Singapore

President Xi Jinping hailed China's ties with Singapore when meeting with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob on Sunday, saying that the strategic mutual trust between the two countries has been deepening with pragmatic cooperation continuously expanding and development interests have converged with each other.

He called for the two countries to strengthen planning for stronger synergy between their development strategies in order to further promote bilateral ties.

Xi underlined the need for both countries to intensify collaboration in the fields of green development, digital economy, intelligent cities and scientific and technological innovation, and to foster new growth drivers for bilateral cooperation.

The Singaporean president complimented China on its hosting of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in a green and safe manner, saying that it will help promote international solidarity and cooperation.

Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday also met with Halimah, noting that China is ready to maintain high-level exchanges with Singapore and deepen the synergy of development strategies of the two sides.