A CONSULAR STATEMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 139, 15 June 1933, Page 14

A CONSULAR STATEMENT

POTENTIAL MARKETS

Mr. G'hunhow H. -Pao, Chinese Consul in New Zealand, is convinced that China ■feeds New Zealand products and that New Zealand needs Chinese trade. This is evidenced by official returns showing a substantial growth of New Zealand exports to China. Tlio following are the values of the exports (butter representing over GO per cent, of the total) from New Zealand to China for the years li) 20" to 1930:— Year. £ 1020 , 2i,;;to 1027 -52,133 1928 47,85S 3929 r 40,0!» 1030 50,578 According to the above figures, Xw Zealand trade with China, has more than doubled itself since IS2O. "A unified China with itu teeming millions in a state of peace and tranquillity will be a blessing to the world," hold.} ilr. l'ao, "and is unquestionably New Zealand's richest potential market. Since the Nationalists took control of China iv 1928, order has been restored. She is now undergoing a transitional period. This is also the tutelage period—tutelage of the Chinese people by the Nationalist Party .in the course of reaching, constitutionalism. This period began iv 1928 when jit -was partly retarded by decentralising i forces such as militarists, banditry, and Communistic elements which .challenged the existence of the National Government. Nevertheless, in spite of many depredations and embarrassments, the Central Government managed to suppress riots and disorders and united the different parts of the country into one. PARTITION HAS PASSED. "The time ■when the West sought to partition China has passed, and the hope of the West is now to see a unified and prosperous China. It is realised that a unified and prosperous China will go a long way in bringing the world out of depression and unemployment by virtue of her millions of population constituting a quarter of the purchasing power of the world, although the depreciation in silver during the last three years is much to be deplored. "Iv the matter of trade relations be- , tween China and New Zealand, they should ■be founded on a basis of reciprocity and goodwill. New Zealand should endeavour to buy more-goods from China. Investigations should be made as to what commodities' could be purchased favourably from China with. mutual'advantage. TRADE MISSION PROPOSED. "Iv this connection, it is advisable to organise,a trade mission to study on the spot the conditions of the Chinese market, its demands, its methods, and its possible requirements.; The technical aspects should, however, be supplemented with the psychological aspect of the problem. This mission, to ensure success, iriust, at the same time, needs regard itself as a mission of goodwill. It must not only study the purely commercial questions which are vitally linked up with the national ones.

"New Zealand trade with China is destined to increase in the future by virtue of her geographical proximity to that country. I wTslt.to avail myself of this opportunity through your valuable journal to extend to all its readers my best wishes for the future prosperity of our two countries and to assure all of my keen desire to strengthen the existing friendly relations between the two countries on the basis of mutual understanding, mutual respect, reciprocity, and goodwill."