Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong is embarking on a six-day working visit to China from November 24 to 29. The visit marks the 30th anniversary of the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), a landmark project Lee played a key role in establishing. During his trip, he will visit Suzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai, commemorating the enduring partnership between Singapore and China.
SINGAPORE – Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong is visiting China from Nov 24 to 29 and will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), a project he helped to steer at its beginning. A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Nov 24 said that SM Lee will make a six-day working visit, during which he will make three stops — Suzhou city in Jiangsu province, Beijing, and Shanghai.
Previously when Mr Lee visited China as prime minister, it was mostly his counterpart, the Chinese premier, who hosted him for meals. He had visited China 14 times in his two decades as prime minister from 2004. His father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, had also continued visiting China after stepping down as Singapore’s founding prime minister, first in his capacity as senior minister, then later as minister mentor. The senior Mr Lee visited China 33 times from 1976 to 2011. In 1994, the then Senior Minister travelled to Beijing to sign an agreement to start a township with industrial, commercial, housing and recreational sectors in Suzhou, a former capital of China. This set the foundation for the SIP, the first government-to-government project in which Singapore shared its experience in township building and, through the process, deepened its ties with China. The younger Mr Lee was among the first batch of Singapore officials who was exposed to China by working on the SIP. As Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong became the first co-chair of the Joint Steering Council for SIP in 1994. His Chinese counterpart was then Vice-Premier Li Lanqing. As cooperation between both countries deepened, the Joint Steering Council later grew into the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC), the top-level platform that meets annually to discuss a wide range of collaborations, including the SI
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