page_title: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
section_title: Malaysia's first trade delegation to China
hierarchical_section_title: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah / Involvement in Malaysia's economic development / Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PERNAS) / Malaysia's first trade delegation to China
caption_attribution_description: English: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah leading the meeting with the Chinese Trade Delegation in Kuala Lumpur. Tun Razak also attended the meeting.
context_page_description: Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah is a Malaysian politician and Member of Parliament for Gua Musang from the state of Kelantan. He is dubbed the Father of Malaysia's Economy for playing a pivotal role in establishing and implementing key foundations and policies in Malaysia's economy. A descendant of Malay royalty, he is a great-uncle of the current Sultan of Kelantan. "Tengku" is a hereditary royal Malay title, equivalent to "Prince/ss."
  He was the Minister of Finance, Minister of International Trade and Industry, former chairman of Asian Development Bank, former chairman of Islamic Development Bank, founding Chairman and Chief Executive of Malaysian oil company, PETRONAS, and chairman of the 33rd Board of Governors of the World Bank and IMF. He is now the longest serving member of parliament in Malaysia. His popularity has earned him nicknames such as "The People's Prince" and "Ku Kita". He is affectionately known as Ku Li, derived from the last syllables of Tengku Razaleigh; a common custom in the Kelantan dialect.
context_section_description: In 1971, Razaleigh's led trade delegation went to China to initiate a prospect of initiating a business relationship. During the visit to China, Razaleigh managed to meet the then China's Premier Zhou En Lai. Total trade with China stood at a mere RM105.6 million in 1971, but ballooned to RM1.6 billion in 1980. Since then the contact between the two countries has been on the increase as evidenced by the number of visits of trade, medical and sports delegations to China.
caption: Tengku Razaleigh: Pernas Meeting with Chinese Delegation. Also present was Tun Razak and Ong Kee Hui.