An agreement between China and Singapore to cooperate in the
training of senior civil servants was signed on Monday in Beijing.
The agreement between the China Association for International
Exchange of Personnel and the Singapore Civil Service College will
enable senior Chinese civil servants to be sent to the Singapore
college, a designated training base, where they will be trained
according to China's specifications.
While meeting with Eddie Teo, permanent secretary of the Singapore
Prime Minister's office and board chairman of the Civil Service
College, Li Guixian, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, offered his
best wishes for success in the cooperation.
He
told Teo and other Singapore guests attending the signing ceremony
that China's entry into the World Trade Organization had placed big
demands on the country's government administration. Singapore, a
nation with successful experience in this area, was expected to
provide a high-standard of training for China's civil servants.
The China Association
for International Exchange of Personnel under the State Bureau
of Foreign Experts Affairs, is an agency in charge of international
exchange programs for technical and administrative experts in
agriculture, industry, medicine, finance, science-technology and
management.
Affiliated to the Prime Minister's office, the Singapore Civil
Service College is a training center with rich experience in
training officials.
(Xinhua News
Agency July 16, 2002)