Win-win nature of Sino-UK ties evident

That Sino-UK relations have warmed up since UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer took office in early July last year, particularly after the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Starmer on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, at the height of the then US administration's efforts to drive a wedge between US allies and China, demonstrates a tacit understanding between them that they should resist efforts to destabilize their relations.

In their November meeting, the two leaders agreed that the two countries should strengthen dialogue, enhance mutual understanding and carry out exchanges and cooperation with each other. This set a clear direction for the healthy development of bilateral ties.

It was under the guidance of their heads of state diplomacy that the 11th China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue was held in Beijing in January. The dialogue mechanism had been suspended since 2019. The event, cochaired by Vice-Premier He Lifeng and visiting UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, produced 69 win-win outcomes related to bilateral cooperation in the fields of finance, trade, industry, agriculture, technology and energy.