 The Singapore-Chinese YBA programme was inaugurated in 2004, when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between SIF, the Shanghai Municipal Office for the Introduction of Foreign Experts and the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.The first batch of 23 Singapore-China YBAs started their 10-week stint in both countries in June 2004.SIF promotes people-to-people links between Singaporeans and the world.