Hon. Alice Wong, P.C.

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, December 1, 2009 — Alice Wong, Member of Parliament for Richmond, will be accompanying Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first official visit to China, scheduled to begin on December 2. Ms. Wong is one of two MPs having ethnic Chinese descent who have been invited to join the China delegation, the other being Michael Chong, MP for Wellington-Halton Hills in Ontario. In light of the fact that Canada has 1.2 million people of Chinese origin, it is fitting that Ms. Wong is a participant in this visit.

The Prime Minister will be making stops in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Official meetings will be held with President Hu Jintao, National People’s Congress chairman Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao. There will also be a number of meetings scheduled with key business leaders.

The purpose of the trip is primarily relationship building, capping off a steady progression of high level visits to China in recent years.

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