19 March

On Monday, in the morning, at the Australian Consulate-General in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC and Mrs Kaye de Jersey met the Australian Consul-General, Mr Graeme Meehan and Ms Karen Surmon, Trade Commissioner Consul (Commercial) for a briefing on the diplomatic and trade relationship between Australia and the People’s Republic of China.

Following, at the Shanghai Tower, the Governor and Mrs de Jersey undertook a guided tour.  

In the afternoon, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, the Governor and Mrs de Jersey were met by the Deputy Director, Chinese Academy of Science Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Professor Jiang Lubin, and received a briefing on the joint research project between the Institute and Griffith University on a vaccine for malaria and a delivery system for the vaccine.

Following, at 200 People’s Avenue, Shanghai, the Governor and Mrs de Jersey, with the Australian Consul-General in Shanghai, Mr Graeme Meehan, met with Mr Xu Kunlin, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, and Mr Zhu Weimin, Deputy Director General, Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, and reaffirmed Queensland’s commitment to the Sister-State relationship with Shanghai.