An important member state of ASEAN and a major financial,trade,service and shipping hub of Southeast Asia,Singapore is playing a pivotal role in the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative.Singapore Ambassador to China Stanley Loh noted in November 2018 that about a quarter of China’s investment in countries along the Belt and Road flows into Singapore’s financial market first while Singapore’s investment in China accounts for 80 percent of the total investments from countries along the route in China.