Singapore and China have achieved 24 results at the annual bilateral cooperation conferences of the highest levels of the two countries, showing the all -round, high -quality and forward -looking after the upgrade of the new China relations; the two countries also plan to use mutual exemptional visa agreements to facilitate personnel exchanges, goals, goals, goals, goals,Implement the visa -free arrangement earlier in 2024.
Vice Premier and Minister of Finance Huang Xuncai on Thursday (December 7), in Tianjin, co -hosted the Joint Council for Bilateral COOPERATION (JCBC) meeting with Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council.
This is the first JCBC meeting for the first time after the new China Relations upgraded to a comprehensive and high -quality forward -looking partnership at the end of March this year.Huang Xuncai and Ding Xuexiang also co -chair the meeting as co -chair of JCBC.
Huang Xuncai said at the beginning of the meeting: This year's JCBC conference was held in the context of the global economy facing anti -wind, geopolitical uncertainty, and global warming. In the turbulent situation, the two countries became more important to strengthen cooperation.
He pointed out that while new China has consolidated cooperation in traditional fields such as trade and investment, it also expands and deepen cooperation in new fields, including digital and green economy, and integrate sustainable solutions in development.
In addition, with China's use of regional development strategies to promote economic growth, Singapore will continue to participate; Singapore also cooperates in the fields of financial interconnection, food security, and smart cities.
Huang Xuncai said that the basis for supporting these cooperation is personnel exchanges; personnel exchanges between the two sides are increasing, and flights between the two places have returned to the level near the epidemic.
We hope to reach the level before the epidemic, and even surpass the level before the epidemic on direct flights.The 30 -day mutual visa arrangement of our two countries will also support this progress, which can promote more personnel exchanges, thereby strengthening the cornerstone of bilateral relations.
According to a statement issued after the Conference of the Prime Minister's Office, the new Central China will pass the 30 -day mutual visa -free agreement support personnel; the two parties are formulating the operating rules, the goal of implementing the relevant arrangements earlier in 2024.
This time, a total of 11 people who served as political positions went to Tianjin to attend the meeting with Huang Xuncai, including seven ministers and acting ministers.In China, the accompanying Ding Xuexiang also participated in the meeting of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, Chen Minle, Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, and 22 deputy ministerial levels.
Ding Xuexiang said at the meeting that since the beginning of this year, the cooperation in various fields of China and the new areas has achieved fruitful results and highlights; I hope that JCBC is all -round, high -quality, and forward -looking around the three keywords of the new positioning of Sino -new relations., Key and paths, jointly position the consensus between the leaders of the two countries and the new positioning of China -Singapore relations.
The Prime Minister's Office revealed that the meeting evaluated the progress of bilateral cooperation in the extensive field and achieved the results of 24 projects, including upgrading the Sino -Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the establishment of Singapore MDash; Tianjin Green Digital Shipping Corridor, Singapore MDASH; China Digital Policy Dialogue Mechanism.wait.
Huang Xuncai and Ding Xuexiang agreed that the cooperation of Xinzhong has been comprehensively and advancing with the times, and has continued to evolve based on the priority matters of the development of the two countries in recent years.The two sides also agreed that the new China should continue to take forward -looking practices, seize the opportunities of emerging fields, and strive to achieve the high -quality results that can benefit the two countries and promote regional prosperity.
Before the JCBC meeting, Huang Xuncai and Ding Xuexiang held a bilateral meeting.The two sides said that after the upgrade of the new China relations, the two countries strengthened their high -level exchanges and expanded the scope of cooperation; it also affirmed the importance of promoting more personnel and business exchanges, and exploring cooperation to deepen the importance of interconnection in the field of cross -border financial fields.
The two also talked about the impact of geopolitical tensions, climate change and digital revolution on life, and assigned relevant officials to continue cooperation in the fields that can improve the ability of the two countries, including agriculture and food security, renewable energy and ocean.Energy, as well as green and digital shipping.
According to the Chinese official media Xinhua News Agency, Ding Xuexiang affirmed this year's special significance to the development of Sino -new relations this year.He also said that the two sides should make good use of the bilateral cooperation mechanism conference platform, promote existing cooperation to upgrade the quality, tap more new growth points, and continuously open up a new and new mutually beneficial cooperation pattern during the new period.
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the development of the Sino -Xin Tianjin Ecological City, this year's JCBC meeting was arranged in Tianjin. After the meeting of Huang Xuncai and Ding Xuexiang, they also attended the 15th anniversary of the ecological city after the meeting.