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He is scheduled to leave tomorrow, returning on 2 June .
Among the delegation are seven personal aides for the PM and his new wife Elizabeth Guma Macheka.
The PM, whose party has been accusing their Zanu-PF counterparts in Government of extravagance on foreign trips, is also travelling with seven directors from his office whose business during the China trip has not been explained.
Other members of the delegation include State Enterprises Minister Gorden Moyo, Water Resources Management Minister Sam Sipepa Nkomo, secretary to the Prime Minister Mr Ian Makone and the PM’s spokesperson Mr Luke Tamborinyoka.
The PM has also roped in Mr John Chimanikire from MBCA Bank in his trip as a legal advisor.
It is understood that during his stay in China, PM Tsvangirai has requested for a meeting with officials from Eximbank of China, CAMC Engineering Co. Pvt, Sinohydro and Sinosure among others.
“The Prime Minister’s Office also requested that appointments be made for two ministers (Minister Nkomo and Moyo) to hold meetings with their Chinese counterparts, preferably during Prime Minister’s sightseeing tour of Beijing on May 29 2012,” reads part of the letter obtained by our Harare Bureau yesterday.
Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ambassador Joey Bimha, wrote the letter to Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to China Cde Fredrick Shava.
The PM’s delegation does not have ZanuPF officials.
According to the itinerary of the trip, the PM arrives in Beijing on 27 May and will have a meeting with the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao before attending the official ceremony of CIFTIS.
The following day the PM will do a sightseeing of the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Summer Palace.
On 30 May, PM Tsvangirai will leave Beijing for Shanghai where he will go sightseeing before attending a Zimbabwe Investment Promotion meeting.
The PM and his delegation will go sightseeing in Shenzhen on 2 June before leaving for Hong Kong en route to Harare.
PM Tsvangirai is visiting China at a time Zimbabwe had intensified its Look East Policy initiated by President Mugabe at the turn of the millennium.
Zimbabwe adopted the Look East Policy after some Western countries imposed illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe.
The MDC-T has always disapproved of the Government’s Look East Policy, insisting nothing meaningful was coming out of it.
The list in full
Name Designation Ministry
Morgan Tsvangirai Prime Minister Office of the PM
Ms Elizabeth Guma PM’s partner OPM
Hon G Moyo Minister of State Enterprises MOSE
Hon S Nkomo Minister of Water Resources MOWRD
Ian Makone Secretary to the PM OPM
Ringson Chitsiko Secretary for Water Resources MOWRD
Elia Mutowo Secretary for State Enterprises MOSE
T Hlabangana Principal Director OPM
Norman Sachikonye Principal Director OPM
Moses Chundu Principal Director OPM
Samukele Hadebe Principal Director OPM
Sonny Museruka Principal Director OPM
Luke Tamborinyoka PM’s Spokesperson OPM
Abigail Gamanya Principal Director OPM
Gandhi Mudzingwa Principal Director OPM
Tinayeshe Mutazu Director MOWRD
Claudius Nhema Deputy Director Protocol FA
Patience Matunja Deputy Director MOSE
Dorothy Chikumbu Director OPM
Stanley Zharare Deputy Director MOF
Mary Mugweni PVT secretary to the PM OPM
C Mwanawashe Senior Press Officer OPM
Phillip Muswera Aide OPM
Austin Jimu Aide OPM
Valentine Masendu Aide OPM
Tafara Hove Aide OPM
Wallace Chibikira Aide OPM
Clifford Sanyika Aide OPM
Edgar Gobvu Aide OPM
Engineer Zvobgo Aide
City of Harare
John Chimanikire Legal Advisor MBCA.
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