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(d) Other Contacts with China
10. Working contacts between Hong Kong and China have increased rapidly in recent years as the inter-dependent relationship, particularly with neighbouring Guangdong Province, develops. The importance of such contacts was
highlighted by the Governor in his annual policy address to the Hong Kong Legislative Council on 10 October 1990, in
which he advocated the stepping up of working level contacts
and exchange visits. A copy of the Governor's address is
available in the library of the House.
11. During 1990 more than 100 official delegations from Hong Kong visited China. A large number of delegations from the
PRC also went to Hong Kong, many of which had contacts with
the Hong Kong Government on subjects ranging from liaison
between police and customs authorities, to negotiations on
water supplies and exchanges on labour and social welfare matters. In November the Financial Secretary visited
Shanghai at the invitation of the Mayor, Mr Zhu Rongji, who
himself had visited Hong Kong in June. In December the Chief Secretary visited the neighbouring province of
Guangdong and the autonomous region of Guangxi. The Governor visited Peking in January 1991. In the opposite direction the Chinese Minister for Energy Resources.
Mr Huang Yicheng, visited Hong Kong in December.
12. The Hong Kong Government are actively seeking to
encourage more senior Chinese officials to visit Hong Kong, in parallel with the further development of working level visits and exchanges. The visit to Hong Kong in November, as guests of the Hong Kong Government, by a group of officials from the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council was a good example. A group of Hong Kong Government officials paid a return visit early in 1991. In addition, there are plans for a series of visits to China to
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