SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong, also secretary-general of the People’s Action Party (PAP), met Yin Li, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Yin, also secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, noted that, this year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Singapore.
China is ready to strengthen high-level exchanges with Singapore, deepen the synergy of development strategies, expand practical cooperation in various fields, and enhance institutionalised inter-party exchanges, as well as, mutual learning on governance, he said.
Wong said that, Singapore highly values its friendly relations with China and is willing to take the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties as an opportunity to further deepen exchanges and cooperation with China across various fields, strengthen dialogue and exchanges between the ruling parties of the two countries, and expand cooperation with Beijing in such fields as culture, education, healthcare and innovation, to jointly push Singapore-China relations to a new level.
At the invitation of the Singapore government, Yin led a CPC delegation to visit Singapore from Wednesday to Saturday (yesterday). During the visit, he also met Deputy Prime Minister and PAP Chairman, Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister, Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, and Minister for Health, Ong Ye Kung.– NNN-XINHUA
