China, Singapore agree trade-pact upgrade, 30-day visa deal

China and Singapore announced that they have reached a protocol to further upgrade the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA), while also agreeing on a 30-day mutual visa exemption arrangement for ordinary passport holders.

The news came as Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, co-chaired the China-Singapore Mechanism Meetings on Bilateral Cooperation with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of the Republic of Singapore Lawrence Wong in Tianjin.