ChemChina celebrates Switzerland Theme Month with Syngenta flowers

On June 25, ChemChina held the opening ceremony of “The Switzerland Theme Month” among a series of country themed cultural month activities. His Excellency Switzerland Ambassador Mr. de Dardel and Mr. Sun Qixin, the Principle of China Agricultural University were present at the event and delivered speeches.

The theme “Discover Switzerland: Exquisitely Breathtaking” accompanied by the garden style venue—decorated with flowers using Syngenta seeds such as helianthus interspecific Sunfinity, pentas BeeBright and the Switzerland scenery snapshot rendered a beautiful experience for everyone on site.

This year marks the 68th anniversary of China-Switzerland diplomatic relations. Switzerland is among the first countries to start this friendly relationship. China is Switzerland’s No.1 trading partner in Asia and No.3 partner in the world. In May this year, Mr. Ambassador Jean-Jacques de Dardel visited ChemChina headquarters. During his visit, he spoke highly of the ChemChina Syngenta acquisition and expressed that he would like to see more extensive cooperation in the future.

Mr. Ren Jianxin, Chairman of ChemChina also spoke highly of the Switzerland spirit that features exquisite beauty. He mentioned that Switzerland is not only renowned as a “nation of gardens” but also famous for its innovation capability in manufacturing and engineering, which gains Switzerland worldwide respect. Chairman Ren stressed that although Switzerland has the most advanced manufacturing industry, it also has the most protected environment and ecological system.

His Excellency Ambassador Jean-Jacques de Dardel highly praised the significance of “Switzerland Theme Month” as well as ChemChina’s international management philosophy. Ambassador de Dardel expressed that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland, the two countries have engaged in extensive exchange around trade, science, technology, culture, and that he is extremely moved by the deep respect that the two countries and its people have for each other, as well as the deep trust that has taken root. Ambassador de Dardel hopes that in the future the two countries can continuously boost the extensive and deep collaboration and friendship.

In celebration of the Opening Ceremony of “Switzerland Theme Month”, Syngenta CEO Erik Fyrwald brought a precious gift from Switzerland---a cowbell. This cowbell will serve as a constant reminder for ChemChina to “stay true to our original aspirations”, and continuously contribute to the wellbeing of growers around the world and to agricultural development.

Syngenta China Head Mr. Andrew Guthrie launched the 4th year results of the Syngenta “Good Growth Plan” during the “Switzerland Theme Month” event: significant reduction in the usage of pesticide and GHG emissions, for the past 4 years, Syngenta’s reference farm has recorded a 39% increase in its pesticide efficiency (used pesticide quantity per unit of crop produced), and a 19% reduction in GHG emission per unit of crop produced.

The “Switzerland Theme Month” will also organize a series of cultural and management sharing activities focusing on Syngenta and SHE, helping ChemChina employees to acquire a better understanding of Switzerland and Syngenta.

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