China Data Supplement December 2006

50 December 2006
Chinese Customs Department indicate that China-Myanmar bilateral
trade in the first half of 2006 amounted to 662m dollars, a 10.8-per
cent rise compared with the same period of 2005. Of the total,
China's export to Myanmar took 549m dollars, up 30.5 per cent,
while China's import from Myanmar 114m dollars, down 35.9 per
cent. The two countries have set a target for their annual bilateral
trade to increase to 1.5bn dollars. (XNA, 23 Nov 06)
Pakistan (Nov 24)
Cina and Pakistan issued a joint statement in Islamabad on 25
November. The full text of the joint statement is as follows:
1. At the invitation of President Pervez Musharraf of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic
of China paid a state visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 23
to 26 November 2006. ...
30. During the visit, the two sides signed the following documents
on cooperation:
1) "Exchange of Notes on Setting up a Pakistan Consulate
General in Chengdu Between the Government of the People's
Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan";
2) "Agreement on Free Trade between the Government of the
People's Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan";
3) "Five-Year Development Programme on Trade and Economic
Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan";
4) "Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation
between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan";
5) "Exchange of Notes on Placing on File Projects for the
Construction of Friendship Centres Between the People's Republic
of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan";
6) "Exchange of Notes on Placing on File the Government of the
People's Republic of China Assisting Quake-Hit Areas of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan To Build Schools and Hospitals";
7) "Acceptance Certificate Issued by the Government of the
People's Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan Upon the Completion of the First-Phase Project
of Gwadar Port";
8) "2007-2009 Action Plan of the Cultural Agreement Between the
Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government
of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan";
9) "Memorandum of Understanding Between the China
Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Pakistan on
Setting up a China-Pakistan Joint Investment Company";
10) "Framework Agreement on Ensuring the Raising of Funds for
Bilateral Cooperation Between the China Export and Credit
Insurance Corporation and the Ministry of Finance of Pakistan";
11) "Memorandum of Understanding on Raising Funds for a
Project To Repair and Transform the Karakoram Highway";
12) "Agreement on the Contract of a Project To Transform the
Section From Raikot to Hongqilapu Section of the Karakoram
Highway";
13) "Framework Agreement on Cooperation Between the China
North Industries Corporation and the Heavy Industries Taxila of
Pakistan";
14) "Agreement Between the Zhenhua Oil Holding Co., Ltd. and
the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources of Pakistan on a
Permit for Prospecting Basca [ba si ka; name as transliterated] and
the Eastern Region of Bahawalpur";
15) "Memorandum of Understanding Between the Huawei
Company and the Pakistan Telecommunication Mobile Ltd. on
Deepening Cooperation in the GSM900/1800 Expansion Project";
16) "Agreement on Prospecting and Developing the Mineral
Deposits in Saindak East of Pakistan";
17) "Agreement Between the China Qingqi Group Co., Ltd. and
the National Bank of Pakistan on Cooperation in a Plan To Exercise
Unified Control Over Employment";
18) "Contract Between the China National Chemical Engineering
Group Corporation and the Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited on a
PVC Complex Project“; ( Xinhua, 25 Nov 06, in BBC PF, 28 Nov 06)
Syria (Dec 19)
The Chinese government awarded Syria approved destination
status for Chinese tour groups. Gu Chaoxi, deputy director of the
China National Tourism Administration and Muhammad Khayr
al-Wadi, Syrian ambassador to China, signed two documents on
Tuesday, including a bilateral tourism memorandum of