HC Deb 11 January 1985 vol 70 c564W
Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the staff of the commercial section in Peking visited the exhibitions in Tianjin, China, that took place from 29 November to 4 December.

Mr. Rifkind

Two members of the commercial department of Her Majesty's embassy, Peking attended the opening day (29 November) of the electric power and water exposition in Tianjin, China. They met the British exhibitors before the opening ceremony, attended the ceremony, escorted the Chinese dignitaries through the British stands and talked to the British exhibitors over lunch and in the afternoon at the exhibition. The commercial department of the embassy also assisted and briefed those exhibitors who contacted them at the embassy during or after the exhibition.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British companies exhibited at the energy exhibition in Tianjin, China, from 29 November to 4 December.

Mr. Rifkind

Nineteen British firms, including one major engineering company and five of its manufacturing subsidiaries, exhibited at the electric power and water exposition in Tianjin, China. Their participation was organised jointly by the Federation of British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Associations and the British Overseas Trade Board.