[Swiss Federal President and Minister of Economy, Education and Research Parmland led an economic delegation to visit the Ministry of Commerce] On October 31, Swiss Federal President and Minister of Economy, Education and Research Parmland led an economic delegation to visit the Ministry of Commerce on October 30 and held talks with Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao. The two sides exchanged views on Sino-Swiss economic and trade relations, the upgrade of the free trade agreement and other issues. Palmland said that China is Switzerland's third largest trading partner in the world and Asia's largest trading partner, and Switzerland attaches great importance to economic and trade cooperation with China. The successful upgrade of the Switzerland-China Free Trade Agreement will push bilateral economic and trade relations to a new level and send a positive signal that Switzerland and China jointly support the multilateral trading system with the WTO as the core. Sweden firmly supports WTO reform and is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China under the WTO framework. Wang Wentao said that China and Switzerland are important economic and trade partners for each other, and Switzerland is at the forefront of European countries in cooperation with China. Under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, China and Switzerland successfully completed the free trade agreement upgrade negotiations and signed the protocol, opening a new chapter in the development of bilateral economic and trade relations. The upgrade of the free trade agreement fully reflects the complementary advantages, mutual benefit and win-win nature of China-Switzerland cooperation, and demonstrates the clear stance of China and Switzerland in safeguarding international economic and trade rules and supporting free trade, which is of great significance in the current international environment. China is willing to work with Sweden to speed up the implementation of their respective legal procedures, promote the early entry into force and implementation of the upgraded protocol, and bring tangible results to the businesses and people of the two countries. Representatives of the Swiss economic community said they are optimistic about China's economic prospects and large-scale market potential, and are willing to take the upgrading of the Switzerland-China Free Trade Agreement as an opportunity to continue to expand production and R&D investment in China, and deepen cooperation with Chinese partners in the fields of medicine, machinery manufacturing, finance, watches, and green transformation.