2026 Swiss Business in China Survey

On behalf of Head Offices or mother companies

Note:
1. In this survey, “China” refers to Chinese Mainland; “Foreign” refers to all overseas economies, including Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), and Macao (China).
2. All data provided will be kept strictly confidentially, used strictly for the purpose of generating the survey report and will be handled only by the smallest necessary number of senior people aggregating the data to generate the report.
3. The survey organizers fully respect and apply all the China, EU and Swiss related data and cybersecurity laws. All email addresses provided will not be transferred or reused by the organizers or anyone else. One exception will be made for delivering the survey report and any addition analysis provided only to survey respondents. The email addresses provided will be used for this purpose only.

6.Due to geopolitical tensions and other reasons, are you planning to change your investment plans in China?(Required.)

We already adjusted our investments plans and do not plan more adjustments

We did not change our planned investments in the past years, due to geopolitical reasons

We are postponing planned investments and/or moving them to other locations

We are canceling some planned investments and/or moving them to other locations

We are canceling all planned investments and/or moving them to other locations

Not applicable or unknown

8.What are your reasons to move investments to other locations?(Required.)

Diversify our supply chain, for exmaple, in case of potential difficulties to produce in China or export from China

Accquire more market share in other location

Reduce production costs

Our clients require us to have a production location other than China

Other (please specify)

Prefer not to answer

9.How does China rank in your company's global investment plans?(Required.)

10.How do you expect your company's China sales in 2026 to compare to 2025?

Substantially higher (up by more than 15%)

Higher (up by 3%–15%)

Almost the same (a difference between -2%–+2%)

Lower (down by 3%–15%)

Substantially lower (down by more than 15%)

Not applicable or unknown

11.How do you expect your company’s China profit in 2026 compared with 2025?

Substantially higher (up by more than 15%)

Higher (up by 3%–15%)

Almost the same (in between -2%–+2%)

Lower (down by 3%–15%)

Substantially lower (down by more than 15%)

Not applicable or unknown

12.How do you feel about the progress of China’s economic reform in 2026 compared to 2025?(Required.)

14.How confident are you that your company's business operations in China will be successful in 2026? Please click to select the confidence level.
0 = no confidence; 10 = 100% confidence(Required.)

15.How confident are you that your company's business operations in China will be successful in the next 5 years? Please click to select the confidence level.
0 = no confidence; 10 = 100% confidence(Required.)

16.Where do you estimate that your R&D and innovation capabilities are in comparison to your Chinese competitors?(Required.)

17.You are entitled to have a free electronic copy of the final report as well as a presentation with the key outcomes for your internal company use. If you want to receive them, kindly provide your e-mail address below. It will not be used for any other unrelated purposes, as specified at the beginning of this survey.

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