The China Association is delighted to invite you to the next China Association lunch, at which the guest speaker will be Charlie Parton OBE. The subject of his talk will be ‘China's looming water crisis’.

Charlie Parton OBE
Charlie Parton spent 22 years of his 37 year diplomatic career working in or on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.  In his final posting he was seconded to the EU Delegation in Beijing, where, as First Counsellor until late 2016, he focussed on Chinese politics and internal developments, and advised the EU and Member States on how China’s politics might affect their interests.  He has also worked in Afghanistan, Cyprus, Libya and Mali.  In 2017 he set up his own consultancy, China Ink, and was chosen as the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Special Adviser on China; he returned to Beijing for 4 months as Adviser to the British Embassy to cover the Communist Party’s 19th Congress.  He is a trustee of Chinadialogue, a NGO which focuses on China’s environmental issues.

Event venue:
China-Britain Business Council
3rd Floor, Portland House
Bressenden Place
London, SW1E 5BH