On September 13, 2021, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks in Singapore with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian.

Wang Yi said that the establishment and development of China-New Zealand friendship was initiated by the older generation of leaders of the two countries. The two countries understand and trust each other, and bilateral relations have a foundation, direction, motivation and prospects. Both sides adhere to the anti-epidemic and development as the main line, advance the development of China-New Zealand relations with the times, and have achieved remarkable results. China is willing to enhance strategic communication with New Zealand, deepen practical cooperation, overcome difficulties and challenges, overcome the epidemic at an early date, promote the accelerated recovery of their respective economies, and jointly make positive contributions to regional and world peace and development.

Wang Yi pointed out that the two sides should maintain high-level exchanges in a flexible manner, strengthen joint prevention and control, and advance cooperation in the fight against the epidemic. It is necessary to promote high-quality co-construction of the Belt and Road, give full play to the role of the "new land-sea channel", do a good job of docking with the Lancang-Mekong mechanism, and focus on tapping the potential for cooperation in e-commerce, artificial intelligence, mobile payment, big data and other fields, and continue to inject the development of bilateral relations New kinetic energy.

Wang Yi said that China is willing to work with ASEAN countries including Singapore to prepare for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China-ASEAN dialogue relations and promote the quality and upgrading of China-ASEAN relations. Work together to maintain a regional cooperation framework centered on ASEAN and maintain regional peace and stability. The two sides should promote the early entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, accelerate the establishment of open, inclusive and secure digital economic rules, and safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law.

Wei Wen said that the relationship between Singapore and China is open, frank, and old-friend style, and the cooperation between the two countries is progressing smoothly. New Zealand congratulates China on its successful control of the epidemic, and thanks China for providing vaccines to New Zealand. We are willing to deepen cooperation with China in the fields of anti-epidemic, trade, investment, digital economy, green development, and strengthen the docking of the "New Land-Sea Corridor" with ASEAN's "Interconnection Master Plan 2025" to provide new impetus for bilateral relations. The relationship between ASEAN and China is of fundamental and comprehensive strategic significance. 2021 is the 30th anniversary of the establishment of a dialogue mechanism between ASEAN and China. ASEAN countries look forward to developing stable and solid cooperative relations with China. New Zealand supports the successful hosting of the 30th anniversary commemorative event, supports the acceleration of consultations on the "South China Sea Code of Conduct", and supports the early entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. New Zealand is willing to work with China to persist in using multilateralism to solve new problems and challenges and promote fair and sustainable development of the world.

Wang Yi and Uyghur also exchanged in-depth views on international issues of common concern. Editor/Tian Zengpeng