Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Friday called for collectively protecting open market and free markets with Switzerland.He made the remarks during a meeting with Karin Keller-Sutter, president of the Swiss Confederation, and Guy Parmelin, vice president of the Federal Council, in Geneva.Amid the present complex global situation, China and Switzerland must strengthen communication, work together to satisfy challenges and collectively secure open market and open markets, stated He.He called for promoting substantive development in talks on an upgrade of the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement (FTA) at an early date, and contributing to worldwide peace and stability and economic prosperity.Keller-Sutter stated the Swiss side is willing to deal with China to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties as a chance, jointly host the Switzerland-China Year of Culture and Tourism, actively perform exchanges at all levels and deepen useful cooperation in numerous fields to press bilateral ties to a brand-new level.Parmelin said Switzerland supports multilateralism and open market, and is all set to deal with China to speed up settlements on upgrading the FTA, intending to benefit the enterprises and the people of both sides and protect worldwide commercial and supply chains.