Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang announces:

At the invitation of the Swiss Federal Council led by President Doris Leuthard, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Switzerland from January 15 to 18.

During his stay in Switzerland, President Xi Jinping will attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 in Davos on January 17 at the invitation of Professor Klaus Schwab who is Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. At the invitation of UN Secretary General António Guterres, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, President Xi Jinping will visit the UN Office at Geneva, the WHO and the IOC on January 18.

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