The Bristol China Partnership
Annual General Meeting March 2005
Chairman’s Report 2004
Dear: President, The Rt.Honourable the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Simon Cook, Officers, Executive Members, Members and Friends
I am delighted to give a summary of last years activities between Bristol and Guangzhou our Sister Cities.
28th April 2004
Guangzhou Economic Commission of Guangzhou Municipality Delegation visited Bristol - Headed by Mr Ping Xinguang and his delegation. There were 14 very sizable companies in Guangzhou participating on this visit:
- Guangzhou Capital Management of Mechanical & Electrical Industry Co, Ltd
- Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery Group Co., Ltd
- Guangzhou Electronic (Group) Co., Ltd
- Guangzhou Wanbao Group Co, Ltd
- Guangzhou Mechanical & Electrical (Holding) Co, Ltd
- Guangzhou Light Industry & Trade Group Ltd
- Guangzhou Light Industry Trade Enterprise Group
- Guangzhou Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd
- Guangzhou Automobile Industrial Group Co., Ltd
- Guangzhou Automobile Group Component Co., Ltd
- Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holding Ltd
- Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
- Guangzhou Baiyun Electric Group Co. Ltd
- Guangzhou Yangcheng Science & Technology Enterprises Co., Ltd
Before the visit Mr Ping the Director General the approached Bristol-China-Partnership for our co-ordination and help for planning the program in advance.
Many thanks also to UKTI and UWE who sponsored this event. It was a great turn out in which around 150 people attended.
17-12th July 2004 Guangzhou Sister-City Football Tournament
The Sister-City Football Tournament between four countries were;
Bristol - Bristol Rover Football Club under 19
Auckland - Three King United Soccer Club
Korea – Gwangju Sangmu Football Club
Guangzhou – Sunraycave Football Club, the host country
9th July 2004
Opening Ceremony – Guangzhou VS Bristol
Result – 6 : 1 to Guangzhou
– Gwangju VS Auckland
Result – 7 : 1 to Gwangju
11th July 2004
3rd, 4th Placing Match
Result – 4th Place, Auckland
– 3rd Place, Bristol Rover Football Club, awarded a bronze Cup and US$10,000 prize money
Final Match – Guangzhou VS Gwangju
Result – 3 : 1 to Gwangju
– 2nd Place, Guangzhou, Awarded a Silver Cup and US$20,000 prize money
– 1st Place, Gwangju, Awarded Trophy Cup and US$30,000 prize money
These were the first sport exchanges between our Sister Cities. The trip and the whole tournament was a magnificent and memorable one to the Bristol Rover boys and everyone else. A special thanks to Mr Kevin Hamblin, Principal of the Filton College, John Hughes of Mail Marketing International Limited and other supporters to make this trip happen. And also thank you Kevin for offering two Young Footballer Scholarship to train in Bristol. The two boys started training since September 2004.
25-26th October 2004
Guangdong Delegation visit UK – Headed by Mr Huang Huahua, Governor of Guangdong Provinces with 21 Mayors from the Guangdong Province and also included 105 Enterprise companies.
25th October 2004 – Kam Wong and Members of Confederation of Chinese Association UK, members of staffs from the Chinese Embassy has hosted a dinner reception for the Governor and his delegation in a Chinese Restaurant.
26th October 2004 – The BCP President, the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Cllr. Simon Cook, Cllr Peter Abraham and Kam Wong were invited to London and met some members of the Guangdong delegation and Mr Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Specal Administrative Region. Now he is Acting Governor for the Hong Kong Government.
6th Annual Banquet Dinner at Dynasty Restaurant 29th October 2004
Members and guests joined the Rt. Hon the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councilor Simon Cook and other VIPs to celebrate our Sister City success with Guangzhou and our 6th Anniversary of the Bristol China Partnership at the Dynasty Restaurant, St Thomas Street, Bristol.
The Lord Mayor, the Chairman and other VIP delivered a few words of encouragement to mark the success of Bristol China Partnership for the last six years. The highlight of the evening was the superb entertainment provided by Chinese Musicians.
