Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Wednesday pledged to enhance experience sharing on the hosting of Winter Olympics with Switzerland and Austria in separate phone calls with his counterparts from the two countries.

Beijing will hold the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games early next year. Speaking with Ignazio Cassis, member of the Swiss Federal Council and Switzerland's foreign minister, Wang said Switzerland, as a major winter sports country, has hosted the Winter Olympics and China is willing to learn from Switzerland's experience of hosting the games.

"China will strengthen exchanges and cooperation in event organization and personnel training, which will not only bring new business opportunities for Switzerland's winter sports industry, but also help activate cultural exchanges between the two countries after the pandemic," said Wang.

Speaking on trade cooperation, Wang said China appreciates Switzerland's openness in cooperating with Chinese enterprises.

"China is accelerating its high-level opening up to the outside world. Sino-Swiss innovative and pragmatic cooperation has broad prospects, and China hopes both sides will continue to promote free trade cooperation actively," Wang stressed.

Cassis also expressed his willingness to cooperate with China on the winter Olympics. He said Switzerland would conduct strategic dialogues with China to promote mutual understanding and support.

Speaking with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, Wang said China and Austria can strengthen experience exchanges in venue construction, personnel training, and games organization.

China is building a new development paradigm to pursue high-quality development, Wang said, adding that he hopes Austria can seize the opportunity to enhance cooperation with China in areas including high-end manufacturing, digital economy, energy-saving and environmental protection. 

Schallenberg said Austria is willing to enhance communication with China and deepen cooperation in trade, agriculture, aviation and so on. 

Austria will actively participate in Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games to further promote the development of bilateral ties, added Schallenberg.