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Chongqing-Singapore MOUs to boost links

SINGAPORE – Interest is picking up on opportunities for collaboration between South-east Asia and western China as more than 500 business leaders and government officials descended on Chongqing to attend the inaugural China (Chongqing)-Singapore Connectivity Initiative Financial Summit on Friday (Nov 2).

Ten memorandums of understanding (MOUs) were inked during the summit, which aims to enhance regional connectivity under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative Southern Transport Corridor (STC), a rail-sea transport link between China and South-east Asia.

Among the agreements signed, the Singapore FinTech Association will form an alliance with the Chongqing authorities to develop Chongqing’s fintech industry, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in a Friday press statement.

Read more on The Straits Times.





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