SA Premier Jay Weatherill to takes SA business leaders to China PREMIER Jay Weatherill will visit China next month with the largest delegation of South Australian business leaders to visit the country on a Government trip. More than 40 people from sectors including mining, agribusiness, food, wine, the arts and education will make the trip to China and Hong Kong. It will be Mr Weatherill's second visit to China since he became Premier in late 2011. Mr Weatherill told Question Time today the delegation would arrive on April 21 and the nine-day trip would take in Hong Kong, Beijing and SA's sister province Shandong, which has a population of 95 million people. Mr Weatherill and delegates will meet with Chinese government agencies responsible for trade and investment and hold a forum on economic issues and cooperation. Mr Weatherill said he would use the state's new brand to "put South Australia squarely on the map for Chinese investors." This week a Chinese delegation is visiting SA regions including the Barossa Valley and Port Lincoln to buy $1 million of food and wine to export back to the Asian nation. "We know that there is a growing middle class in China that is willing to pay higher prices for premium food and wine produced in a clean environment, with stringent regulatory settings," Mr Weatherill said. Earlier this year, Mr Weatherill released an economic blueprint for the state in which he said SA must be more "outward-looking" and open to export markets, particularly emerging Asian markets.