China is willing to work with Singapore to implement the major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping to promote a more just and equitable international order, Premier Li Qiang said on Saturday during talks with Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

As the multilateral trading system comes under severe strain, China is ready to cooperate with Singapore to strengthen communication and collaboration within the United Nations and other mechanisms, oppose unilateralism and protectionism, uphold free trade and economic globalisation, Li said during the talks.

Noting that Xi's meeting with Wong in June in Beijing charted the course for the development of bilateral relations in the next stage, Li said China stands ready to work with Singapore to uphold the original aspirations for the establishment of diplomatic ties and carry forward traditional friendship.

Li called on both sides to consolidate political mutual trust, expand pragmatic cooperation, and continuously deepen bilateral relations to better serve their modernisation drives and make greater contributions to regional peace, stability and development.

He said China is willing to strengthen development alignment with Singapore, utilise bilateral cooperation mechanisms, maintain the sound momentum of two-way trade and investment growth, expand key cooperative projects such as the Suzhou Industrial Park and the Tianjin Eco-City, deepen cooperation in areas such as digital economy, green economy, artificial intelligence, new energy and biomedicine.

China welcomes more Singaporean enterprises to invest in China and hopes that the Singaporean side will continue to provide support for Chinese enterprises operating in Singapore, Li said.

For his part, Wong noted that this year marks the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties, and Singapore stands ready to maintain close high-level exchanges with China.

He said his country supports the Global Development Initiative proposed by Xi and is willing to strengthen multilateral coordination with China, safeguard free trade, adhere to multilateralism, and make unremitting efforts to promote stability and prosperity in the region and the world at large.

The Singaporean government adheres to the one-China principle and firmly opposes "Taiwan independence", he added

Wong also said Singapore is fully confident in China's development and is willing to invest further, while fostering new growth points for cooperation in fields including green economy, digital economy and artificial intelligence. (Xinhua)