Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Memoranda


Annex E

Running costs of China Posts

  These running costs are divided into Local Budget allocations, UK-based staff costs and Programme Budget allocations (for sponsored visitors, scholarships and other FCO-funded assistance programmes):

China local budget allocations 2000-01 in £

   Local Staff Pay Non Pay CapitalTotal
Beijing1,049,5863,555,678 106,2344,711,498
Hong Kong2,390,4103,772,819 69,8486,233,077
Shanghai360,745928,015 45,6181,334,378
Guangzhou164,211575,427 77,360816,998
Chongqing60,000144,000 36,000240,000


UK-based staff costs (salaries, allowances and rents—1998-99 figures

Beijing
1,962,000
Hong Kong
2,108,000
Shanghai
674,000
Guangzhou
273,000
Chongquing
85,000
(estimate—new post)


Programme budget allocations 2000-01

  
China
Hong Kong
Chevening scholarships
£1,935,313
£705,553
Sponsored Visits
£150,000
£38,000
Assistance programmes
£135,000
£100,000
CBBC Wuhan office
£32,500
  
Total
£2,272,813
£843,553




 
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