On January 27, the Chinese Ambassador in Switzerland, Ms. XU Jinghu attended the Chinese Spring Festival activities hosted by Section Romande de la SociŽtŽ Suisse-Chine in Lausanne. Besides the President of Section romande de la SociŽtŽ Suisse-Chine, Mr. Gerald Beroud, representatives from the canton of Vaud and around 150 participants attended the ceremony. Ms. XU appreciated the invitation and expressed her best regards to all the friends. She also reviewed the historic year of 2013 on Sino-Swiss relations. In the year of horse, she hoped the Chinese economics will take on the hurdles and gallop and that the Sino-Swiss development would be further enhanced. The President of Section Romande de la SociŽtŽ Suisse-Chine also addressed the audience and wished to push forward the bilateral ties in the future, especially between the French speaking region of Switzerland and China.