Speaking to about 60 participants at the first SMU-Tsinghua University Global Forum in Beijing on Friday, Singapore's deputy chief of mission to China Eric Teo said that urbanisation is likely to feature strongly in the next stage of Sino-Singapore co-operation as both grapple with the challenge of building a high-quality environment for its citizens. The forum, which was also attended by SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer, is the second half of the launch of SMU's first international dialogue series. A similar forum took place at Fudan University in Shanghai on Tuesday. Dean of the SMU School of Social Sciences James Tang said that the forum is also part of a larger goal of raising SMU's profile in China as a research university in the broad field of social sciences. "We want to contribute to the Singapore-China collaboration in business, government and civic society by nurturing China-ready and bicultural graduates who are able to function effectively in the business and financial environment in China," said Prof Tang.