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Members will be aware that I have recently returned from a visit to China.  The purpose of my visit was to reinforce and build on Wales’ relationship with the Municipality of Chongqing, and to seek greater engagement with the central and Municipal Governments in Beijing, with a view to enhancing the educational and business opportunities for Welsh institutions and companies.  I was joined at various points during my visit programme by senior business and education representatives from Wales, who also had their own programme.


My first engagement in Chongqing was with the Commission of Foreign Trade and Economic Co\-operation (COFTEC), accompanied by a number of the Welsh representation, to discuss business opportunities both in trade and investment.  The profile and reputation established by Wales in Chongqing was evident through the willingness and eagerness of COFTEC to explore business opportunities.


I visited the Two Rivers New Zone (TRNZ) in Chongqing and met the Director General.  TRNZ is the third national\-level development area established in China (after Shanghai’s Pudong District and Tianjin’s Binhai New Area) and will be the centre of finance and commerce for inland China.  TRNZ is expected to contribute approx £60billion to Chongqing GDP annually.


I had separate high\-level meetings with Party Secretary Bo Xilai and Mayor Huang Qifan, who hosted a dinner attended by senior Chongqing Government personnel and the Welsh representatives.  The meetings were positive and constructive, again recognising the Wales – Chongqing relationship.  We discussed a number of opportunities in business and education.  I signed a new Co\-operation Agreement between the Welsh Government and the Chongqing Government, which supersedes the previous Agreement signed in 2008\.


I participated in the launch of the Wales – Chongqing Further Education Consortium established by CollegesWales/ColegauCymru to develop collaborative links with the vocational education sector in Chongqing and South West China, and in the launch of the Wales – China Higher Education Training Consortium established by the University sector in Wales, effectively providing a one\-stop shop for Chinese universities, government organisations and the private sector across the full range of training and development courses offered by Welsh universities.  Both Consortia will have a staff member based in the Welsh Government office in Chongqing. 


Other engagements in Chongqing included a media conference; a visit to Chongqing HIFU Technology Co Ltd, specialising in high intensity focused ultrasound therapy who are interested in establishing a centre in Wales; a visit to and meeting with the China Three Gorges Museum who will host an exhibition from the National Museum of Wales next year; attendance at the signing of a collaborative Agreement between Cardiff University and the Chongqing Cancer Hospital; a visit to the Welsh garden being constructed at the China International Garden Expo designed by the National Botanical Garden of Wales (the only UK garden at the Expo); a visit to a social housing project; and attendance at a Reception hosted by the British Consulate General in Chongqing.


In Beijing I received a full briefing from the Deputy Ambassador on UK – China relations and the opportunities in the education and business fields.  I subsequently met the Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs for positive and constructive talks on the Wales – China relationship and opportunities for greater engagement in business, education and culture, including enhancement of China’s diplomatic presence vis\-à\-vis Wales.


I attended the signing of a MOU between Swansea University and Daluhuangxing Quality Certification Control Centre Co Ltd (HXQC) relating to the establishment of a China European Standards Institute at Swansea, and met the Director General of Hanban (the Chinese Language  Council International) in support of an application by Bangor University for the establishment of a Confucius Institute at the University.


I had constructive and very positive discussions with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) about the lifting of restrictions on the import of Welsh lamb to China, and with the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFAE) about accreditation of the Wales – China Higher Education Training Consortium as an approved training body for courses funded by the Government.  I hosted a Reception for new and existing contacts in Beijing.


I met the Mayor of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality and signed a Memorandum of Understanding between our two respective Governments setting out the intention of both Governments to work together in the areas of economic trade and development, education and training, standards and quality, environment, culture and governance.


Wales has developed very positive links with China and it’s vital to maintain and build on this in the years ahead.  The feedback I received from other Welsh representatives during the visit has been similarly positive.  I believe there are significant opportunities for Wales in China and it is my intention to ensure that those opportunities are realised.  







Translation:


 
Fel y gŵyr yr aelodau, yn ddiweddar dychwelais o ymweliad â Tsieina. Pwrpas yr ymweliad hwn oedd cryfhau ac ehangu cysylltiadau Cymru â Rhanbarth Dinesig Chongqing, a hefyd y cysylltiadau â’r llywodraethau canolog a rhanbarth dinesig yn Beijing. Ein nod yw creu mwy o gyfleoedd addysgol a busnes i sefydliadau a chwmnïau o Gymru. O bryd i’w gilydd yn ystod fy ymweliad, cefais gwmni uwch gynrychiolwyr o’n byd busnes ac addysg. Roedd ganddynt hwythau hefyd eu rhaglen eu hunain i’w dilyn. 

 Cyfarfod â’r Comisiwn Masnach Dramor a Chydweithredu Economaidd (COFTEC) i drafod cyfleoedd busnes ym meysydd masnach a buddsoddi oedd fy nghyfarfod cyntaf yn Chongqing, a hynny yng nghwmni rhai o’r cynrychiolwyr o Gymru. Roedd proffil Cymru a’i henw da yn Chongqing yn amlwg o weld parodrwydd a brwdfrydedd y Comisiwn i chwilio am gyfleoedd busnes.

 Ymwelais â ‘Two Rivers New Zone’ (TRNZ) yn Chongqing a chwrddais â’r Cyfarwyddwr Cyffredinol.  TRNZ yw’r drydedd ardal ddatblygu ar lefel genedlaethol sydd wedi cael ei dynodi yn Tsieina (ar ôl Ardal Pudong, Shanghai, ac Ardal Newydd  Binhai, Tianjin). Bydd yr ardal hon yn ganolfan ariannol a masnachol i ganoldir Tsieina. Disgwylir i TRNZ gyfrannu tua £60 biliwn i Gynnyrch Mewnwladol Crynswth Chongqing bob blwyddyn.

