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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 government delegations from Hong Kong visited China. A large number of delegations from China 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.
In March 1991 Mr Lu Ping and Mr Ji Pengfei, the current and
former Heads of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, paid
an extended visit to Hong Kong.
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. addition, there are plans for a series of visits to China to familiarise various groups of officials with the way in
which China operates.
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