Xin Changxing, Party Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial CPC Committee, met Monday in Nanjing with Peter Tan, the newly-appointed Ambassador of Singapore to China.
Xin Changxing thanked the Singapore Embassy and consulates in China for actively promoting Singapore Jiangsu cooperation for a long time.
He said that President Xi Jinping and Premier Lee Hsien Loong jointly established a new orientation of China Singapore all-round and high-quality forward-looking partnership, which opened a new chapter in the development of bilateral relations.
Noting Jiangsu is one of the provinces with the closest exchanges and cooperation between China and Singapore, Xin Changxing said that the Suzhou Industrial Park, which is about to celebrate the 30th anniversary of development and construction, is an important cooperation project between the two governments.
The provincial party chief remarked that last month, when visiting the Suzhou Industrial Park as the first leg of his inspection tour to Jiangsu, President Xi Jinping spoke highly of the achievements made in the development of SIP and asked Suzhou to continue to expand international cooperation and strive to build a world-class high-tech park that is open and innovative.
Mr. Ambassador’s visit to Jiangsu shortly after taking office fully demonstrate the high importance he attaches to deepening Singapore's cooperation with Jiangsu, said the provincial Party secretary.
After briefing the Singaporean guests on the 4th plenary session of the 14th CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Xin Changxing pointed out that taking the lead and making demonstration in promoting the Chinese path to modernization is President Xi Jinping's latest requirement for Jiangsu, which will provide broad space and create new opportunities for deepening Jiangsu-Singapore cooperation.
Jiangsu will earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, give play to the mechanism of the Singapore Jiangsu Cooperation Council, focus on the future and forward-looking layout, strengthen strategic docking, give play to complementary advantages, further deepen and expand exchanges and cooperation in economy, trade, science and technology, people-to-people and cultural fields, better play the exemplary and leading role of the Suzhou Industrial Park, and build a series of key cooperation projects so as to make high-quality the most distinctive symbol of Jiangsu-Singapore cooperation and make new contributions to the development of bilateral relations.
Noting that Jiangsu has always played an important role in promoting cooperation between the two countries, Peter Tan said the development concepts and industrial plans of Singapore and Jiangsu are highly aligned, which make broad cooperation space and bright prospects.
He hoped that both sides would take the 30th anniversary of the development and construction of the Suzhou Industrial Park as a new starting point, promote pragmatic cooperation in various fields to achieve more fruitful results, and inject new vitality into the development of the all-round and high-quality forward-looking partnership between Singapore and China.
