The Labour authorities, elected in July, has sought to enhance the UK’s relationship with Beijing after the 2 nations fell out throughout the latter years of Conservative rule.
Relations fell to their lowest degree in a long time because of UK criticism of China’s crackdown on freedoms in Hong Kong, claims of Chinese language espionage and political interference within the UK, in addition to Beijing’s help for Russia in its battle with Ukraine.
In a significant thawing of tensions, Starmer and Chinese language President Xi Jinping met on the G20 summit final November – the primary bilateral assembly between leaders of the 2 nations since 2018.
Finance minister Rachel Reeves then visited China final month in search of funding to kickstart progress in Britain’s anaemic financial system, whereas Lammy visited Beijing in October.
The UK authorities says it continues to lift issues over human rights, together with China’s remedy of Uyghurs and the imprisonment of media tycoon Jimmy Lai.
