On January 26, 2016, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Beijing with Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Chee Wee Kiong of Singapore, who came to China to attend the ninth China-Singapore diplomatic consultations.

Wang Yi said that President Xi Jinping paid a successful state visit to Singapore last year. The two sides issued a joint statement and decided to position the bilateral relations as an all-round cooperative partnership advancing with the times, maintaining the forward-looking and leading features of China-Singapore relations and showing bright prospects for the development of China-Singapore relations. Singapore is the coordinator of relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). China is willing to work with the ASEAN countries to focus on cooperation, eliminate obstacles and promote China-ASEAN relations for development by celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between China and the ASEAN. China-ASEAN relations will grow even closer, and it is the two sides' long-term interests that make us inseparable.

Chee Wee Kiong said that 2015 was an important year for the development of Singapore-China relations which have been elevated to a new height. Singapore attaches great importance to developing relations with China, and is willing to join efforts with China to actively implement the consensus reached by leaders of both countries and deepen cooperation in various fields. Singapore is willing to play its role as the coordinator of ASEAN-China relations to successfully hold commemorations of the 25th anniversary with China, promote bilateral cooperation for positive achievements and push ASEAN-China relations for greater progress.