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INFO ROUTINE FCO, DTI, ODA, PEKING, SHANGHAI
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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MISSION TO CHINA: VISIT TO CANTON: 5-7 SEPTEMBER 1993
SUMMARY
1. THE MISSION HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS COVERING PROJECTS BOTH IN CANTON AND GUANGDONG PROVINCE. MR YEO WAS RECEIVED WARMLY BY VICE MAYOR DAI, WHO GAVE A BANQUET FOR HIM. CANTON AUTHORITIES KEEN TO CONTINUE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN SPITE OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC READ JUSTMENT WILL LOOK INCREASINGLY TO FOREIGN EQUITY PARTICIPATION TO FINANCE PROJECTS. SCARCELY ANY MENTION OF POLITICS.
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2. FIFTEEN MEMBERS OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MISSION LED BY MR TIM YEO MP, MINISTER OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, VISITED CANTON MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE DIRECTOR, LIN GUOWEI. ON ARRIVAL ON 5 SEPTEMBER, THE MISSION WERE GIVEN A BANQUET BY VICE MAYOR DAI ZHIGUO. ON 6 SEPTEMBER, THE MISSION PAID A COURTESY CALL ON GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL VICE GOVERNOR XHANG GAOLI, AND HAD A MEETING WITH THE PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENT, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF CANTON'S BAIYUN AIRPORT, WHO GAVE A BRIEFING ON PLANS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AT HUAXIAN. ON 7 SEPTEMBER, THE GROUP MET THE CANTON MUNICIPAL PLANNING BUREAU AND THE GUANGZHOU METRO CORPORATION. WE ARE REPORTING THE CONTENT OF THE LATTER MEETING IN A SEPARATE TELEGRAM. THE MISSION ENTERTAINED MOST OF THEIR INTERLOCUTORS TO A RECEPTION ON 6 SEPTEMBER.
3. AT THE BANQUET ON 5 SEPTEMBER, VICE MAYOR DAI WAS NOTABLY BULLISH ABOUT CANTON'S ECONOMY. HE CLAIMED THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH HAD
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