On March 23, 2015, Foreign Minister Wang Yi sent a message to Foreign Minister Shunmugam Jayakumar of Singapore, expressing profound condolences over the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. In the message, Wang Yi expressed that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the founder and helmsman of China-Singapore relations, had made great contributions to the sound and rapid development of bilateral relations. At present, China-Singapore relations enjoy a sound development momentum, which benefits from the great attention and vigorous promotion by generations of leaders of the two countries. The Chinese side is willing to closely coordinate with the Singaporean side to constantly push forward China-Singapore relations.