Summary
The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity (CCI), launched in November 2015, is Singapore's third government-to-government project with China, following the Suzhou Industrial Park and Tianjin Eco-City. Based in Chongqing, China's largest municipality with 32 million residents, the CCI is a key demonstration project for China's Belt and Road Initiative, Western Region Development, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt Strategy.
The CCI enhances modern connectivity and services between Singapore and western China, while supporting Chongqing enterprises expansion into Southeast Asia. The initiative focuses on four priority areas: Financial Services, Aviation, Transport and Logistics, and Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
As the ICT pillar lead, IMDA drives innovation and business partnerships between Singapore and Chongqing, facilitating market access and sustainable digital trade. A key initiative is the Joint Innovation Development Fund (JIDF), established by IMDA, Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and CQBDB to support the joint development of innovative digital solutions.
The JIDF create business opportunities in both markets by fostering partnerships between companies in Chongqing and Singapore. To date, it has supported joint projects in such as Smart Cities, Innovation, Digital Trade and Manufacturing as well as advancing collaborations in Internet-of-Things, virtual reality, augmented reality and robotics, and other related applications.
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