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*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. <ref> add ref - when was the visit? </ref>
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*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)  
 
*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)
 
*[[HSBC]] paid (in bands of £1,500) £1,501-£3,000 for a UK-China Business Lunch. (August 2015)

Revision as of 11:01, 11 November 2016

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

Treasurer

Secretary

Hong Kong sub committee chair

Deputy Chairs

Vice chairs

[1] [2]

Former Officers

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). [3]

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). [4][2]

Financial benefits

These organisations paid the APPG:

Benefits in kind

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

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ APPCG | Officers, APPCG.org.uk, accessed 11 November 2016.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 China APPG, Register 28 April 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2016
  3. ↑ APPCG | Members, APPCG.org.uk, accessed 11 November 2016.
  4. ↑ House of Commons, register of all-party groups, as of 9 February 2012
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 China APPG, parliament.uk, accessed 22 April 2016
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