About SwissCham

About Other China-Related Swiss Chambers of Commerce

SwissCham China is the only Swiss Chamber of Commerce officially registered in China.
It is part of a network of China-related Swiss Chambers of Commerce.

SwissCham China is the only Swiss Chamber of Commerce officially registered in China with the Ministry of Civil Affairs under the Provisional Regulations for the Administration of Foreign Chambers of Commerce in China ("Foreign Chambers Regulation").
SwissCham China is a federative organization. It has no operational activities and fulfills mostly a representative and coordinative role.

Local branches of SwissCham China are statutory known as Regional Organizations. They include SwissCham Beijing, SwissCham Shanghai and, since 2006, SwissCham Guangzhou. Regional Organizations are represented by a Board of Directors (BOD) which may delegate the Chamber's management to an Executive Director in charge of the Chamber's office.

SwissCham is governed by three sets of rules: two at the national level and one at the regional level. National rules include the National Articles of Association and the National Bylaws. The latter detail the former. Regional rules include the Regional Bylaws. In case of silence of the Regional Rules, the National Rules apply. Finally, the decisions by which the Regional BOD implement the Rules are recorded in Minutes of the BOD Meetings. They also form part of SwissCham Rules at large.

SwissCham China and its Regional Organizations call its members for a General Assembly once a year.

SwissCham Beijing is one of the Regional Organizations of SwissCham China.

• In a Nutshell
• Board of Directors
• Management Team
• Rules and General Assembly

In order to expand throughout China whenever the number of Swiss companies in the region did not permit the establishment of a Regional Organization, SwissCham has entered into cooperation agreements with local branches of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). Currently, SwissCham Beijing has set up SwissCham Bridges with CCPIT Xi'an and CCPIT Tianjin. A SwissCham Bridge is in the course of being set up with CCPIT Shenyang. CCPIT sits as Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of SwissCham Beijing.

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SwissCham China collaborates narrowly with other China-related Swiss chambers of commerce in China and in Switzerland. These chambers are independent from SwissCham China however.

In Hong Kong, the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (SCHK) maintains a special relationship with SwissCham China with which it shares certain structures.

Swiss interests in Taipei are represented by a private organization, the Trade Office of Swiss Industries (TOSI).

In Switzerland, the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) mirrors SwissCham China. SCCC has Chapters in Zurich, Geneva and Lugano.

Besides the Swiss-Hong Kong Business Association represents Swiss-Hong Kongese interests in Switzerland.

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