On September 20, 2026, Ambassador Wang Xiaolong attended the National Day flag raising ceremony of the Overseas Chinese Association in Auckland. New Zealand Prime Minister Lakson, members of parliament from major political parties, representatives from Auckland local government and overseas Chinese attended the event. The scene was filled with a warm and proud atmosphere.Ambassador Wang recalled the brilliant achievements made by the CPC under the leadership of the Chinese people in the 77 years since the founding of New China, and said that in recent years, China Singapore relations have maintained a healthy and stable development momentum, and there is broad space for future cooperation between the two countries. I hope that overseas Chinese will continue to leverage their own advantages, tell the stories of China and China Singapore friendly cooperation well, promote people to people exchanges, and contribute more to the development of bilateral relations.

Lacksen highly praised the extraordinary achievements made by New China since its founding, appreciated China's development achievements in poverty alleviation, infrastructure construction, new energy vehicles and other fields, and thanked the important contributions made by the Xinhua community to the development of the new economy, society and culture. He expressed his willingness to promote the continuous development of China Singapore relations and transform the potential of cooperation between the two countries into more practical results.Editor/Min Jing