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

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
• Visit Britain - £4,500
• Arup - £5,000
• John Swire and Sons - £10,000
• China Britain Business Council - £4,500

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.
• 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.

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