Vice Governor of Hunan Province He Baoxiang met in Changsha with Singapore Ambassador to China Stanley Loh Ka Leung and his entourage on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 2017.
He welcomed the guests and briefed on Hunan’s conditions. Hunan and Singapore have sound exchange basis, and the official opening of direct flights to Singapore makes the mutual exchanges increasingly frequent, he said, adding that many Singapore enterprises have invested or set up factories in Hunan, especially in Changsha. He introduced that Hunan is now actively applying for free trade zone construction and the building of a central transport hub, which will open up broad space for cooperation with Singapore. Hunan is willing to further strengthen communication and collaboration with Singapore in creating sound investment and trade environment, and urban management, to promote common development and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, he added.
Embassy remarked that their visit Hunan this time was to learn more about the development of Hunan, as Singapore expected to launch more investment projects in central China. He wished to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Hunan in such fields as logistics industry, sponge city construction, and cultural tourism. (Resource from enghuan.gov.cn)
