H.E. Cao Zhongming, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Singapore arrived in Singapore with his wife Yang Qing on 24 March, 2024. Officials from Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the senior diplomats from the Chinese Embassy in Singapore received Ambassador Cao at the Changi Airport.

Ambassador Cao made written remarks upon his arrival. He said, it’s great honour to come to Singapore, the beautiful Garden City State, as Chinese Ambassador. Singaporean people are hardworking and talented. With the spirit of building a rugged society, Singaporeans have transformed their country into a global hub for trade, finance, shipping, and aviation in just over half a century. As close neighbors, China and Singapore have enjoyed time-honored friendly exchanges with cultural similarities, shared philosophy, integrated interests and complementary advantages. China-Singapore relations are always forward-looking, strategic and demonstrative, which not only gives strong boost to the development and prosperity of the two countries, but also sets a benchmark for countries in the region. 

Ambassador Cao said, in 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong jointly announced in Beijing the elevation of China-Singapore relations to an “All-Round High-Quality Future-Oriented Partnership”, charting the course for the development of bilateral relations in the new era. Looking forward, China and Singapore will strengthen the comprehensive and innovative cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, green and digital economies, food security, financial sector, aviation and people-to-people exchanges. In particular, the two sides will work together to harness synergies in new fields like digital transformation to further unlock growth opportunities geared to the future development. As the new Ambassador to Singapore, he will do his utmost and work with friends from all walks of life in Singapore to make “high quality” the most distinct feature of China-Singapore cooperation!

H.E. Cao Zhongming is the 13th Chinese Ambassador to Singapore.