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Time to renew economic links, reimagine industries and reinforce S’pore-China ties: DPM Wong
Ahead of the 19th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation meeting, he calls on both sides to strengthen cooperation amid a turbulent and uncertain world.
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Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (left) met China's Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang in May 2023.
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Lawrence Wong
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On Dec 7, I will co-chair the 19th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) with the People’s Republic of China Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang in Tianjin. The JCBC is the apex bilateral platform that reviews and sets the strategic direction for cooperation between Singapore and China.
Over the decades, our two countries have built a broad and deep partnership. We have collaborated through the different phases of our respective developmental journeys, via our three government-to-government projects (the Suzhou Industrial Park, the Tianjin Eco-City, and the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative); our state-level cooperation project, the Guangzhou Knowledge City; and our eight provincial business councils. In March 2023, we took another major step forward by upgrading our relations to an “All-Round High-Quality Future-Oriented Partnership” under the guidance of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Xi Jinping.
