President Simonetta Sommaruga, Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Federal Councillor Alain Berset today met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Talks focused on cooperation in the business and finance sector. President Simonetta Sommaruga played host to Li Keqiang in the Town Hall in Davos. In her welcoming address, President Sommaruga recognised the excellent relationship that the two countries have enjoyed for many years and praised the bilateral relations which this year mark their 65th anniversary. She also stressed the importance of the free trade agreement between China and Switzerland, which came into force in July 2014, and underlined the importance of the dialogue on cooperation in various sectors, such as the environment, finance, migration and education.