CONFIDENTIAL
CHINESE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE PRIME MINISTER,
19 JUNE 1987
Points to Make
Grateful for all you have done to promote bilateral
relations during your three postings to London, in particular for your part in making the Queen's State
Visit to China such a success, and in bringing
Premier Zhao to the UK in 1985, and Hu Yaobang in 1986.
Concluded an agreement on co-operation in the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy shortly after your
arrival in 1985, and have now concluded the property
claims agreement shortly before your departure.
In the interval, we have concluded other agreements
including an investment promotion and protection agreement, and we look forward to building on this with
your successor.
P
Desire of all concerned in UK to assist in China's
modernisation programmes. Pleased that two-way trade relations are expanding steadily. Two-way trade almost
£900 m in 1986, over 20% up on 1985.
[Reference to Yueyang]
As a result of additional HMG funding including
through the Sino-British Friendship Scholarship Scheme,
we look forward to a doubling of the number of Chinese
students in the UK supported by HMG.
FC2ABX
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