In the morning, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC, Governor of New South Wales, presided at a meeting of the Executive Council, at Government House.

Later in the morning and in the afternoon, the Governor chaired a meeting of the NSW Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, and conducted candidate interviews, at Government House.

In the evening, Her Excellency and Mr Dennis Wilson attended dinner with Mr Gu Xiaojie, Consul-General of China, and Madam Guo Peihua, at the Consul-General’s residence, in Camperdown.

In the evening, representing Her Excellency, Mr Michael Miller RFD, Official Secretary to the Governor of New South Wales, attended the arrival of His Excellency Mr Zhang Hu, Vice Governor of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, China, at Sydney International Airport