On the 29th, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, stated that China appreciates the return of cultural relics by Switzerland and is willing to continue to deepen cooperation with Switzerland in the fields of cultural relic tracing and return, ancient civilization research, joint archaeology, and ancient site restoration. Recently, Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland, Wang Shiting, attended a ceremony held by the Swiss Federal Bureau of Culture to return Chinese cultural relics and artworks, signed a return agreement with Switzerland, and received 5 cultural relics and artworks. Wang Wenbin answered questions about this at the regular press conference. Wang Wenbin said that China and Switzerland signed the "Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Swiss Federal Council on the Illegal Entry and Exit of Cultural Property and Its Return" in 2013. After the signing of the agreement, both sides conducted a series of practical exchanges and cooperation within this framework. In December 2014, the Swiss side returned one Han Dynasty pottery figurine to the Chinese side for the first time. Last week, the Swiss side returned to the Chinese side for the second time five Chinese cultural relics, including four ceramics and one coin, seized and confiscated in four criminal cases in the past two years. Wang Wenbin said that this cultural relic return is another successful practice of cooperation between China and Switzerland in the field of cultural heritage protection, which has played a positive role in enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples and also in combating cultural relic smuggling on a global scale Protecting the safety of cultural relics and expanding intergovernmental cooperation are of exemplary significance. China is willing to continue to deepen cooperation with Switzerland in the fields of cultural relic tracing and return, ancient civilization research, joint archaeology, and ancient site restoration, and work together to promote cultural exchange and mutual learning, creating more highlights for the development of China Switzerland relations, "said Wang Wenbin. (New News Agency)