A Partnership for a Smart and Sustainable Future

The Tianjin Eco-City (TEC) is the second flagship Government-to-Government project between Singapore and China. The project was mooted by then-Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and then-Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in April 2007, against the backdrop of rapid urbanisation and increasing global attention on the importance of sustainable development. On 18 November 2007, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and then-Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed the Framework Agreement for Singapore and China to jointly develop the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City project. More recently, on 20 September 2018, Singapore and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on promoting the replication of the Eco-City’s development experience.