MFA Press Statement: Visit by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to the People's Republic of China, 8-13 April 2014

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS STATEMENT

VISIT BY EMERITUS SENIOR MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG

TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA,

8-13 APRIL 2014

                   Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh Chok Tong will attend the Bo’ao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference in Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China, from 8 to 10 April 2014.  ESM, who is a member of the BFA Board of Directors, will attend BFA Board meetings, a joint call on Premier Li Keqiang by the BFA Board of Directors, and a luncheon hosted by Premier Li for visiting Heads of State, Heads of Government and selected guests.  ESM will also have meetings with foreign leaders and senior Chinese officials on the sidelines of the BFA Annual Conference.

                  ESM will visit Jinan and Qingdao in Shandong Province from 10 to 13 April 2014.  This visit seeks to reaffirm Singapore’s long-standing ties and cooperation with Shandong, which is the first Chinese province with which Singapore established a business council in 1993.  ESM will meet Shandong Party Secretary Jiang Yikang, Shandong Governor Guo Shuqing, Jinan Party Secretary Wang Min and Qingdao Party Secretary Li Qun.  ESM will also meet Singaporean businessmen in Shandong, attend a briefing on the Sino-Singapore Jinan Smart City Project, and visit major Singaporean and Chinese companies in Qingdao. 

                   ESM will be accompanied by Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Singapore Co-Chair of the Singapore-Shandong Business Council Teo Ser Luck (for the visit to Shandong Province), Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and for Culture, Community and Youth Sam Tan, as well as officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade and Industry and International Enterprise Singapore.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

7 APRIL 2014