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spent, bulk of his career in the administration of Guangdong

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and Sichuan provinces.

He owes his present position to

Deng Xiaoping whom he impressed with his successful management

of Sichuan. Many of the reforms he pioneered there have

since become national models.

Together with Hu Yaobang, Zhao forms the kernel of the

collective leadership that Deng Xiaoping is seeking to

establish to ensure the continuity of his policies for China's

development. As Premier, Zhao is in charge of the government

work and will thus have an important say in decisions on

Hong Kong's future. He was Mrs Thatcher's main interlocutor

during her visit to China in September 1982. He has himself

received a number of visitors from Hong Kong most of whom

were prominent businessmen. They include: Gordon YS WU and

Eddie PC Ho of Hopewell Holdings in 1981 and 1982; Fung King Hey, Chairman of Sun Hung Kai Securities; Li Ka-

Ka-Shing,

Chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings); T K Ann, Chairman of the

Winsor Industrial Corporation; H C Tang, President of the

Federation of Hong Kong Industries, and Cheng Yu-Tung,

Chairman of the New World Development Company (until 1982).

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