On February 20, Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian in Beijing. Qin Gang said that Singapore is an important partner of China and has been deeply involved in China's reform, opening-up and development process for a long time. China attaches great importance to China-Singapore relations, attaches importance to the unique role of Singapore in regional and international affairs, and is willing to work together to implement the important consensus of the leaders of the two countries and promote the new development of China-Singapore relations. Qin Gang stressed that at present, we are comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization, and Singapore has also put forward the "Economic 2030 Vision". The two countries face important opportunities for the integration and mutual promotion of modernization. China is willing to continue to learn from each other and cooperate with Singapore for win-win results. The two sides should deepen the docking of development strategies, deepen the high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", improve the "overall planning", "competitiveness" and "driving force" of cooperation, and promote the improvement and upgrading of cooperation. Weiwen said that since the outbreak of the epidemic, New Zealand and China have stood by each other and helped each other in times of adversity, demonstrated their valuable friendship and practiced the spirit of partnership through practical actions, deepened mutual trust and smoothly promoted practical cooperation. I am glad to see that China has achieved rapid recovery after the epidemic and the interests of New Zealand and China are highly integrated. We are full of expectations for cooperation between the two countries in various fields. The current international situation is full of challenges and concerns. Singapore will continue to adhere to multilateralism, advocate multiculturalism, maintain free trade and stable and smooth supply chain, and work with China to promote peace and prosperity. The two sides said that they would make good preparations for high-level exchanges in the next stage, give full play to the role of bilateral cooperation mechanisms, and promote key cooperation projects. The two sides agreed to speed up the comprehensive resumption of direct flights and better facilitate personnel exchanges between the two countries. The two sides stressed that they would adhere to an open and inclusive regional cooperation framework centered on ASEAN. Qin Gang said that China firmly supports the leading role of ASEAN, maintains the correct direction of East Asian cooperation, and is willing to deepen practical cooperation with ASEAN, create highlights of cooperation, and promote the joint construction of the "Five Homelands" of peace, tranquility, prosperity, beauty and friendship. China is willing to work with ASEAN countries to fully and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea and jointly safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea. (Xinhua News Agency)