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China’s new envoy to Singapore says will promote ‘peace and prosperity’ in the region
- Sun Haiyan, a longtime member of the International Liaison Department, is China’s 12th ambassador to Singapore
- She says both nations need to deepen cooperation in developing the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor – part of the Belt and Road Initiative – to boost regional development and prosperity
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China’s new ambassador to Singapore, Sun Haiyan, has signalled that ties between the two countries are on an even keel as she pledged to strengthen bilateral relations between the “friendly neighbours facing each other across the sea”.
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Sun, 50, arrived in the city state on Monday and was received at Changi Airport by Singapore foreign ministry officials and Chinese diplomats, an embassy statement said.
According to the Singaporean-Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, Sun is a veteran of the CCP central committee’s International Liaison Department, having joined it in 1997.
The law graduate from Peking University was director of the First Bureau of the Liaison Department from August 2018 until her Singapore posting, the newspaper said.
Sun, who will be China’s 12th ambassador to Singapore, succeeds Hong Xiaoyong, 61, who left the post in March after a four-year tenure.
In remarks published on the embassy website, Sun noted that bilateral ties were steered “towards a new era” in 2015 following a state visit to Singapore by President Xi Jinping.
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