Spokesman on Chinese premier's visit to Singapore

China hopes to further strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Singapore during Premier Li Qiang's official visit to the country over the weekend, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.

Guo made the statement in response to a media query about China-Singapore relations after the Foreign Ministry announced that at the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Premier Li Qiang will pay an official visit to Singapore from Oct. 25 to 26.

"China and Singapore are friendly close neighbors and important cooperation partners. The two countries established an all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership in 2023. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Singapore. With joint efforts from both sides, the China-Singapore relations have maintained sustained and steady development. In June this year, President Xi Jinping met with visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, providing strategic guidance for China-Singapore relations in the next stage," said Guo. "China hopes to better align development strategies with Singapore through this visit, deepen cooperation in various fields, enhance communication and coordination on international and regional affairs, and jointly uphold multilateralism and free trade, so as to push for new progress in China-Singapore relations and make greater contributions to regional and global peace and prosperity," he said.

Spokesman on Chinese premier's visit to Singapore

China saw 61,207 newly established foreign-invested firms in the first 11 months of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 16.9 percent, according to data released Friday by the Ministry of Commerce.

During the period, the actual foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow totaled 693.18 billion yuan (about 98 billion U.S. dollars), down 7.5 percent year on year. However, FDI in November alone jumped 26.1 percent year on year, the data showed.

By sector, manufacturing attracted 171.72 billion yuan (about 24 billion U.S. dollars) in actual FDI during the 11-month period, while the services sector drew 506.29 billion yuan (about 71 billion U.S. dollars). Investment in high-tech industries remained robust, totaling 221.26 billion yuan.

Investment from Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Britain surged by 67 percent, 47.6 percent and 19.3 percent year on year, respectively, during the same period, according to the data.

New foreign-invested firms up 16.9 pct in China in first 11 months