Year
Visitors to UK
1980
cont
1981
Feb. National People's
Visitors to China
Nov. Mr N Tebbitt, MP Parliamentary Under Secretary for Trade.
April. Lord Carrington,
Congress delegation led by Secretary of State for Hao Deqing.
July. Yang Dezhi, Chief of General Staff of PLA. Oct. Wang Daohan, Mayor of Shanghai.
Nov-Dec. Jiang Ming, Vice Minister of Science and Technology.
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
April. Mr David Steel, MP. April. Conservative Parliamentary delegation led by Lord Rhodes. April. Mr G Pattie, MP Parliamentary under secretary for Defence, RAF. Oct. Sir Edwin Bramall, Chief of the General Staff. Dec. Mr P Rees, MP, Minister of Trade.
Significant events
10 March. Agreement on avoidance of Double Taxation in Air Transport business. Nov. PRC Visa Office opens in Hong Kong.
1982
SH1AAC
Oct. Lu Jiaxi, President of the Academy of Sciences.
Jan. Mr H Atkins, MP Lord Privy Seal.
Jan. Archbishop of
Canterbury.
March. Parliamentary
delegation led by Sir E
duCann and Mr Arthur
Bottomley.
Aug. Governor of Hong Kong to Guangzhou.
24 Sept. Agreement to begin talks on Hong Kong.