Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met with Senior Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong on Monday in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the two sides should focus on the new positioning of bilateral relations, make full use of cooperation platforms such as the Suzhou Industrial Park, and work together to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries.
Noting that Singapore-China relations have been deepening with strong development momentum under the guidance of the two countries' top leaders, Lee said Singapore is willing to work with China to push for new development in major cooperative projects, and further consolidate and upgrade bilateral relations.
The two senior officials also attended the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park High-Quality Development Forum on Monday. The two sides comprehensively reviewed the achievements of the park in the past 30 years, and mapped out the direction and focus of cooperation for its next stage.
They agreed the two countries should give better play to the pioneering role of the park, deepen institutional reform, and work together to build a world-class science and technology park that is open and innovative.
They also witnessed the signing of cooperation documents.
China, Singapore pledge to deepen cooperation on industrial park
China, Singapore pledge to deepen cooperation on industrial park
The upcoming 6th China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in south China's tropical island province of Hainan is set to focus on six key emerging consumption hotspots, while its concurrent 2nd Hainan Free Trade Port Global Industrial Investment Promotion Conference will roll out a structured promotion framework, according to senior provincial economic and commercial officials on Wednesday.
The 6th CICPE is officially scheduled to take place from April 13 to 18 in Haikou, Hainan's capital, with a premium boutique positioning that will bring together global high-quality consumer resources, renowned enterprises, and buyers and sellers from home and abroad, with a focus on debut products and supporting events including new product launches and international fashion weeks.
The expo's exhibition layout and supporting events have been meticulously designed to capture the latest trends in China's consumer market, with a clear focus on high-potential emerging consumption areas driving the country's consumption upgrading, provincial officials said at a press conference.
"In terms of exhibition display and the event's design supporting activities, we've closely focused on the six major new types of consumption -- going green, intelligence, health, digitalization, IP, and cultural tourism, to present a panorama of new consumption scenarios, new business formats, and new models featuring technology empowerment, cross-industry integration, and experience upgrading," said Zeng Rong, chief economist and spokeswoman of the Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development.
Alongside the CICPE's consumer-focused exhibitions, the expo's concurrent 2nd Hainan FTP Global Industrial Investment Promotion Conference will act as a dedicated platform for global industrial and trade cooperation, with a structured event system to deliver targeted results for enterprises at home and from abroad.
"To ensure the conference's timeliness, we have adopted a '1+12+N' event format: 1 comprehensive promotion conference to showcase Hainan's favorable policies and quality projects, 12 exclusive promotional events for our advantageous industries including biomedicine, deep-sea operation, aerospace and green low-carbon, plus a series of year-round investment and trade activities. No matter whether your enterprise is based in China or overseas, we will bring cooperation opportunities right to you," said Li Zhiping, deputy director general of the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce.
The CICPE is China's only national-level consumer goods-themed exhibition and the largest of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region, acting as both a core platform for showcasing high-quality domestic and international consumer goods and a key window for China to demonstrate its commitment to high-level opening-up.
This year’s event will feature Canada as the Country of Honor and Shanghai as the Guest Province of Honor, with the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center as its main venue, two dedicated sub-venues in Sanya and Boao in the province, a one-stop Buyer Service Center for purchasers.
New consumer products expo to spotlight six key emerging consumption trends: officials
