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Service staff, locally engaged staff, and vacancies

are included with corresponding information on the main

body of the Trade Commission at paras 1

-

!

3 above. A

self inspection questionnaire on the Unit was sent to

TRED on 5 October with the rest of the Trade Commission's

SIQS (see para 4 above). Questions concerning recent

trends in Sino-British trade, the competition, and current

prospects are essentially for the Embassy in Peking.

The tasks of the Unit as agreed with the Inspectors

in 1979 are:-

a.

b.

C.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

trade promotion in Southern China, including

attendance at the twice-yearly Canton Fair

and initiative visiting elsewhere;

reinforcement of the commercial staff in

Peking for major commercial events there

and elsewhere and North and East China;

replacement of commercial staff in Peking

if and when necessary during leave absences;

handling written and oral enquiries in Hong

Kong about trade with all parts of China;

compilation of comprehensive commercial

records on Hong Kong companies involved in

trade with China;

reporting of economic developments in southern

China;

reporting on Hong Kong/China trading links;

collation (for reference) of published data

on macro economy of China and on Chinese

commercial policy;

dissemination of information about British

products and overall British trade performance

to Hong Kong-based newspapers and journals

in circulation within China.

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