A 17-member dele gation from Australia headed by the Governor General Philip Michael Jeffery paid a one-day visit to Ningbo last Wednesday. Philip Michael Jeffery was born in Wiluna, Western Australia, in 1937. In 1958, he served in a number of junior regimental appointments with 17 National Service Training Company and the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) in Perth. In February 1991 he was appointed Assistant Chief of the General Staff for Materiel, which involved the development and management of all Army equipment procurement and building construction projects.In 1993, he was sworn in as the 27th Governor of Western Australia, and became a Companion of the Order of Australia, a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and a Citizen of Western Australia for his services to the State. He was Governor until 2000. In 2004 he was sworn in as the 24th Governor General of Australia.