Chinese vice-premier to make ‘goodwill visit’

THE vice-premier of China is set to visit Cork next week and ties between the city and Shanghai are to be further strengthened next month.

Zeng Peiyan is to visit the Tyndall National Institute, formerly the National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC), next Tuesday as part of what a spokesman for the Chinese embassy said was a goodwill visit to promote further links between the two countries.

It is well known that the Chinese have long admired the way Ireland has advanced in the field of microelectronics and the 68-year-old served in his country’s Ministry of Electronics and for the past 18 years, as well as serving in several leadership roles in key economic and planning organisations.