HAIKOU: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrived in Hainan on Wednesday (March 25) on his second trip to China in nine months.
On March 26, he will speak at the Boao Forum for Asia, a regional platform for economic cooperation founded in 2001, the same year that China joined the World Trade Organisation.
“Singapore has been a supporter since its founding 25 years ago,” PM Wong wrote on his social media after touching down in Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan. He will attend a welcome dinner hosted by the Hainan government and the forum organiser.
About 2,000 representatives from 60 countries and government, business and academic circles have gathered on an island in Boao, facing the South China Sea. Discussions at 2026’s forum focus on multilateralism, regional cooperation, innovation and artificial intelligence as well as inclusive development.
PM Wong is due to meet China’s National People’s Congress chairman Zhao Leji, the country’s third-ranking leader, and Hainan Communist Party secretary Feng Fei on March 26.
“I look forward to fruitful engagements to strengthen collaboration – both bilaterally with China and with partners across the region – to keep our economies open and navigate an increasingly uncertain global environment together,” he said on Instagram. - The Straits Times/ANN
