On Leave To Beijing Until 5th June – sorry, hence no blogging, dear readers

To commemorate the 35^th anniversary of the China-Malaysia anniversary, the PM of Malaysia will be making an official visit to China. He will be accompanied besides the official delegation YABhg. Tun Hajah Rahah, the mother of Najib and the wife of the Prime Minister Tun Razak who established the official relationship between China and Malaysia in the year 1974.

Relationship between China and Malaysia has grown from strength to strength. Today, we can visit China freely provided we apply for the visa. In the early days when the China-Malaysia relationship was established, there was a lot of suspicion by the Malaysian government on Malaysian Chinese visiting China. Often, delegations are accompanied by special branch officers. Today, the visa requirement is imposed by the Chinese government and not us.

There is a lot of trade between the two nations. The China’s market is an important market for our export of primary commodities. It is also an important source of tourist. Most of the daily common necessities in this country are imported from China. China is today the engine of growth for Asia. Cordial relationship between the two nations is important to promote trade, investments and the free flow of people between the two nations. Hence, this visit is not only important historically, but also hopefully to spur further investment and trade between the two nations. Hence, besides the official delegation, I understand that there is a big troupe of businessman. A lot of MOUs will be signed. Let’s hope that most of these MOUs will be implemented. Often, Malaysians like to sign MOU when they are overseas to impress Malaysians VIP. This MOU remain just as a piece of paper with no implementation.

亲爱的读者，我目前身前在中国北京陪同首相访华问，部落格暂休数日，特此向各位致歉。

配合马中建交35周年，首相纳吉将率团到中国进行官访。纳吉这次偕同母亲敦拉哈一同访华，重温及寻访父亲，也是我国第二任首相敦阿都拉萨在1974年访华的足迹。

马中关系开启以来不断加深，稳健成长。今天，我国人民只要申请签证，就可以自由前往中国，而且入境签证是由中国政府规定而非大马所要求。马中建立邦交初期的情况则不一样，由于大国政府对访华的大马华裔存猜疑，因此所有访华团都有政治部人员跟随。

马中两国由密切的经贸活动，中国是我国原产品出口的重大市场，同时也是我国人民旅游观光的重要景点，我国大部分的日常用品也是从中国进口。今天，中国已经成为亚洲经济成长的火车头。两国的友关系，对促进经贸、投资及人民自由往来很重要。
因此，首相此趟访华不仅具有重大的历史意义，也有望能进一步推动两国之间的贸易投资活动。据我了解，除了官方代表团，随同首相访华的也包括一些经商代表。

我也了解到两国将签署多项备忘录。希望大部分将签署的备忘录能够落实。大马人有一个习惯，喜欢出国访问时签署备忘录，但最终却没有落实。