Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited an autonomous vehicle company WeRide and met Singaporeans in Guangdong in a reception on his first day.
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It's Lee's first mainland visit since the pandemic began; in CCTV interview he describes China-Singapore relations as 'very good'.
He visited autonomous driving company WeRide and met Singaporeans at a reception in Guangzhou on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
“The fact he’s here shows readiness on China and Singapore’s part to resume life and business together. “The main thing you have to understand is, the world is not in a very good shape. “And I think that we are able to do that. [last visit to China was in April 2019](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lee-hsien-loong-and-chinese-leaders-discuss-sino-us-relations-belt-and-road), when he attended the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. It means a lot to the Singapore community that he’s here,” said the director of communications and community relations at the Canadian International School. Addressing the crowd of about 150 Singaporeans, who came from different parts of the province to Guangzhou for the event, PM Lee acknowledged the difficulties that they and others in Singapore went through during the pandemic.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that Singapore and China are friendly neighbours and important cooperation partners, adding that Beijing ...
In Hainan, he will attend and deliver a speech at the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has landed in Guangzhou for a six-day official visit to China. It is Lee’s first visit to China since Covid-19 broke out, though he met Xi in November last year on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Bangkok.
GUANGZHOU (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Guangzhou on Monday (March 27) on his first trip to China in four ...
The Singapore Prime Minister’s last visit to China was in April 2019 when he attended the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. Lee will also give a speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in Hainan before going to Beijing, where he is scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping and newly minted premier Li Qiang, who will host a welcome ceremony and a lunch banquet for the Singapore delegation. GUANGZHOU (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Guangzhou on Monday (March 27) on his first trip to China in four years.
The Singapore leader, accompanied by his wife, Madam Ho Ching, and a delegation of about 50 Singapore officials, was greeted on the tarmac at Guangzhou ...
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BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will pay an official visit to China from March 27 to April 1 at the invitation of ...
GUANGZHOU – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Guangzhou on Monday (March 27) on his first trip to China in four years.
“The fact he’s here shows readiness on China and Singapore’s part to resume life and business together. “The main thing you have to understand is, the world is not in a very good shape. “And I think that we are able to do that. Addressing the crowd of about 150 Singaporeans, who came from different parts of the province to Guangzhou for the event, PM Lee acknowledged the difficulties that they and others in Singapore went through during the pandemic. The company’s founder and chief executive Tony Han briefed PM Lee on WeRide’s operations and took him on a tour in a “robo-bus”, which is part of WeRide’s fleet that has been deployed on the roads of Guangzhou to test its autonomous public transport capabilities. He is scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping and newly minted Premier Li Qiang, who will host a welcome ceremony and a lunch banquet for the Singapore delegation in the Chinese capital city.