New Zealand Wool Board hosts Chinese delegation

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 2, Issue 29, 18 December 1984, Page 23

New Zealand Wool Board hosts Chinese delegation

Another group from the Chinese textile industry is visiting the country on the invitation of the New Zealand Wool Board. They are here to become familiar with the different types of New Zealand wool which may, as a result, lead to purchases over a much wider range in future. Two previous visits — the first in 1982 — saw technicians and production engineers from Chinese mills taking part in the programme. The latest delegation, chosen by the

Chinese Ministry of Textile Industry, consists of controllers of raw wool supplies. According to Mr Max Churchman of the Wool Board 's Market Development Division who is accompanying the group, they are the type of people with whom the Board has been hoping to have close contact. All, except the group's interpreter, are in municipal or provincial wool textile corporations, belonging to departments responsible for

planning wool consumption, wool purchases, wool storage and distribution at the local level to local mills. The group's first week in New Zealand has been spent at Massey University's Wool Department gaining background knowledge on New Zealand wools to prepare them for six weeks in the industry. So far, they have been impressed with the programme, adding that New Zealand teachers are warm and relaxed — in China they can be much more serious!