 Not counting stopover visits, top ranking Chinese government visitors to Fiji have included Vice Premier Chen Muhua in 1979, Hu Yaobang (General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party) in 1985, Premier Li Peng in 1992, Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen in 1996, Chi Haotian (Vice Chairman of the Central Military Committee) in 1998, and Wu Yi (Minister of Foreign Economic Cooperation and Trade) in 1998.Top ranking Fiji government leaders to China have included Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara in 1979, 1985, 1988 and 1990, Governor-General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau in 1980, Foreign Minister Filipe Bole in 1987, Commander of the Fijian Armed Forces Sitiveni Rabuka in 1990, President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau in 1991, Commander of the Fijian Armed Forces Epeli Ganilau in 1992 and 1997, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in 1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Berenado Vunibobo in 1997, Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudry in 1999, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Sugar Kaliopate Tavola in 2001 and 2002, and Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase in 2002.In 1997, Fiji opened its Fiji Trade and Tourism Representative Office in Taipei in Taiwan.