A grand ceremony was held on 7 May 2014 at the Hotel President Wilson to celebrate the 1st anniversary of Air ChinaÕs launch of the Geneva-Beijing route. During the official part of the ceremony, the speakers were Madam WANG Fan, Air ChinaÕs Director in Switzerland, H.E. Madam XU Jinghu, Ambassador of the PeopleÕs Republic of China in Bern, Mr. Robert DEILLON, CEO of Genve AŽroport, and Mr. Pierre MAUDET, State Councilor and Chairman of the Administrative Board of Genve AŽroport. All the speakers underlined the very important development of relations between China and Switzerland and more particularly between Beijing and Geneva. In recent months, exchanges have been very intensive, whether in the fields of politics, trade, tourism, culture, education, or music, etc.