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VISIT TO CHINA BY THE SPANISH PRIME MINISTER: 10-13 FEBRUARY

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1. A CORDIAL VISIT, WITH A STRONG TRADE ANGLE. CHINESE SEND MESSAGE THAT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHO ABANDON ''ANTI-CHINA'' POLICIES CAN EXPECT TO DO GOOD BUSINESS HERE. HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS HARDLY FIGURED.

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PRIME MINISTER GONZALEZ VISITED CHINA FROM 10-13 FEBRUARY. HIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FOREIGN MINISTER SOLANA AND MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND TOURISM ARANZADI, A HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIAL PARTY AND A TEAM OF 120 BUSINESSMEN, AS WELL AS 45 JOURNALISTS. THE VISIT MARKED 20 YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND SPAIN. IT WAS THE SECOND VISIT BY GONZALEZ, WHO FIRST CAME TO CHINA IN 1985.

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ON 11 FEBRUARY, AFTER A FORMAL WELCOME, GONZALEZ HAD TWO HOURS OF TALKS WITH LI PENG. BOTH THEN ATTENDED THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND PLENARY SESSION OF THE COOPERATION COMMITTEE FOR CHINESE AND SPANISH ENTREPRENEURS. THE TWO FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD SEPARATE TALKS, AND THE CHINESE MINISTER OF MACHINERY AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY MET ARANZADI. LI PENG THEN HOSTED A BANQUET.

4. ON 12 FEBRUARY GONZALEZ MET PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY

JIANG ZEMIN, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VICE-PREMIER ZOU JIAHUA, AFTER WHICH THERE WAS A MEETING WITH VICE-PREMIER ZHU RONGJI. SEPARATELY, ARANZADI MET THE CHINESE MINISTER OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. ON 13 FEBRUARY LI PENG AND GONZALEZ ATTENDED A CEREMONY AT WHICH SIX AGREEMENTS ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION WERE SIGNED.

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