Service staff, locally engaged staff, and vacancies
are included with corresponding information on the main
body of the Trade Commission at paras 1
-
!
3 above. A
self inspection questionnaire on the Unit was sent to
TRED on 5 October with the rest of the Trade Commission's
SIQS (see para 4 above). Questions concerning recent
trends in Sino-British trade, the competition, and current
prospects are essentially for the Embassy in Peking.
The tasks of the Unit as agreed with the Inspectors
in 1979 are:-
a.
b.
C.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
trade promotion in Southern China, including
attendance at the twice-yearly Canton Fair
and initiative visiting elsewhere;
reinforcement of the commercial staff in
Peking for major commercial events there
and elsewhere and North and East China;
replacement of commercial staff in Peking
if and when necessary during leave absences;
handling written and oral enquiries in Hong
Kong about trade with all parts of China;
compilation of comprehensive commercial
records on Hong Kong companies involved in
trade with China;
reporting of economic developments in southern
China;
reporting on Hong Kong/China trading links;
collation (for reference) of published data
on macro economy of China and on Chinese
commercial policy;
dissemination of information about British
products and overall British trade performance
to Hong Kong-based newspapers and journals
in circulation within China.
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