Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the government of China in 2011.
The UK Government has held three high-level dialogues and a wide range of ministerial-level dialogues and other meetings with the Chinese Government in 2011. The high level dialogues and visits in the UK have included the Prime Ministerial Summit in June, the Strategic Dialogue in late September, the Economic and Financial Dialogue in early September and the visit of Vice Premier Li Keqiang in January. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Ministers and officials were involved in all of these visits, each of which involved several meetings with several Chinese Ministers and officials.
FCO Ministers have also been involved in ministerial-level dialogues and meetings including a meeting between the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend
In addition, Lord Green in March, and I in May/June both visited China where we met our ministerial counterparts and other representatives of the Chinese Government.
We have also held a number of official-level dialogues with the Chinese Government including the Human Rights Dialogue in the UK in January, the Counter Proliferation and Security Dialogue in China in June, an Africa Dialogue in the UK in June, and a South Asia Dialogue in China in September. FCO officials responsible for a wide range of policy areas have also visited China for expert-level discussions in 2011.
FCO officials regularly meet Chinese embassy officials in London, as well as visiting delegations from China covering a range of subjects. FCO officials based in our diplomatic network in China also meet Chinese Government representatives on a very frequent basis.
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