Xi calls for joint efforts with Singapore on post-pandemic development

BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China and Singapore should work jointly to address the new task of post-pandemic development.

During his phone conversation with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Xi said that the current socio-economic development of both countries and the bilateral relations are standing at a new starting point in history.

Both sides should set store by the well-being of the two peoples as well as the prosperity and development of the region, and jointly address the new task of post-pandemic development so as to continue offering the people satisfactory results, Xi said.