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Embassy of Singapore in China

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian island city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. The country is highly urbanised with very little primary rainforest remaining, although more land is being created for development through land reclamation. Read More

Embassy

Address:	No. 1 Xiu Shui Bei Jie, Jian Guo Men Wai, Chaoyang District Beijing
Postal Code:	100600
Tel: ( ? )	(+86) 10 6532 1115
Fax:	(+86) 10 6532 9405
Email:	singemb_bej@sgmfa.gov.sg
Website:	Website

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Consulates

Singapore has consulates in the following cities

Chengdu
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Xiamen

Address:	31-D Guancheng Square, No.308, Shun Cheng Da Jie
Postal Code:	610017
Tel:	(+86) 28 8652 7222
Fax:	(+86) 28 8652 7555
Email:	chengdu@iesingapore.gov.sg
Consular Area:	Sichuan Province

Address:	Unit 2418, CITIC Plaza Office Tower, 233 Tianhe Bei Road
Postal Code:	510613
Tel:	(+86) 20 3891 2345
Fax:	(+86) 20 3891 2933
Email:	sin_consulargz@yahoo.com.cn
Consular Area:	Guangdong Province, Guizhou Province, Hainan Province, Hunan Province, Yunnan Province, Guangxi Autonomous Region

Address:	Unit 901, 9th floor, Admiralty Centre Tower I, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
Tel:	(+852) 2527 2212
Fax:	(+852) 2866 1239
Email:	singcg_hkg@sgmfa.gov.sg
Website:	Website

Address:	No.89 Wanshan Road
Postal Code:	200336
Tel:	(+86) 21 6278 5566
Fax:	(+86) 21 6295 6038
Email:	singcg_sha@sgmfa.gov.sg
Website:	Website
Consular Area:	Shanghai Municipality, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Anhui Province

Address:	Room 05-07/08, The Bank Center, No.189 Xiahe Lu
Postal Code:	361003
Tel:	(+86) 592 2684 691
Fax:	(+86) 592 2684 694
Email:	singcg_xmn@sgmfa.gov.sg
Website:	Website
Consular Area:	Fujian Province, Jiangxi Province

Singapore China Relations

People's Republic of China – Singapore relations officially started on October 3, 1990. Diplomatic missions were established in the early 1990s based on trade and the warming of ties from other ASEAN countries towards mainland China.

History

In terms of people to people exchange. Singapore has benefited from prominent Chinese taking up citizenship for reasons such as family, passport convenience and foreign talent. Such prominent Chinese includes Gong Li and Jet Li. Chinese born table tennis players representing Singapore includes Li Jiawei, Zhang Xueling, Yang Zi and Feng Tianwei.

Bilateral relations

The bilateral trade between China and Singapore developed rapidly in recent years and Singapore has maintained the first position among ASEAN countries in their trade with China.

In 1998, volume of trade was US$8.154 billion in 1998. In 1999, the trade value has increased to US$ 8.56 billion. In 2000, the amount increased to US$10.821 billion. In 2009, the total trade volume was SGD 75.1 billion (USD 58.4 Billion).

Singapore is China's 9th largest trading partner. While China is Singapore's 3rd largest trading partner which consisted of 10.1 percent of Singapore's total external trade from the previous year.

China's export to Singapore were textiles, clothing, agriculture produce, petrochemical, metals, electromechanical equipment, feed, shipping, communication equipment and electronic components.

Companies such as Capitaland and Breadtalk have made substantial inroads into China's domestic economy. Others such as Temasek Holdings, Singapore Airlines have each invested in China Eastern Airlines.