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Economic services’ Minister on China visit
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08/10/2001
08/10/2001
| Minister for Economic Services, Prof. Josef Bonnici is currently in the | People’s Republic of China. He is leading a Maltese Government Delegation that today (Monday 8th October) participated in the Third Meeting of the China-Malta Mixed Economic Commission. This meeting was co-chaired by Minister Josef Bonnici and by H.E. Mr Zhou Keren, Vice Minister in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation. (MOFTEC). |
| The meeting highlighted the excellent relations | between Malta and China and sought to identify ways in which economic ties between the two countries could be improved further. In particular, Minister Bonnici emphasised the potential that Malta holds for Chinese Companies seeking a base in the Mediterranean from where to sustain and expand their trade with Southern Europe and North Africa. |
| During the Mixed Commission Meeting, Minister Bonnici | was accompanied by Saviour Borg (Malta’s Ambassador in Beijing), Paul Zahra (Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Economic Services), Anthony Diacono (Chairman, METCO) and representatives from the Malta Development Corporation and the Malta Drydocks. |
| Other appointments in China include a meeting with | the all China Federation of Industry and Commerce, with the Chinese Committee for Promoting International Trade as well as visits to two of the leading Chinese Companies in the field of information technology and tele-communications. |
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