[President of the Swiss Confederation Parmland arrived in Beijing to start a three-day visit to China] October 30th, this morning (30th), President of the Swiss Confederation Parmland arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport by plane to begin a three-day visit to China. President Xi Jinping will meet with Swiss Confederation President Parmland during his visit to China. 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. When talking about this visit, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that China is willing to work with Sweden to create more benefits for the two peoples, provide more preferential and convenient conditions for enterprises of both sides, and inject more certainty into the development of the world economy with the sound Sino-Swiss relations. (CCTV News)