China and Singapore should further strengthen cooperation and
exchanges on personnel training, said He Guoqiang, head of the
Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee.
"Such cooperation and exchanges are of great significance to
promoting mutual understanding between officials of both sides and
the development of bilateral friendly relations," He said.
He made the remark in a meeting with Tan Tee How, permanent
secretary of the Ministry of National Development of Singapore, who
headed a Singaporean delegation of training course for permanent
secretaries.
He said the visit by the Singaporean guests was an important
part of China-Singapore cooperation on personnel training and he
hoped the two sides continue to strengthen exchanges to promote the
sustainable, healthy and steady development of bilateral
relations.
He added that Singapore has a lot of experience that China can
learn from in personnel training.
He also briefed Tan on the recent Sixth Plenary Session of the
16th CPC Central Committee and China's economic and social
development and opening up.
Tan said the visit to China was part of the training program of
his delegation and the reason for this visit is that he hoped his
delegation members to see the significant and fast development in
China.
He said the two countries have conducted good cooperation in
many fields, among which personnel is a very important one and the
Singaporean side hoped to keep regular exchanges with the Chinese
side in this field.
The delegation will also visit Tianjin, a port city neighboring
Beijing, and Hubei Province in central China.
(Xinhua News Agency November 10, 2006)
