China Data Supplement December 2006

48 December 2006
PRC Agreements with Foreign
Countries
LIU Jen-Kai
Abbreviations
BBC PF BBC Monitoring Global Newsline - Asia-Pacific Political
File
RMRB Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), Beijing
Xinhua Xinhua News Agency (Beijing), chin.
XNA Xinhua News Agency News Bulletin (Hong
ZRGGG
Kong)(online)
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Guowuyuan Gongbao
(Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of
China)
India (Nov 21)
...After the talks between visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, After the talks, Hu and
Singh attended a signing ceremony for bilateral cooperative
documents concerning investment, quarantine, human resources
development, forestry, culture and the establishment of
consulates-general at Guangzhou and Kolkata. (XNA, 21 Nov 06)
New Delhi, 21 November: China and India published a joint
declaration in New Delhi on 21 November. The declaration reads in
full as follows:
Joint declaration
1. Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, paid a
state visit to the Republic of India from 20 to 23 November 2006 at
the invitation of His Excellency Abdul Kalam, President of the
Republic of India. ...
46. The two sides signed the following agreements during the
visit:
Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of
China and the Government of the Republic of India on the
Establishment of Consulates-General at Guangzhou and Kolkata;
Protocol on Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
China and the Ministry of External Affairs of India;
Agreement Between the Government of the People's Republic of
China and the Government of the Republic of India on the Issue of
Property of the Consulate General of India in Shanghai;
Agreement Between the Government of the People's Republic of
China and the Government of the Republic of India on Investment
Protection and Promotion;
Agreement of Cooperation Between the Genreal Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's
Republic of China and the Export Inspection Commission of the
Republic of India on the Inspection of Iron Ore;
Protocol Between the General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of
China and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of India on
Phytosanitary Requirements for Exporting Rice from India to China;
Memorandum of Understanding Between the China Securities
Regulatory Commission and the Forward Markets Commission of
India Regarding Commodity Futures Regulatory Cooperation;
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the
Central Party School of the Communist Party of China and the
Indian Institute of Public Administration;
Agreement on Forestry Cooperation Between the State Forestry
Bureau of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of
Environment and Forestry of the Republic of India;
Memorandum of Understanding on Agricultural Cooperation
between the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research;
Cooperation and Exchange Programme in the Field of Education
Between the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
and the Ministry of Human Resources Development of the Republic
of India;
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the
Conservation of Cultural Heritage Between the State Bureau for
Preservation of Cultural Relics of the People's Republic of China
and the Archaeology Bureau of the Republic of India; and
Agreement Between the Government of the People's Republic of
China and the Government of the Republic of India on Preventing
Theft, Clandestine Excavation and Illicit Import and Export of
Cultural Property. ... (Xinhua, 21 Nov 06, in BBC PF, 28 Nov 06)
India (Dec 17)