Singaporean Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday afternoon announced via social media that he had arrived in Nanning, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for his visit to China this week. A day earlier, a press release from the Prime Minister’s office of Singapore said that Lee’s visit will run from Monday to Friday, taking him to Shanghai in addition to Guangxi. A Chinese analyst said the visit is expected to focus on exchanges and communication, reflecting continued interactions and local cooperation between China and Singapore.
According to the press release, Lee is being accompanied by Singapore government officials, including representatives from finance, foreign affairs and digital development related departments. The visit builds on the momentum of high-level exchanges between Singapore and China and deepens Singapore’s ties with China at the regional level, per the press release.
Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao reported that this is Lee’s first visit to China in a year and a half in his capacity as Senior Minister.
Against the backdrop of evolving regional and global dynamics, Singapore still attaches great importance to relations with China and hopes to gain a better understanding of China’s economic and industrial developments through continued engagement, Ma Bo, an associate professor at the School of International Studies at Nanjing University, told the Global Times on Monday.
