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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, January 29 (Xinhua) — China and the United Kingdom should further develop their "icebreaking spirit" and strengthen their cooperative ties. Chinese Premier Li Qiang made this statement Thursday at the closing ceremony of the 2026 China-Britain Business Council meeting in Beijing.
Li Qiang emphasized that this is not only a rational choice for the two countries to address risks and jointly promote development, but also their responsibility as responsible major countries to join forces to solve global problems.
Li Qiang emphasized that China and the UK are important trade and economic partners with a wide range of shared interests. He stated that if both sides respect each other, work toward meeting each other halfway, eliminate barriers, and adhere to openness and cooperation, the countries will be able to achieve win-win results and prosperity through mutual success.
The Premier pointed out that last year, despite mounting economic pressure, China forged ahead with innovation and high-quality development, demonstrating exceptional resilience and vitality in its economy.
Noting that China will launch its 15th Five-Year Plan this year, the Chinese Prime Minister said that in the next five years, the overall size of the Chinese economy will reach a new level, with its structure continuously optimized and new growth drivers expanding, opening up boundless space for Sino-British cooperation.
Noting that the two countries' enterprises have enormous potential, the head of the Chinese government identified four areas on which the parties can focus their efforts.
First, Li Qiang pointed out, the two sides can expand the “new growth” of bilateral trade, in particular by turning trade in services into a new growth area for cooperation.
Secondly, according to the Premier of the State Council, the two sides can create “new engines” of innovative development by taking timely initiatives and mutually expanding each other’s capabilities in areas such as artificial intelligence, clean energy, biomedicine, and high-tech manufacturing.
Third, Li Qiang continued, the two sides can explore a “new ocean” of trilateral cooperation and conduct more cooperation in the global market, paying special attention to countries in the South, to achieve mutual and multilateral win-win results.
Fourth, the head of the Chinese government added, the two sides can unleash “new energy” in people-to-people exchanges, develop new brand projects that are popular in both countries, stimulate people-to-people exchanges, and achieve a double benefit in the form of economic value and the rapprochement of peoples.
During the closing ceremony, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is visiting China, emphasized that the purpose of his visit to China is to gain a more comprehensive and deeper understanding of China, as well as to identify and exploit new opportunities for cooperation to bring greater benefits to the British people and support the country's growth and prosperity.
He expressed hope that entrepreneurs and organizations from the two countries would be able to take advantage of the favorable opportunity to establish closer dialogue and cooperation. –0–
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