Singapore and China reach 19 deals, boosting ties in green financing, digitalisation

Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng (left) and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday. - LIANHE ZAOBAO

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore and China reached 19 agreements – the most in recent years – after an annual top-level meeting here on Tuesday (Nov 1), deepening cooperation in areas from green financing to digitalisation to innovation.

The Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) returned to an in-person format at the Four Seasons Hotel for its 18th edition, with 14 Singapore representatives and 14 Chinese counterparts attending, after two years of teleconferencing.