CRO PARLIAMENT DELEGATION VISITS CHINA'S GUANGDONG PROVINCE

GUANGZHOU, Nov 1 (Hina) - A Croatian Parliament delegation headed by Parliament chairman Vlatko Pavletic on Thursday arrived in the Chinese province of Guangdong for a four-day visit. Pavletic on Friday held talks with the chairman of the National Congress Standing Committee of the Guangdong province, Zhu Senlin. #L# Pavletic wished Zhu and Congress officials further economic successes. Pavletic informed his hosts about the plans of opening a free trade zone in Rijeka. Speaking about successful agriculture, Zhu stressed China's ability to obtain enough food for the whole populastion, despite the lack of agricultural land in relation to the overall population and despite doubts expressed about the issue abroad. The Croatian delegation on Friday visited a farm which produces vegetables without land and were informed about the technology of growing plants from water into which have been added substances necessary for the growth. They also visited a developmental-technological zone near Guanggzhou, the capital of the Guangdong province, in which foreign and joint companies established with capital from 24 countries worked. In talks with the zone officials, the Croatian delegation expressed interest about the details of issuing working permits in the zone, ways of taxation and customs clearance, certain laws, the transfer of profit and other issues. (hina) lm 011718 MET nov 96