Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Xinhua on Monday that if the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative (CCI) works, it will serve all the countries in the region and will benefit China as well.
Lee said that one very important element of CCI is the international land-sea transport connectivity, or the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.
He said that logistic businesses will save a lot of time travelling through the corridor because they do not have to go all the way down the Yangtze River, they do not have to go through the Three Gorges, which are "very busy and all the way out to Shanghai and then double back in order to come to Singapore".
Lee highly appreciated the relationship between Singapore and China since they established diplomatic relations in 1990.
Looking forward, Lee said that there is tremendous potential in the cooperation between Singapore and China. On the Belt and Road Initiative, Singapore hopes to play a constructive part on financial services, on third country investments, and on human resources development.
Xinhua News Agency Correspondents reporting from Singapore (XHTV)
