On November 2, 2011, Ambassador Wei Wei hosted a dinner at his residence in honour of Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law Mr K Shanmugam. Also present were: Mr Stanley Loh, Deputy Secretary (International), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Gan Teng Kiat, Deputy Director of Northeast Asia Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Ken Siah, Special Assistant to Minister and Mr Dai Bing, Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister Counsellor, Mr Lin Xianjiang, Information Counsellor and Ms Cao Jing, Chief of Political & Press of the Chinese embassy.

Ambassador Wei expressed once again the felicitations to Mr Shanmugam for his taking office as Singapore's new Foreign Minister and conveyed Chinese Foreign Minster Mr Yang Jiechi's kind regards. Minister Shanmugam said he attached great importance to Singapore-China relations and he looked forward to further enhancing the friendly cooperation between the two countries during his term. The two sides also had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on mutually interested topics including bilateral cooperation as well as regional and international situations.