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06GUANGZHOU32145
2006-11-03 08:35:00
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Consulate Guangzhou
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Guangdong Vice Governor Welcomes Further Direct Dialogue

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON CH
SUBJECT: Guangdong Vice Governor Welcomes Further Direct Dialogue
on Areas of U.S. Interest

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON CH
SUBJECT: Guangdong Vice Governor Welcomes Further Direct Dialogue
on Areas of U.S. Interest

(U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.


1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Executive Vice Governor Tang Bing Quan
welcomed dialogue on bilateral issues ranging from IPR to the
U.S.-China trade balance in his first meeting with the Consul
General on October 23. Tang said that given the high quality of
Guangdong's infrastructure and hi-tech manufacturing capabilities,
he was not concerned about losing investment to neighboring
provinces despite their cheaper labor costs; he also said that the
province's highest priorities remain in solving energy, environment
and land use problems. END SUMMARY.


2. (SBU) Tang told the Consul General on October 23 that while he
had initially worried that the availability of cheaper labor in
neighboring provinces (such as Guangxi) might hurt Guangdong's
economic development, he was now confident that "high-level, higher
value-added" investment would remain in the province. Tang
described Shenzhen's booming hi-tech manufacturing sector, the Pearl
River Delta's improving water, power, and transportation
infrastructure, and Guangdong's export experience and industrial
prowess as keys to the province's economic sustainability.


3. (SBU) Reiterating his own personal steadfast commitment to
protecting IPR in Guangdong, Tang described the efforts of the
Chinese government to deal with IPR violators. He invited the
Consul General to contact him with any specific IP concerns, and
took note of his good relationship with the American Chamber of
Commerce in South China as evidence of his good will towards U.S.
interests. Tang offered a caveat, however, saying that for a
province of Guangdong's size, IPR protection and the development of
domestic IP interests would have to be a long-term process: "A big
tree will always have rotten leaves."


4. (SBU) The Consul General thanked Tang for his support in
facilitating OBO work on the new Consulate compound, took note of
the assurances on IPR cooperation and expressed continuing interest
in engaging on issues of bilateral interest. He also said that he
hoped high level U.S. visitors would travel to Guangzhou in the
coming months and that senior level Guangdong leaders would be
willing to meet with them.


5. (SBU) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: Tang is a native of Guangdong, having
risen through the ranks of his local Zhongshan city CPC apparatus
before becoming Vice Governor of Guangdong in 1996. As Executive
Vice Governor, Tang's portfolios include foreign trade, foreign
affairs, ports of entry and anti-smuggling efforts, tourism,
overseas Chinese affairs, and Taiwan affairs. Tang, who speaks
Mandarin Chinese with a heavy Cantonese accent, is a personable and
able interlocutor who is prepared to respond directly to questions
as they are raised rather than engage in lengthy discourse of
economic minutiae during meetings.

GOLDBERG