APEC Image: Helen Elizabeth Clark And Jiang Zemin

Tuesday, 23 October 2001, 9:52 am
Press Release: APEC 2001

Jiang Zemin Greets New Zealand PM

Chinese President Jiang Zemin greets Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Elizabeth Clark upon her arrival at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on Sunday, October 21, 2001.

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