Spotlight: China-Singapore Chongqing Connectivity Initiative strengthens link between western China, southeast Asia

An airplane takes off from the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Chongqing, southwest China, March 18, 2020. A total of 230 cooperation projects have been inked under the framework of a China-Singapore connectivity initiative since it was launched in 2015, authorities said on Saturday, as they marked the initiative's fifth anniversary on Nov. 7. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity aims to conduct pilot cooperation in various fields. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore, following the Suzhou Industrial Park established in China's eastern province of Jiangsu in 1994, and the Tianjin Eco-city inaugurated in 2008 in north China. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)