China to set up consulate in Phuket

(Phuket News)

PHUKET —  China has decided to install a long-awaited consular in Phuket that will be managed by a full-time government employee, rather than a volunteer honorary consul like those employed on the island by most countries.

On 6 May, Vice-Consul Wang Huijian from the Haad Yao Consulate, who has been named chief of mission to Phuket, came with her assistant to meet Governor Maitri Inthusut and discuss where the consulate will be.

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