Year
Visitors to UK
Nov-Dec. Li Qiang Minister
1977 cont
of Foreign Trade.
Visitors to China
Thatcher, MP leader of the opposition, plus Mr D Hurd,
MP.
April. Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr Peter McCann. April. Higher Education Delegation led by the Director General of the
British Council.
Aug. Rt Hon Mr A Bottomley, Commonwealth Secretary. Aug. Conservative Party Delegation.
Sept. Lord Killanin, President of the Inter- national Olympic Organ- isation.
Significant events
1978
May. Tang Ke, Minister for Metallurgy.
May. Gu Ming, Vice Minister in charge of the State Planning Commission and delegation.
June. Qian Xinzhong, Vice Minister of Public Health. June. Xiang Nan, Vice Minister responsible for Agricultural Machinery. Sept. Wang Dinglie, Chief
April-May. Marshall of the RAF, Sir Neil Cameron, Chief of the Defence Staff. April. Mr Hugh Cortazzi, DUS, FCO
May-June. Parliamentary delegation led by Lord Rhodes.
May. Mr D Ennals, Secretary of State for Health and Social Security.
June. Lord Chalfont.
15 Nov. Agreement on Science and Technology Co-operation.
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