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.
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==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
 APPCG | Officers, APPCG.org.uk, accessed 11 November 2016.
China APPG, Register 28 April 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2016 
===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). APPCG | Members, APPCG.org.uk, accessed 11 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). Register of all-Party parliamentary groups (as at 28 April 2016), Parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2016. 
===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. China APPG, parliament.uk, accessed 22 April 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. 
 APPCG | Past events, APPCG.org.uk, accessed 11 November 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
==Resources==
==Notes==
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