Chongqing-Singapore financial links get boost with over 10 MOUs inked
Inaugural summit aims to boost regional links under BRI as well as rail-sea transport between China and S-E Asia
Singapore
INTEREST is picking up on opportunities for collaboration between South-east Asia and western China as more than 500 business leaders and government officials descended on Chongqing for the inaugural China (Chongqing)-Singapore Connectivity Initiative Financial Summit on Friday.
Ten memoranda of understanding (MOUs) were inked during the summit, which aims to enhance regional connectivity under China's Belt and Road Initiative, and the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative Southern Transport Corridor (STC), a rail-sea transport link between China and South-east Asia.
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