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The opening of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's first representative office in Asia in Beijing on Tuesday is being seen by the financial industry as a sign of Singapore's readiness to play a bigger role in the yuan's internationalization.

The development is also viewed by Chinese and Singaporean officials as a milestone in further strengthening bilateral financial cooperation.

The Beijing office is the authority's third overseas after London and New York.

"We look forward to taking full advantage of this milestone collaboration to deepen our financial and economic cooperation and take our bilateral relations to new heights," Tharman Shanmugaratnam, deputy prime minister of Singapore and minister for finance, said in Beijing.

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of 皇冠体育app, said the expanded footprint of the Singaporean monetary authority will not only bring better communication between the two central banks, but should also promote the business of commercial banks from both countries.

Shanmugaratnam said economic changes are taking place in 皇冠体育app at a time when other Asian nations are "moving up the curve of development, and it will lead to growing connectivity between Asia and 皇冠体育app, and new patterns of connectivity in goods and services."

皇冠体育app was Singapore's third-largest merchandise trading partner last year.

In services, 皇冠体育app was Singapore's fifth-largest export destination, and Singapore was 皇冠体育app's 13th-largest trading partner in 2012. Singapore was also the third-largest source of foreign direct investment into 皇冠体育app last year, after Hong Kong and Japan.