SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 -- China and Singapore agreed on Monday to upgrade their free trade agreement (FTA) and make more joint efforts to facilitate connectivity.
The consensus, along with agreements on boosting bilateral cooperation in innovation and other areas, was reached in talks here between visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Noting that China and Singapore have completed their FTA upgrading negotiations, Li said he hopes the two sides will seize the opportunity to lift two-way trade and investment to higher levels.
The upgrade of the FTA will bring real benefits to the people and companies of the two countries and send a strong signal of further expanding trade and investment, Lee said.
The two sides also pledged to advance the building of the New Land-Sea Corridor, which consists of a number of cargo routes by land and sea connecting central and southwest China to Southeast Asia, so as to further improve connectivity between the two countries and beyond.
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the new logistics corridor, China and Singapore should build on the momentum and further boost two-way connectivity, Li said.
The Singaporean leader said his country will join hands with China to build the new corridor so as to facilitate transport and trade between the two sides.
Experts say the corridor will help China to further open up to the world while opening a shortcut for Southeast Asian countries to enter the Chinese market.
Another substantial outcome of the visit, according to Li, is that China and Singapore have lifted the Guangzhou Knowledge City, an exemplary program in bilateral cooperation, to a national-level project.
In their talks, Li said the two sides should actively expand cooperation in smart-city building, promote the upgrading of city management and artificial intelligence development, and mull new local-level collaboration.
Lee said the Singaporean side is glad to see the upgrade of the project, and ready to step up smart-city cooperation with China.
Intergovernmental cooperation projects between China and Singapore, such as the Suzhou Industrial Park and the Tianjin Eco-City, have yielded fruitful results. The upgrade of the Guangzhou Knowledge City project is expected to inject fresh momentum into bilateral practical cooperation.
Also in their meeting, Li noted that as China's friendly neighbor and important partner, Singapore has been deeply involved in China's reform and opening-up.
The two sides, he added, have consolidated political mutual trust, achieved fruitful results in practical cooperation, and become important trade and investment partners.
Li recalled that China and Singapore established an all-round cooperative partnership progressing with the times when Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the Southeast Asian country in 2017.
"China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with the Singaporean side, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and continuously bring bilateral ties to higher levels," Li said.
After their talks, the two leaders witnessed the signing of a series of cooperation documents on FTA upgrading, connectivity, finance, science and technology, environment, culture and customs.
During the first official visit to Singapore by a Chinese premier in 11 years, Li will also attend the 21st leaders' meeting between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the 21st ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea leaders' meeting, respectively known as 10+1 and 10+3, as well as the 13th East Asia Summit.
如何发现雅思阅读中的信号词
雅思阅读题型解读:Summary题型
雅思阅读关键:掌握英语同义词
雅思阅读中的同义替换
雅思阅读备考四大关键词
雅思阅读文章(巧克力的历史)解析及答案
雅思阅读单选题例题讲解
雅思阅读文章(沙丘)解析及答案
雅思阅读人名观点配对题实例分析
雅思阅读文章(挽救鱼鹰)解析及答案
雅思阅读五步提升法
雅思阅读:“看电影,学雅思”之《后天》
雅思阅读文章(简单英语)解析及答案
雅思阅读8分资深烤鸭在的升华
雅思阅读中常见的100个短语(4)
雅思快速阅读方法详细介绍
雅思阅读复习全面指南(3)
雅思阅读全方位复习方法
实例讲解雅思阅读单选题如何做对
雅思阅读段落标题类的应对方法
雅思阅读猜词小技巧
雅思阅读文章(沙丘)解析及答案
雅思阅读题型精炼与答案解析——选择
雅思阅读五大题型及题型走势
搞懂雅思阅读四大逻辑关系 英语菜鸟也能得7.5
雅思阅读中常见的100个短语(3)
论雅思阅读四大逻辑关系之比较逻辑关系
雅思阅读考生回忆
对付雅思阅读生词要“对症下药”
雅思阅读中常见的100个短语(5)
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |