Dalian will start building an industrial park on Changxing Island in cooperation with Singapore later this month, Mayor Xia Deren has said.

The venture in the port city of Northeast China's Liaoning Province will be the second for Singapore in China. The first was the Suzhou Industrial Park in East China's Jiangsu Province.

Jurong International, a Singapore company that specializes in industrial and urban planning, will help Dalian design the park.

"We hope we can take advantage of Jurong's international and rich management experience to build an excellent industrial park," Xia said during a group interview in Beijing.

Also a deputy of the National People's Congress (NPC), Xia is in Beijing to attend the annual session of the country's top legislature which ends on Friday.

Dalian officials will undergo training in the first part of the project, which will begin when Xia visits Singapore after the NPC session, he said. The first group will comprise 40 officials.

The greatest gain for Suzhou in its cooperation with Singapore was the training that more than 100 civil servants received in the city state. "These officials played a crucial role in Suzhou's economic success, and we want to draw upon the Jinagsu city's experience."