China News Service, London, January 26. Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, published a signed article "Unforgettable Eleven Years of England" in the paper and online editions of the leading British newspaper "Daily Telegraph" on the 25th. Four thousand days and nights.
Liu Xiaoming is the 11th ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United Kingdom.
It is stated in the article that in 11 years, he has visited all parts of the UK, communicated extensively with people from all walks of life, discussed in depth, and promoted cooperation.
Fortunately to witness and participate in the exchange of visits between Chinese and British leaders.
In particular, the successful state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the UK in 2015 ushered in the "golden age" of Sino-British relations, highlighting the strategic, pragmatic, inclusive and global nature of the relations between the two countries, leaving a mark in the history of the development of China-UK relations A strong stroke.
Data map: Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhou Zhaojun
Over the past 11 years, China-UK pragmatic cooperation in economic and trade, humanities and other fields has yielded fruitful results.
The volume of trade in goods between the two countries has jumped from US$50.1 billion in 2010 to US$92.3 billion in 2020. Chinese investment in the UK and UK exports to China have each increased by nearly 20 times.
The number of Chinese students studying in the UK has increased from more than 100,000 to 220,000, and annual personnel exchanges have doubled from 1 million to more than 2 million.
In particular, in the face of the epidemic of the century, the two countries have watched and helped each other to overcome difficulties, actively strengthened exchanges of prevention and control experience and vaccine drug research and development cooperation, and jointly promoted international anti-epidemic cooperation, further deepening the friendship between the two peoples.
Liu Xiaoming pointed out that China-UK relations have not been smooth sailing in the past 11 years.
China and the UK are different in history, culture, social systems, and development stages, and differences are inevitable on some issues.
He sincerely hoped that China and Britain will keep in mind historical experience, adhere to mutual respect, forge bilateral relations that transcend differences in social systems and ideologies, and develop mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation to better benefit the two peoples and the world.
Liu Xiaoming said, "The United Kingdom is not only the longest stop of my 47-year diplomatic career, but also the last stop." Liu Xiaoming said in the article that he remembers a famous saying in the British military anthem: "Veterans can retire, but the spirit never ends. "He will continue to pay attention to and support China-UK relations, and firmly believes that China-UK relations will usher in spring and blossom at an early date.
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