China, Singapore to hold mechanism meetings on bilateral cooperation

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- China and Singapore will hold a series of meetings on bilateral cooperation via video link on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced on Tuesday.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will co-chair the meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat of Singapore.

The meetings to be held are the 17th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 22nd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council (JSC) Meeting, the 13th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City JSC Meeting and the 5th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity JSC Meeting.