I anledning af et besøg i Kina i juni, hvor han blev modtaget af Song Jian, der er formand for den statslige kommission for videnskab og teknologi, underskrev kommissionsmedlem Martin Bangemann en fælles erklæring om det fremtidige samarbejde mellem Kina og EU inden for telekommunikation og anvendt telema­tik.
During a visit to China, where he was received in June by Mr Song Jian, President of the State Commission for Science and Technol ogy, Mr Bangemann, Member of the Commission, signed a joint declaration on the future of cooperation between China and the European