Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean met Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Gaoli on 12 October 2015. They discussed how to further strengthen the close bilateral relations, including the upgrade of the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the third Government-to-Government project and people-to-people exchanges. DPM Teo and Vice Premier Zhang will co-chair the 12th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation, 17th China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council (JSC) and 8th Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city JSC Meetings on 13 October 2015.