The stage is set for closer collaboration between the media industries of China and Singapore following a slate of Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) facilitating bilateral government cooperation, media research and business projects, and academic exchanges.

Paving the way for closer bilateral ties was an MOU on media cooperation that the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) inked yesterday with the People’s Republic of China’s State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). The MOU aims to enhance bilateral partnership through information exchange; facilitate co-production of film and television projects between China and Singapore companies; and encourage reciprocal participation in key media-related events. Another MOU signed at the same time with the Film Bureau of SARFT formalised the agreement between both countries to co-organise each other’s film festivals, beginning with the Singapore Film Festival in Beijing (13 – 18 October 2007).

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