Singapore Economic Development Bureau Director Fu Mei-jing will be appointed as president-elect of Jurong Group (JTC) from March 1 and will officially take over as president from April 1. She will also be appointed as a member of the board of directors of Jurong Group.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry made the above announcement on Friday (February 21). Fu Meijing will replace Chen Wenkai, who has served as president of Jurong Group since September 2020, who will seek other developments after leaving office.

In a statement, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said that Fu Meijing has served as the Director of the Economic Development Bureau since October 2021, leading the Economic Development Bureau to achieve strong investment commitments during the recovery of the coronavirus pandemic, including a record-breaking record in 2022. investment amount. She also led the Economic Development Bureau to actively develop key areas such as digital economy, artificial intelligence, precision medicine and sustainable development, and deepened my country's position as an international business platform.

Before joining the Economic Development Bureau, Fu Meijing served as deputy permanent secretary of the Strategy Group of the Prime Minister's Office, founding president of the Government Science and Technology Bureau (GovTech), and former director of the Information and Communications Development Administration. She has served in the Ministry of Human Resources, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defense and other departments. .

The statement also said that during the four and a half years as president of Jurong Group, Chen Wenkai led the group to implement a series of anti-epidemic measures to assist important industrial areas to maintain resilience and recovery. He has also actively promoted local industrial transformation and completed the development of new generation industrial parks including Punggol Digital Park, CleanTech Three, TimMac@Kranji and Texas Industrial City, as well as important projects such as Jurong Innovation Zone and Woodlands North Shore.

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Lee Hsien Loong's Chief Private Secretary Li Jiaming became Director of Economic Development Bureau in March next year

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Xiao Zhenxiang, the second permanent secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, thanked Chen Wenkai for his contribution in the statement and said that Fu Meijing's deep understanding of investor needs will help her develop attractive and innovative industrial land and space in her new position.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced in November last year that Li Jiaming, the chief private secretary of State Counsel Lee Hsien Loong, will become the director-elect of the Economic Development Bureau in January this year, and will officially take over as the director in March, and will also be appointed as the director of the Economic Development Bureau. After resigning from the position of Director of the Economic Development Bureau, Fu Meijing will also serve as Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Industry).