On December 7, 2011, Chinese Ambassador to The Bahamas H.E. Hu Shan paid a courtesy call on Hon. Sir Michael Barnett, Chief Justice of The Bahamas.

Ambassador Hu introduced to Sir Barnett the exchanges of high-level visits and new development in the friendly relationship between China and The Bahamas over the year, expressed his appreciation of the support Sir Barnett had extended to the development of bilateral relations between the two countries as well as that to the Chinese Embassy.
Sir Barnett thanked Ambassador Hu for his introduction, saying that The Bahamas is happy to see the exchanges and cooperation in the judicial area between the two countries.