All-Party Parliamentary China Group

The purpose of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group is:

To ensure parliamentarians are kept well informed on China, and to act as a platform for discussions on all issues of importance to the UK-China relationship.

People

Officers (updated from June 2016 annnual general meeting of the APPCG)

Chair

• Richard Graham - Conservative Party

Treasurer

• John Spellar - Labour

Secretary

• Lord Cotter

Hong Kong sub committee chair

• Lord Wei

Deputy Chairs

• Lord Timothy Clement-Jones - Liberal Democrats
• Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - Conservative Party
• David Hanson - Labour
• Alex Salmond - Scottish National Party
• Lord David Steel - Liberal Democrats

Vice chairs

• Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh - Scottish National Party
• David Simpson - Democratic Unionist Party
• Craig Williams - Conservative Party
• Nigel Evans - Conservative Party
• Roger Godsiff - Labour
• Stephen Hammond - Conservative Party
• Mark Hendrick - Labour Co-op
• Robert Jenrick - Conservative Party
• Jeremy Lefroy - Conservative Party
• Chris Leslie - Labour Co-op
• Angus MacNeil - Scottish National Party
• Alan Mak - Conservative Party
• Jason McCartney - Conservative Party
• Madeleine Moon - Labour
• Will Quince - Conservative Party
• Geoffrey Robinson - Labour
• Julian Sturdy - Conservative Party
• Michelle Thomson - Independent
• Yvonne Fovargue - Labour
• Catherine West - Labour

Former Officers

• Mark Hendrick - Chair
• Nigel Dodds - Vice-Chair
• Madeleine Moon - Vice-Chair
• David T. C. Davies - Vice-Chair
• Lord Clement-Jones - Vice-Chair
• Emma Reynolds - Treasurer
• Lord Cotter - Secretary
• Lord Nat Wei - Vice-Chair
• Lord Brian Cotter - Vice-Chair
• Iain Stewart - Vice-Chair
• Robin Walker - Vice-Chair
• Heather Wheeler - Vice-Chair
• Mark Garnier - Vice-Chair

Members

The APPCG is one of the largest All Party Parliamentary Groups by membership. Full list of members can be found here: File:APPCG members list.docx (accessed from APPCG website in November 2016).

Funding

Benefits received

From 19-26 February 2011 some members of the group visited Hong Kong. All costs were met by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (registered March 2011).

£10,000 from GKN plc, and £5000 from City of London (registered April 2011). £5000 from London Export Corporation Ltd and £10,000 from John Swire & Sons (registered May 2011). £10,000 from GlaxoSmithKline (registered July 2011). £10,000 from Astra Zeneca (registered July 2011).

The group’s chairman visited China from 29 July to 26 August 2011, assisted by the following: London South Bank University covered the cost of return flights from London to Beijing; Huawei covered the cost of two football tickets and hospitality for the Italian Super Cup final at the Beijing Birds Nest Stadium on 6 August 2011; Confucius Institutes Headquarters (Hanban) covered costs for accommodation, Chinese language training including a Chinese language course, and general expenses from 29 July to 26 August 2011. £5000 from Arup. £5000 from University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (Registered September 2011). £10,000 from HSBC (registered October 2011). £5000 from University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (Registered November 2011). Free upgrades on flights were provided (at a cost of approximately £13,040) by Virgin Atlantic when members of the group visited China from 16-23 December 2011 (registered January 2012).

Financial benefits

These organisations paid the APPG:

• City of London - £5,000 (27/03/2015), £5,000 (08/04/2016)
• Visit Britain - £4,500 (20/03/2015)
• Arup - £5,000 (11/06/2015)
• John Swire and Sons - £10,000 (02/06/2015)
• China Britain Business Council - £4,500 (08/07/2015), £4,500 (25/02/2016)

Benefits in kind

• The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office registered in June 2015 that it had paid (in bands of £1,500) £10,501-£12,000 for a visit to Hong Kong for the group on March 22 2015.
• The Institute of Director's City Branch paid (in bands of £1,500) £4,501-£6,000 for the group's annual dinner. (July 2015)
• HSBC paid (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 for a UK-China Business Lunch. (August 2015)
• The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office paid (in bands of £1,500) £103,501-£105,000 for a visit to Hong Kong from 25-29 January 2016.

Events

2016

• June 29: Annual general meeting & briefing from UK ambassador to China.
• May 4: APPCG meeting on 'the UK-China strategic partnership: mapping out Britain’s relationship with China'. Speakers include Prof. Kerry Brown (director, Lau China Institute at King’s College, London), Jeanne-Marie Gescher OBE (former Legal Advisor to successive British Ambassadors in Bejiing), Prof. Danny Quah (director, Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at LSE).
• March 21: APPCG members briefing on Hong Kong and the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Speakers include Jonathan Fenby CBE (co-founder and managing director of the China team at Trusted Sources) and Isabel Hilton OBE (CEO and Editor, chinadialogue).
• March 9: APPCG meeting to discuss the rule of law in China (in cooperation with the Human Rights APPG and Rule of Law APPG).
• March 2: APPCG members briefing from H.E. Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK.
• February 25: APPCG meeting to discuss 'the growth of aviation in China and how the UK can benefit'. Speakers include: Jeegar Kakkad,, Mark Johnson, Richard Tams (executive vice president, greater China, British Airways), Jiang Sunan (minister counsellor for science & technology, Chinese embassy).
• February: APPCG annual Chinese new year reception. Sponsored by VisitBritain and the China-Britain Business Council (with support from InvestUK and Wei Yang & Partners).
• January 20: APPCG meeting on 'The Story of China' with Michael Wood, co-hosted with the BBC.

Contact

APPG China Group Coordinator, Office of Richard Graham MP

Address: London SW1P 0AA

Tel: 02072197077

Email:appcg.enquiries@gmail.com

Website: http://appcg.org.uk