On August 10, 2023 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Singapore with Singaporean Foreign Minister Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan.

The two sides spoke highly of the current sound development momentum of China-Singapore relations, saying that in accordance with the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, they will take the opportunity of upgrading China-Singapore relations to an all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership to continue to push forward high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. Both sides will promote the continuous achievement of connectivity and mutually beneficial cooperation, so that it will better benefit the people of the two countries and the region. The two sides will make sound preparations for the meeting of the bilateral cooperation mechanism at the vice-premier level between China and Singapore, which is to be held this year, plan the next stage of cooperation in a coordinated manner, and expand new areas of cooperation. The Singaporean side highly appreciates the recent measures taken by China to facilitate people-to-people exchanges, and the two sides will speed up the resumption of direct flights between the two countries across the board, and carry out closer exchanges and cooperation in economy, trade, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and tourism.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on a wide range of regional and international issues. They will strengthen communication and coordination, jointly promote the positive achievements of the leaders' meetings on East Asia cooperation, and jointly safeguard regional peace, stability, development and prosperity.