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BCP Chairman Kam Wong with Lord Mayor Simon Cook |
Counsellor Lu Yueke, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the RT Hon the Lord Mayor of Bristol |
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People's Government of Guangdong Province with Lord Mayor Simon Cook |
3-6th November 2004
The Lord Mayor’s Delegation visit to Guangzhou
THE GROUP
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Name |
Position |
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1 |
Cllr Simon Cook |
The Lord Mayor of Bristol |
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2 |
Mr David Clark |
The Lord Mayor's Secretary |
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Mr Philip Spencer |
HSBC-Divisional Manager, International Trade Service |
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Mr John Hughes |
Chairman and Managing Director of Mail Marketing International Ltd - (also the Patron of BCP) |
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Dr Stuart Kewley |
University West of England, Business School |
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Mr Richard Gould |
Bristol City Football Club |
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Mr David Drew |
Dynamic Processing Solution (Bristol) Ltd |
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Mr Wallace Kwong |
Precision Fuels - (also General Secretary of BCP) |
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Mr Mike Brodin |
Business West - Manager |
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Sacha Moore |
UKTI South West – Trade Development Manager |
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Kam Wong |
Chairman of the Bristol China Partnership |
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Yuk Sang Lee |
Executive Member of the Bristol China Partnership |
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Paul Chang |
Executive Member of the Bristol China Partnership |
The programme included official meetings between the Lord Mayor and Guangzhou senior officials including Mr Lin Shusen, the party secretary of Guangzhou.
Program for Bristol Lord Mayor’s Delegation - November 3-6, 2004
3rd November (Wednesday)
Afternoon Arrive at the China Marriott Hotel
12:00 Lunch
12:30-16:00 John Hughes and Kam to visit the Polyfilm factories.
16:15- 17:00 Guangzhou Football Associations – Kam Wong arranged a meeting with GZFA with Richard Gould of Bristol City FC.
18:00 Visit Bristol China Partnership, Guangzhou Office
18:30 Welcoming reception hosted by GZ Foreign Affairs Office
4th November (Thursday)
9:00 Courtesy call to Guangzhou Government – Meeting Mr Chen
Mingde the Vice Mayor of Guangzhou Government and other
Senior Government Officers.
9:40 Start off from City Hall
10:20 Visit Guangzhou International Exhibition & Convention
Center
11:00 Tour around Tianhe Distric (CITIC Plaza, East Railway
station square and waterfall park)
12:00 Lunch (Deluxe Restaurant)
13:40 Visit Ersha Island
14:40 Visit the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
15:30 Leave for Hotel
17:20 Leave for Oriental Resort
18:00 Meeting with Mr. Lin Shusen, Party Secretary of
Guangzhou
18:30 Welcome Banquet hosted by Party Secretary of
Guangzhou
20:30 Night Cruise on Pearl River
5th November 2004 (Friday)
9:30 Meeting with representatives from the Economic
Development Zone
10:20 Visit Companies
11:30 Lunch
13:30 Visit Chen Clan Temple
15:00 Visit Yuntai Park
16:00 Back to Hotel
Evening Reception – Joint hosted by British Consulate General
and HSBC
6th November (Saturday)
6:00 Leave for Hong Kong for UK
14-16th November 2004
The Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Guangzhou visited Bristol – Headed By Mr Long Jianan, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress.
14th November (Sunday)
21:35 - A brief meeting with BCP Secretary to go over the visit
Program.
15th November (Monday)
9:00 – Visit to the Bristol Blue Glass
10:30 - Meeting with the Lord Mayor of Bristol at the Lord
Mayor’s Parlour, City
Council. Discussion with Mr Malcolin Shorney, Chief
Financial Officer,
Bristol City Council, Mr Ron Hodges, Deputy Lord Mayor
and Mr David Clark, the Lord Mayor’s Secretary will also
be present.
12:15 - Lunch at the Bristol Marriott Royal, Hosted by John
Hughes, Chairman of Mail Marketing International
Limited.
14:00 - City Tour
15:00 - Meeting with Dr Tony Beraird, Leading Expert on Public
Administration and Governance, University of West of
England.
18:30 - Dinner hosted by Bristol-China-Partnership at the Cheung
Kong Restaurant
16th November (Tuesday)
9:00 - Depart for oxford
A NOTE OF THANKS
The BCP was formed in 1998. In 2004 is the most active and productive year. Bristol-China-Partnership would like to express it's sincere gratitude to His Excellency Mr. Zha Peixin, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the UK, The Mayor of Guangzhou Mr LIN Shusen, the Party Secretary of Guanghzou Municipal People’s Government, Mr Christopher Wood Consul General of HM British Government, The Bristol City Council, The Ex-Lord Mayor Cllr.Graham Robertson OBE, Ex-Lord Mayor Cllr. Bill Martin, Our President The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Cllr Simon Cook, the UKTI, RDA, UOB, HSBC, University South West of England, offered a MBA Scholarship for the GZ Government young staff to study in UWE, and all the people who have been involved with the BCP. Together with the support of it's sponsors who have enabled us to develop closer links with the people of China.
I would also like to extend my personal thanks to all our Officers, our patron Mr John R T Hughes and Wendy Ho, members of the Bristol China Partnership, for your continuous efforts and hard works
I look forward to all your continuous efforts and support.
Kam Wong