A big thank you to all sponsors, partners, speakers, delegates and everyone who contributed to making this year’s FutureChina Global Forum a great success. To a bigger and better event in 2026!
A key highlight of FutureChina Global Forum (FCGF) 2025 was the keynote address by Mr Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry. Reflecting on 35 years of Singapore-China relations and calling for pragmatic reform of a global economic system now under exceptional strain, Mr Gan advocated updating international trade rules to confront rising protectionism and digitalisation, while emphasising plurilateral cooperation, to safeguard an open, rules-based order amid geopolitical fragmentation.
Mr. Lee Yi Shyan, Chairman of Business China, said, “In today’s rapidly changing geopolitical landscape, understanding the forces at play is critical for survival. FutureChina Global Forum brings together the best experts we could gather to make sense of what’s happening and find ways forward. We also hope to build enduring partnerships and advance collaboration that benefits all.”
For the Opening Plenary – The World in Flux: Challenges and Opportunities, panellists offered several takeaways. In contemplating diplomatic relations, the US-China trade deal will provide temporary relief, but resolving deep-rooted conflicts will require further work. They highlighted that strategic rivalry is increasingly being reframed in economic and technological terms: control over supply chains and export controls may matter as much as military or diplomatic stances. As the world increasingly moves into greater bloc fragmentation, Global South can be the driver to further inter- and intra-regional integration and cooperation. Their consensus: that the world will not return to the traditional sense of a multilateral world order, but evolve into one driven by mutual respect and diversification of trade relations.