Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had earlier visited the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City - an example of the partnership between the two countries.
GUANGZHOU: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday met Secretary of the Communist Party of China's Guangdong Provincial Committee Huang Kunming for the first time, amid efforts to boost the two countries' partnership in the province.first stop in Mr Lee's first official visit to China in over three years
Mr Lee and Mr Huang agreed there was potential for Singapore and the Chinese province to deepen cooperation, including in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Their meeting comes a day after Mr Lee visited the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, an example of the two countries collaborating.
Within the Knowledge City, Mr Lee made stops at the China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, the China-Singapore Smart Park and a Hwa Chong Institution-affiliated school, Guangzhou SingChin Academy. Among the around 60 firms that have set up in the business park – which opened in June last year – are Singapore companies Singrow and BioSyngen.
The Prime Minister also had lunch with Guangdong-based Singapore corporate leaders from a range of industries, during which he had a"fruitful discussion on the business environment in Guangdong and China, and the opportunities for companies to grow" in the market, Mr Lee's press secretary told the media on Tuesday.
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