‘Captains’ will follow Mr Talboys to China

Press, 12 April 1979, Page 16

‘Captains’ will follow Mr Talboys to China

NZPA Hong Kong At least 10 “captains” of New Zealand industry will visit China during the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Taiboys).

According to official sources, the intention is that while Mr Taiboys pursues political goodwill with Chinese Government Ministers, the business

leaders will seek export opportunities. The formula of business talks linked to a senior political visit has been used successfully in China by the British and Australian Governments. Trade experts say the presence in Peking of a senior political figure will add prestige to the business figures from his country who will meet Ch ine s e Government buying agencies while Government - to - Government talks take place. Among the New Zealand business group planning to be in Peking at the time of Mr Taiboy’s visit to China from May 5 to 15 are the chairman of the Meat Producers’ Board (Mr C. Hilgendorf), the chairman of R. and W. Hellaby, Ltd (Mr R. F. A. Hellaby) the chairman of the Challenge Corporation (Mr R. R. Trotter), the chairman of the ImportExport Corporation (Mr H. W. Revell), the chief executive of the Bank of New Zealand (Mr B. H. Smith), and senior representatives of Alex Harvey Industries, Mace Engineering, and Mair and Company, Ltd. Their presence makes the Taiboys mission New Zealand’s biggest joint Government-industry effort effort yet to ensure a permanent place for New Zealand in the supply of goods and services required by China in its modernisation drive.

Promising segments of trade singled out by trade analysts include agricultural machinery, prefabricated housing and hotel motels, meat, wool, forest products, the broiler chicken industry, and farm improvement. Trade officers hope their visit will set the stage for regular exchanges between their salesmen and buyers from Chinese departments. They say that a political umbrella for initial toplevel business dealings is almost essential because China’s foreign purchasing is. done through Government departments.

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