Xi Jinping and Singaporean President Shandaman exchanged congratulatory messages on the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Singapore

Li Qiang and Singaporean Prime Minister Huang Xuncai

On October 3, President Xi Jinping and Singaporean President Shandaman exchanged congratulatory messages on each other to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Singapore are friendly neighbors and important partners. In the past 35 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have adhered to mutual respect, mutual trust, and win-win cooperation. Bilateral relations have been continuously improved and upgraded, and cooperation in various fields has achieved fruitful results. The two sides work together to promote their respective modernization processes, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries.

Xi Jinping stressed that China is willing to take the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Singapore as an opportunity to further deepen political mutual trust, promote high-level cooperation, strengthen people-to-people exchanges, jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system and the basic norms of international relations, promote greater development of China-Singapore's all-round high-quality forward-looking partnership, and make greater contributions to regional and world peace and prosperity.

Shandaman said that in 2023, Singapore-China relations will be upgraded to a comprehensive and high-quality forward-looking partnership. The intergovernmental cooperation projects between the two countries continue to be promoted, adding new features and showing forward-lookingness. The two sides have adapted to the requirements of the development of the times and actively expanded cooperation in new fields, and the people of the two countries have continuously tightened the humanistic ties. I firmly believe that New China and China will continue to work closely together to push bilateral relations to a new height.

On the same day, Premier Li Qiang and Singapore Prime Minister Wong Xuncai sent congratulatory messages. Li Qiang said that China is willing to further strengthen the docking of development strategies with Singapore, deepen high-level cooperation in various fields, work together to maintain the multilateral trading system, and help the two countries develop their respective areas and the prosperity and stability of their regions.

Huang Xuncai said that over the years, Singapore-China relations have continued to deepen and a high degree of mutual trust has been established. Singapore is willing to continuously expand cooperation in various fields with China and jointly safeguard free trade and the multilateral system.