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China, Singapore pledge to deepen cooperation on industrial park
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SUZHOU, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met with Senior Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong on Monday in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the two sides should focus on the new positioning of bilateral relations, make full use of cooperation platforms such as the Suzhou Industrial Park, and work together to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries.
Noting that Singapore-China relations have been deepening with strong development momentum under the guidance of the two countries’ top leaders, Lee said Singapore is willing to work with China to push for new development in major cooperative projects, and further consolidate and upgrade bilateral relations.
The two senior officials also attended the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park High-Quality Development Forum on Monday. The two sides comprehensively reviewed the achievements of the park in the past 30 years, and mapped out the direction and focus of cooperation for its next stage.
They agreed the two countries should give better play to the pioneering role of the park, deepen institutional reform, and work together to build a world-class science and technology park that is open and innovative.
They also witnessed the signing of cooperation documents.[MORE] |
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26 China-Singapore two-way investment projects signed
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Atthe China-Singapore Investment Forum & Signing for SIP China-SingaporeCooperation Projects held on Nov 25, 26 projects were signed to promote two-wayinvestment between China and Singapore in biomedicine, professional services,digital economy, green development and other fields. These projects areexpected to help accelerate SIP’s development towards an open and innovativeworld-class high-tech park. JaneLim, deputy secretary (trade) at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) ofSingapore, Tan Boon Khai, CEO of JTC Corporation, Shen Mi, member of theStanding Committee of CPC Suzhou Committee and secretary of CPC SIP WorkingCommittee, and other guests attended the event.Asthe first inter-governmental cooperation project between China and Singapore,SIP is now home to over 400 Singaporean...
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Symphony to celebrate China-Singapore friendship
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Asymphony concert was staged on the bank of Jinji Lake on Nov 25 to celebrateSIP’s 30th anniversary and the profound friendship between China and Singapore. Ledby Chen Xieyang, conductor and music director of SuzhouSymphony Orchestra (SZS), SZS and a number of Singaporean musicians gaveamazing performances. Theconcert started with the “Fruehlingsstimmen Walzer” (Voices of Spring), a workby Austrian musician Johann Strauss II, followed by a list of songs thatmanifest the essence of Chinese and Singaporean cultures. The song “Home”, performed by Singaporean singer Joi Chua,moved everyone on site.“Thisis not just an audio-visual feast, but also an event for cultural exchanges,”said Chen Wei, chief director of the concert. “We hope that the performancescan reflect SIP’s evolution over...
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SIP pulls off a miracle through 30 years of development
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SIP,with an area of less than 300 square kilometers, has managed to increase its accumulativetax revenue to more than RMB1.09 trillion, total investment in fixed assets toRMB1.1 trillion, and total imports and exports to US$1.54 trillion over thepast 30 years, writing a wonderful story about reform, innovation and persistence.SIPcentering on Jinji Lake (Photo by Wang Jiliang, a journalist of people.cn) SIP’ssuccess should be first attributed to the blueprint made at the very beginning.Following the general planning, an eight-square-kilometer zone was developedfirst, and then it was continuously expanded.Manypioneering ideas were integrated into the planning, like building the JinjiLake area into an open park for the public, while experience borrowed fromSingapore, such as reserving l...
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State-owned assets and enterprises play a vital role in SIP’s development as an industrial hub
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State-ownedassets and enterprises have played a vital role in SIP’s growth over the past 30years, and now serve as an important driving force for its development towardsan open and innovative world-class high-tech park. Anumber of state-owned enterprises including SIP Science & TechnologyDevelopment Co Ltd and Suzhou Industrial Park Biotech Development Co Ltdemerged as SIP began to shift its focus to emerging industries. They are nowoperators of the most thriving industrial clusters in SIP, such as SISPARK andBioBAY. Otherstate-owned enterprises like Sungent Group, Suzhou Industrial Park UrbanRenovation & Development Co Ltd and Hengtai Holding have made remarkablecontributions to SIP’s infrastructure construction. Statistics show that theyhave built industrial facilities with a t...
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State-owned enterprises add splendour to SIP’s growth
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State-ownedenterprises have played an important role in SIP’s development over the past 30years. They are trailblazers and pioneers in many fields.China-SingaporeSuzhou Industrial Park Development Group Co Ltd (CSSD) and other severalstate-owned enterprises made remarkable contributions to the infrastructureconstruction on an 8-square-kilometer zone in the initial stage of SIP’sdevelopment. From2001, when SIP entered the new stage of modern urban construction, a number ofstate-owned enterprises have been founded for the development of differentfunctional zones and different projects in SIP. Thanksto the endeavor of these enterprises, SIP has seen significant improvement inits functions, and eye-catching progress in infrastructure construction aswell. Theseenterprises are leading the prac...
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