Abstract: Singapore is an important neighbor of China. Singapore posses not only a strong innovation strength, a world leading talent competitiveness, but also retains the best innovation ecological environment in the region, and plays a prominent role in conducting the “Belt and Road” Initiative. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Singapore in 1990, the cooperation between the two countries in the fields of trade, finance, investment and scientific & technological innovation(STI) has deepened. China and Singapore have a bilateral cooperation mechanism at a Deputy Prime Minister level, and three government-built projects in Suzhou, Tianjin and Chongqing respectively, as well as a national-level project of Guangzhou Knowledge City. China and Singapore are perspective, strategic and exemplary in their relations. The economy as well as science and technology(S&T) of China and Singapore are highly complementary, which provided a wide scope for high-quality cooperation between the two sides. In this paper, bibliometrics, case study and data analysis were used to summarize the competitiveness in STI of China and Singapore, from the aspects of innovation capability, talent competitiveness and innovation ecological environment. Meanwhile, the progress and current situation of China-Singapore in terms of high-level exchanges, national projects, personnel exchange and training, as well as the scientific research cooperation were also analyzed. Relevant policy suggestions for the next step of promoting China-Singapore allround STI cooperation in the future was eventually put forward.

Key words: Singapore, STI, International Cooperation, Science and Technology Evaluation, Innovative Strength, International Relations