On the morning of December 6, 2023, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met with visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Singapore Lawrence Wong at the Great Hall of the People.

Li Qiang said that this year is of great significance for both China and Singapore. President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong jointly announced to upgrade China-Singapore relations to an all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership. Bilateral cooperation in various fields has made great progress, continuously showing better performance, new vigor and new vitality. Looking ahead, China stands ready to work with Singapore to follow the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, view bilateral relations from regional and global perspectives, grasp the positioning of being "all-round", "high-quality", and "future-oriented", uphold high-level strategic mutual trust, and promote high-quality and mutually beneficial cooperation, so as to better benefit the two peoples and make greater contributions to regional stability and prosperity.

Li Qiang pointed out that China is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with Singapore, deepen the alignment of development strategies, and take the opportunity of further upgrading the free trade agreement to promote the upgrading of China-Singapore cooperation, achieve more results in digital economy, green development, financial services, ocean energy utilization and other fields, advance the building of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and continue to take the lead in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. China is ready to work with Singapore and other regional countries to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, accelerate negotiations on Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, and continuously inject new impetus into regional integration.

Lawrence Wong said that under the guidance of the leaders of the two countries, Singapore-China relations have witnessed sound momentum of development. Singapore attaches great importance to its relations with China, and is willing to work with China to enhance high-level exchanges, make in-depth progress in practical cooperation in such fields as economy and trade, investment, green development and digital economy, and play a positive role in safeguarding regional peace, stability and development, so as to promote the continuous development of the all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership between Singapore and China.