Beijing, September 17, 2005 – The Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SwissCham) in Beijing celebrated 2 milestones anniversaries on Saturday, September 17, with a special black-tie charity event benefiting Special Olympics. The event marked the 55th anniversary of Sino-Swiss trade and economic relations, as well as 10 years of SwissCham in Beijing.

Special Olympics was honored to be the charity of choice for this special event. The theme for the evening was "A Mid-Autumn's Night" and 40,000RMB was raised.

A special thanks to Fabian Furrer, Exective Director of SwissCham and Richard Liu, Business Development Manager for SwissCham and long-time Special Olympics volunteer.

(l-r) Mr. John Liebeskind, SwissCham Beijing Vice-President; Mr. Andrew Cheng, SwissCham Beijing Vice-President; Mr. Olivier Glauser, SwissCham Beijing Secretary General; Judy Yang, Special Olympics Athlete; Trish Smith; Special Olympics East Asia Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations; George Smith, Special Olympics East Asia Managing Director; Mr. Cyrill Eltschinger, SwissCham Beijing President; and Mr. Richard N. Liu , SwissCham Beijing Business Development Manager and Gala MC