On November 8, 2023, Vice President Han Zheng met with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in Singapore.

Han Zheng conveyed President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings, saying that China and Singapore, as each other's close neighbors and important partners for cooperation, set a fine example of friendly exchanges between countries. Thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, bilateral cooperation has shown strong resilience and great vitality, and it is believed that more and better outcomes will be achieved in the future. The world today faces many global risks and challenges, and no country can stay unaffected. It is necessary for all countries to uphold true multilateralism, build consensus and work together. China will inject more certainty into the world with its stability and bring more and new opportunities to the world with its new development.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam asked Han Zheng to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping, saying that standing at a new historical starting point, leaders of the two countries have upgraded bilateral relations to an all-round, high-quality and future-oriented partnership, charting the course for the development of bilateral relations. Singapore is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China in various fields to deliver more benefits to the two peoples.