 Bûm mewn cyfarfodydd lefel uchel ar wahân gydag Ysgrifennydd y Parti, Bo Xilai, a’r Maer, Huang Qifan, a gynhaliodd cinio i uwch bersonél o Lywodraeth Chongqing a chynrychiolwyr o Gymru. Roedd y cyfarfodydd yn gadarnhaol ac yn adeiladol iawn, ac unwaith eto cafodd perthynas Cymru a Chongqing ei chydnabod. Buom yn trafod nifer o gyfleoedd mewn busnes ac addysg, a llofnodais Gytundeb Cydweithredu newydd rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a Llywodraeth Chongqing, sy’n disodli’r Cytundeb blaenorol a lofnodwyd yn 2008\.

 Cymerais ran yn lansiad Consortiwm Addysg Bellach Cymru \- Chongqing a grëwyd gan CollegesWales/ColegauCymru i ddatblygu cysylltiadau cydweithio â’r sector addysg alwedigaethol yn Chongqing a De\-orllewin Tsieina. Hefyd cymerais ran yn lansiad Consortiwm Hyfforddiant Addysg Uwch Cymru \- Tsieina a sefydlwyd gan sector y Prifysgolion yng Nghymru. Bydd hyn yn creu siop\-un\-stop er mwyn i brifysgolion, sefydliadau’r llywodraeth a’r sector preifat yn Tsieina gael gweld yr ystod lawn o gyrsiau hyfforddiant a datblygu a gynigir gan brifysgolion Cymru. Bydd gan y ddau Gonsortiwm aelod o staff yn swyddfa Llywodraeth Cymru yn Chongqing.  

 Roedd y digwyddiadau eraill yn Chongqing yn cynnwys cynhadledd i’r cyfryngau; ymweld â HIFU Technology Co Ltd Chongqing, sy’n arbenigo mewn therapi uwchsain dwysedd uchel a dargedir, ac sydd â diddordeb mewn sefydlu canolfan yng Nghymru; ymweld â’r Three Gorges Museum yn Tsieina a fydd yn cynnal arddangosfa o Amgueddfa Cymru y flwyddyn nesaf; bod yn bresennol wrth i Gytundeb Cydweithredu gael ei lofnodi rhwng Prifysgol Caerdydd ac Ysbyty Canser Chongqing; ymweld â gardd Cymru, a ddyluniwyd gan Ardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru ac sy’n cael ei chreu yn Expo Gerddi Rhyngwladol Tsieina (dyma’r unig ardd o’r DU yn yr Expo); ymweld â phrosiect tai cymdeithasol; a bod yn bresennol mewn Derbyniad a gynhaliwyd gan Swyddfa Prif Gonswl Prydain yn Chongqing. 

 Yn Beijing, cefais fy mriffio’n llawn gan y Dirprwy Lysgennad ynghylch y berthynas rhwng y DU a Tsieina a’r cyfleoedd ym meysydd addysg a busnes. Wedyn, cwrddais ag Is\-weinidog Materion Tramor Tsieina a chafwyd trafodaethau cadarnhaol ac adeiladol am y berthynas rhwng Cymru a Tsieina a’r cyfleoedd i greu mwy o gysylltiadau ym meysydd busnes, addysg a diwylliant, gan gynnwys sicrhau mwy o bresenoldeb llysgenhadol i Tsieina yng Nghymru.

 Bûm yn bresennol wrth i Femorandwm Cyd\-ddealltwriaeth gael ei lofnodi rhwng Prifysgol Abertawe a Chanolfan Rheoli Tystysgrifau Ansawdd Co Ltd Daluhuangxing (HXQC) ynghylch sefydlu Sefydliad Safonau Ewrop Tsieina yn Abertawe, a chwrddais â Chyfarwyddwr Cyffredinol Haban (Cyngor Rhyngwladol yr Iaith Tsieineeg) i gefnogi cais gan Brifysgol Bangor i greu Athrofa Confucius yn y Brifysgol.

 Cefais drafodaethau adeiladol a chadarnhaol iawn â Gweinyddiaeth Gyffredinol Goruchwylio Ansawdd, Arolygu a Chwarantîn (AQSIQ) ynghylch cael gwared ar y cyfyngiadau ar fewnforio cig oen Cymru i Tsieina, ac â Gweinyddiaeth y Wladwriaeth ar gyfer Materion Arbenigwyr Tramor (SAFAE) ynghylch achredu Consortiwm Hyfforddiant Addysg Uwch Cymru \- Tsieina fel corff hyfforddi sydd wedi’i gymeradwyo ar gyfer cyrsiau a ariennir gan y Llywodraeth.  Cynhaliais Dderbyniad ar gyfer cysylltiadau hen a newydd yn Beijing.

 Cwrddais â Maer Llywodraeth y Bobl Rhanbarth Dinesig Beijing a llofnodwyd Memorandwm Cyd\-ddealltwriaeth rhwng y ddwy Lywodraeth i nodi ein bwriad i gydweithio ym meysydd masnach a datblygu economaidd, addysg a hyfforddiant, safonau ac ansawdd, yr amgylchedd, diwylliant a llywodraethu.

 Mae Cymru wedi datblygu cysylltiadau cadarnhaol iawn â Tsieina ac mae’n hollbwysig cynnal y rhain a’u hehangu yn y blynyddoedd i ddod. Mae’r adborth a gafwyd oddi wrth gynrychiolwyr eraill o Gymru yn ystod yr ymweliad hefyd yn gadarnhaol. Rwy’n credu bod cyfleoedd sylweddol i Gymru yn Tsieina a’m bwriad yw sicrhau ein bod yn cael manteisio ar y cyfleoedd hynny.