy in Malawi, the Embassy in Ghana, and the Embassy in Switzerland.
In 2006, he served as Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa. In 2008, he was appointed as Counselor and Deputy Director-General of the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2015, he was appointed as the Chinese Ambassador to Malawi. In 2017, he was appointed as the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana. In 2020, he was appointed as the Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland. Coming in August this year.
In his speech, Wang Shiting said that in recent years, the Sino-Swiss innovative strategic partnership has achieved rapid, sustained and good development, which contains huge development potential and has broad growth space.
At present, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century. The Chinese Embassy in Switzerland and myself are willing to make unremitting efforts to promote Sino-Swiss friendship and pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and to promote the continuous new and greater development of Sino-Swiss relations for better benefit Two countries and two peoples.
"As the new Chinese ambassador to Switzerland, I will be committed to promoting mutual understanding, trust and friendship between the governments and peoples of the two countries, and will wholeheartedly provide more and better services to Chinese compatriots in Switzerland."
According to news released by the Embassy in Switzerland, Wang Shiting’s predecessor, Ambassador Geng Wenbing, paid farewell visits to Swiss Confederation Vice President and Minister of Economics, Education and Research Palmerin and Federal Councilor and Foreign Minister Cassis on June 29 and 30 respectively.
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