From: 
Robert Muir 
To: 
"BALLANTINE. Colin (NAD)" 
Cc: 
Emma Miles-Buckler:  "COGHILL. Lucy (BEI)" 
Subject: 
RE: China EODB - Thank You - Next Steps 
Date: 
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 8:44:00 a.m. 
Hi Colin 
Thanks for following up. The event did seem to go well and certainly provided a great 
opportunity for sharing informing and experiences on regulatory reforms.  As expected, there 
was a strong focus on the role of technology as a key enabler along with policy and legislative 
reforms to align and improve regulatory regimes. 
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I  would be happy to meet with the Beijing delegation in February if that goes ahead. 
And please pass on my thanks to Ambassador Fearnley,  Lucy Coghill and her embassy colleagues 
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for hosting us so well during our visit. It was a pleasure working with them. 
Kind regards 
Robbie 
Robbie Muir 
Registrar-General of Land 
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From:  BALLANTINE, Colin  (NAD)  [mailto:[email address]] 
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To:  Robert  Muir 
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Subject: China EODB - Thank You - Next Steps 
 
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I just wanted to say a big thank you again for going to China last month for the Ease of Doing 
Business Conference.  By all accounts, the event was a great success. Thanks too for LINZ recently 
meeting with the Ministry of Natural Resources delegation - they were appreciative of the 
chance to meet LINZ, and engagements like that really help to support the bilateral relationship. 
I would be interested to hear your thoughts on how the event went, as would Ambassador 
Fearnley (who plans to go and introduce herself to the Ministry of Natural Resources soon). 

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Following the conference in Beijing, the Beijing City Government would like to visit New Zealand
in mid-February to do an Ease of Doing Business study tour. The tour would comprise of 15
technical experts, possibly with World Bank staffers too. We wanted to scope whether you or
someone else at LINZ would be open to meeting with the delegation for say an hour or so, to
answer some of the questions they may have following your presentation up in Beijing. We
would try to get the questions they have for you in advance, and would be there to support the
meeting.
We feel this Ease of Doing Business work-stream with China is really gaining traction, and would
love to work more with LINZ on it, but appreciate you are busy with other commitments to
manage too. If you could let us know your willingness to meet with this group from Beijing in
mid-February by the end of Thursday, that would be much appreciated (but no pressure
though).
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Do let me know if you have any questions.
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Kind regards
Colin
Colin Ballantine          
Policy Officer
North Asia Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
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