China: Welcome Swiss Confederation President Parmland to visit China

China News Service, Beijing, October 28 (Reporter Zeng Yue) The spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 28th that Swiss Confederation President Parmland will pay a working visit to China from October 30 to November 1.

At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held that day, a reporter asked this question: How does China view the current Sino-Swiss relations? What are your expectations for this visit?

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that China welcomes Swiss Confederation President Parmland to visit China. President Xi Jinping will meet with him.

Guo Jiakun introduced that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of an innovative strategic partnership between China and Switzerland. At present, China-Switzerland relations are developing well and cooperation in various fields has yielded fruitful results. In particular, free trade cooperation has become the biggest highlight of the relations between the two countries. Switzerland was the first continental European country to sign a free trade agreement with China. The agreement has been in effect for more than 10 years and has played a positive role in promoting bilateral economic and trade exchanges between China and Switzerland. This month, Switzerland once again became the first European country to complete negotiations to upgrade the free trade agreement with China. China is willing to work with Sweden to create more benefits for the two peoples, provide more preferential and convenient conditions for enterprises on both sides, and inject more certainty into the development of the world economy with the sound China-Switzerland relationship.