Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore, Nov. 7, 2015. (Photo: Xinhua/Li Xueren)
China and Singapore agreed Saturday to designate Chongqing, a sprawling metropolis in southwestern China, as the site of their third government-to-government (G-to-G) project.
The Chongqing project was among a raft of deals the two countries inked in the morning in the presence of visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Currently, China and Singapore have two G-to-G projects -- the Suzhou Industrial Park established in 1994 in east China's Jiangsu Province and the Tianjin Eco-city inaugurated in 2008 in north China's port city of Tianjin.
Planned as an important nodal point for the "Belt and Road" initiative aimed at reviving the ancient trade routes that span Asia, Africa and Europe, the Chongqing project features the theme of "modern connectivity and modern services."
Singapore hopes the Chongqing project could "suit China's development needs and fit in China's major plans such as the Western Region Development, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the Belt and Road Initiative," Lee told Singaporean newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in an interview published on Friday.
