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SCO heads of govt council to convene

The 21st Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be convened on Tuesday via video link, and Premier Li Keqiang will preside over the meeting in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian announced on Monday. The meeting will be attended by government heads and representatives from the SCO member states and observer states, as well as representatives of the SCO's permanent bodies, the Entrepreneurs' Committee and the Interbank Consortium of the SCO and international organizations, including the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

Vice-Premier to visit Singapore for 2 days

Vice-Premier Han Zheng will visit Singapore from Tuesday to Wednesday and co-chair a series of meetings on the bilateral cooperation mechanism with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian announced on Monday. The meetings are the 18th China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation Meeting, the 23rd China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council Meeting, the 14th China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Joint Steering Council Meeting and the 6th China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Joint Steering Council Meeting.