SCCCI launches strategic investment guide to support Chinese businesses in Singapore

[SINGAPORE] The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI) has launched an investment guide for China-based companies that want to explore business and investment opportunities in Singapore and the wider South-east Asian region.

Launched on Thursday (May 28) at the annual Conference on International Industrial Cooperation, the Singapore Investment Guide covers this year and 2027.

Written in Chinese, the guide features information on the city-state’s business environment, such as intellectual property, employment and wealth planning.

Its section on Asean market opportunities highlights emerging trends and pathways for enterprises seeking regional expansion.

SCCCI, which organised the conference with the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME), noted that the guide’s launch is timely.

It “comes as Singapore strengthens its position as a global hub for innovation and investment, while China’s increasing openness continues to create new opportunities for international collaboration”, SCCCI said.

Stay connected, build bridges

Amid global uncertainties and shifting supply chains, openness, connectivity and trusted partnerships are what “matter most”, noted Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling at the conference.

“The countries and businesses that will come out stronger are not those that turn inwards, but those that continue to collaborate, stay connected and build bridges,” she added.

She said that green growth, artificial intelligence and internationalisation are the areas in which countries “must invest, collaborate and grow together” for a sustainable and industrial future.

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In his remarks at the event, SCCCI president Kho Choon Keng highlighted Singapore and China’s “increasingly deepening” cooperation in sectors such as the green economy and AI.

Citing the upgraded Asean-China Free Trade Area 3.0 last October and Singapore’s prioritisation of AI in Budget 2026, he said the two countries are “highly complimentary”.

Their collaboration can enable “high-quality bilateral growth”, he added.

Similarly, CCCME president Liu Chun noted the continued strong momentum of trade and economic exchange between China and Asean.

He also highlighted that China recently became Singapore’s largest source for new investments.

Deepening regional ties

Separately, SCCCI and CCCME signed a memorandum of understanding with OCBC at the conference.

Elaine Heng, OCBC’s head of global commercial banking, said the bank intends to play a “meaningful role” in building relations across Asean and China, given its close ties with the Chinese community.

As an example, she pointed to OCBC client Yinson GreenTech. The green technology solutions provider leveraged advanced Chinese battery technologies and energy management systems to create Singapore’s first fully electric cargo vessel. 

This shows how Singapore and China can “combine their strengths” to build more sustainable industries for the future, where stronger regional connections will help “unlock new opportunities for growth”, she said. 

OCBC has supported a growing number of Chinese enterprises expanding into Asean in sectors such as renewable energy, electric vehicles, advanced manufacturing and digital infrastructure. 

“These sectors are also shaping the future of bigger supply chains and more sustainable growth across the region, and we are already seeing the transformation taking place across many industries,” she added. 

Four other agreements were inked at the event.

CCCME signed two MOUs with China’s Jinan University and Bangkok Bank. The business chamber also entered a pact with the Asia Pacific International Arbitration Chamber, a non-profit global arbitration and mediation institution.

Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development, a bilateral project, signed an agreement with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Singapore.

The conference also saw the launches of a green trade public service platform to help companies track carbon emissions, and a networked full-link commercial satellite constellation project for commercial space operations.