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中国水运工业公司
CHINA MARINE INDUSTRY CORPORATION
: X10 ADDRESS, 10 FUXING LU BEIJING
CHINA
TELEX, 22462 COMCT CN
CABLE ADDRESS, CHIMIC BEIJING
DECLARATION OF INTENT
Following an invitation by the China Marine Industry
Corporation (CMIC), a delegation from British Ship-
builders (BS), headed by Mr. Derek B. Kimber, Chair-
man of the large merchant shipyards in BS' Merchant
Shipbuilding Division, visited China from 20 to 28
February 1981. During this tour the delegation visited
the CMIC shipyards in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Tianjin,
and also the Ship and Shipping Research and Merchant
Ship Design and Research Institutes in Shanghai con-
trolled by the Ministry of Communications. The delega-
tion was impressed by the achievements of the ship-
building industry in New China. In Beijing they were
received by the Vice-Minister Cheng of the Ministry of
Communications, and had discussions with a team from
CMIC, headed by the Deputy General Manager Mr. Zhang,
on the possibility of active cooperation between the
shipyards controlled by the central authorities in each.
country.
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During these discussions both parties came to a mutual.
appreciation of the benefits to be gained from coopera-.
tion in the fields of shipbuilding, marine engineering
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