Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean (left) met with Guo Shengkun, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the CPC Central Committee, in Beijing yesterday.(Provided by the Ministry of Communications and Information)
Guo Shengkun, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the CPC Central Committee, met with Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister of National Security of Singapore in Beijing yesterday.national and regional security and stability.
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean met with Guo Shengkun, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the CPC Central Committee, in Beijing yesterday.Guo Shengkun called Zhang Zhixian an old friend and good friend, and said that China highly appreciates Zhang Zhixian's positive contributions to the development of China-New Zealand friendly relations over the years.
Guo Shengkun was quoted by China's official media Xinhua News Agency as saying that he hoped that the law enforcement and security departments of New Zealand and China would strengthen cooperation in drug control, anti-terrorism, fugitive recovery, combating telecommunication fraud and other transnational crimes, and make new contributions to maintaining the security and stability of the two countries and the region and building a community with a shared future for mankind.contribute.
Zhang Zhixian said that he is willing to deepen cooperation with China in various fields including law enforcement and security.Zhang Zhixian also said that the two sides have had good cooperation in national security over the past few years.
He also introduced to Guo Shengkun the accompanying young Singaporean political office holders, saying that he brought them here to let them understand the breadth and depth of cooperation between the two countries.
Guo Shengkun takes over from Meng Jianzhu
Attending the meeting yesterday were Ma Yanqing, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Transport, Sun Xueling, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development, and Chen Youming, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Zhang Zhixian is 63 years old this year and has been in politics for 26 years. He has been in charge of cooperation with China as the chairman of the Singapore-China Joint Bilateral Cooperation Committee (JCBC) for seven years.
When the Singapore-China Social Governance High-Level Forum was held in Singapore and Beijing in 2016 and 2014, Zhang Zhixian and Meng Jianzhu, then secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee, both delivered keynote speeches at the opening ceremony of the forum.
After Meng Jianzhu retired last year, Guo Shengkun took over his post.
(The reporter is the Beijing correspondent of Lianhe Zaobao)
