Vice President of the People’s Republic of China Han Zheng called on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, was hosted to lunch by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and met Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat today. Vice President Han also met Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean on 7 November 2023.
President Tharman and Vice President Han welcomed the close and longstanding relations between Singapore and China, underpinned by multi-faceted cooperation. President Tharman and Vice President Han also discussed the importance of international cooperation to resolve global challenges, as well as investing in people and institutions.
Prime Minister Lee and Vice President Han reaffirmed our strong bilateral relations, which were upgraded to an “All-Round High-Quality Future-Oriented Partnership” in April 2023. They also reaffirmed the importance of the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) as the apex bilateral platform for cooperation and looked forward to fruitful discussions at the 19th JCBC which would be held later this year in China. There has been good progress made in Singapore-China collaboration, including in our three Government-to-Government projects, of which the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City commemorates its 15th anniversary this year. Prime Minister Lee and Vice President Han also exchanged views on global and regional developments, including China-US relations.
During Vice President Han’s meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Heng, they discussed how Singapore and China could build on the strong foundation of cooperation and people-to-people ties to strengthen cooperation and to benefit both countries and the wider region. Senior Minister Teo and Vice President Han exchanged views on global and regional developments, and ways to further bilateral cooperation.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
8 NOVEMBER 2023