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The 14th meeting of the Xinzhong -China Bilateral Cooperation Committee (referred to as JCBC), which represents the Supreme Platform of the New Central China Cooperation, successfully ended on September 20.While chairing the meeting, Han Zheng, deputy prime minister of the State Council of the State Council, also led a group to visit Singapore for three days at the invitation of Zhang Zhixian, the Vice Premier and Minister of National Security.
In addition to signing seven cooperation documents to strengthen cooperation in the fields of art, innovation, research, intellectual property rights, etc., the two parties also agreed to start negotiations of the legal mutual aid agreement (MLAT);Negotiations of an upgraded version of the trade agreement; set up a Singapore Shanghai Cooperation Committee at the Minister and the Mayor's level; and discussed a series of projects such as formulating reciprocal internship plans for young people and students of the two countries and students.
This year's JCBC reflects the profound foundation and deepening trend of bilateral relations.Although the co -chair of the two countries set up at the deputy prime minister level, after China in 2013, the Chinese chairman was replaced by Zhang Gaoli, promoted to the highest decision -making agency of the Communist Party of China and the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.This is the first time that China has appointed a member of the Standing Committee level as the chairman of JCBC.This arrangement has not changed because of the ups and downs of the relationship between the two countries. Han Zheng is also one of the seven executive members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 2017.Minister of Finance Wang Ruijie was commissioned as vice chairman of the JCBC Xinfang this year.As the leader of the fourth -generation leadership, Wang Ruijie's appointment highlights Singapore's attention to JCBC.
The drama of the international geopolitical pattern has a different degree of impact on China and Singapore, but it also confirms that the relationship between the two countries has a long -lasting relationship.The fundamental changes in the cognition and judgment of the rise of China on the rise of China have caused Washington to launch a trade war that shocked China in China, and in terms of investment, high -tech and talent exchanges, and even the South China Sea and Taiwan, it also appeared.Reversing phenomenon.The leader of the Chinese President recently warned that China was eventually forced to take a self -reliance in manufacturing and agriculture, revealing the political pressure of the situation in Beijing.
Although China is the first to the United States and China, it is China, but the policy tendency of American protectionism is also a great threat to Singapore, which relies on international trade.At the same time, the unilateralism advocated by Trump has the arbitrary nature of regardless of its international rules and its own arbitrarily, increasing the uncertainty of global diplomacy.These development all show that compliance with international rules based on international law, which is also in line with the interests of rising powers like China.It now seems that Singapore has always urged countries to abide by international law. It may not be conforming to China in individual topics, but in the long run, it meets each other's interests.
At the time of visiting Washington in October last year, Premier Li Xianlong called on a joint press conference with Trump at the White House, and called on the United States to maintain a cooperative relationship with China and believe that as the per capita income of China increases, the entrance to American products will inevitably inevitably.It will increase.When he attended the Boao Forum in Hainan in April this year, he also criticized the United States euphemistically, emphasizing that Singapore does not think that unilaterally increases tariffs, which is a solution to the problem, because it does not comply with the rules of the World Trade Organization.
As a small country, in the dangerous international environment that has changed rapidly, adhering to international law and rules must be the cornerstone of Singapore diplomatic policy.It is pursuing this principle that Singapore can establish a test of mutual trust with China.Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Zhixian said at this JCBC meeting that the south -direction channel of the new Chongqing Chongqing project is in line with China's Belt and Road Initiative and China's development focus.Connect.He revealed that the Belt and Road Initiative has been included in the main agenda of JCBC.
The significance of this statement is that with the upgrading of the US -China game, the Western world has gradually adopted the attitude towards China, especially for its diplomatic strategy, but Singapore has not followed the wave.The European Union plans to sign a strategy of connecting the Asian connectivity in October before the Eurasian Leaders' Summit to improve the transportation, digital and energy connectivity in Asian countries, and enhance the environmental and labor protection standards.This is regarded as the Belt and Road Initiative of China.After some countries such as Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, etc., after the election, the new government reported the news that the new government intends to review the Belt and Road projects due to the burden of debt. At this timeThe principle attitude of the relationship.
The dynamic development model of China's rise and Western response may continue for a while. However, the thickness of the friendship in Xinzhong may instead set off the preciousness of its wind.
The author is the director of the remark group of this newspaper
