Cameron to Visit China in December

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) British Prime Minister David Cameron will pay an official visit to China from December 2 to 4, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced. Cameron is invited by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, spokesman Qin Gang said at the ministry's daily press briefing China and Britain should seize new opportunities to further promote their relations, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom said "As big countries with global influence, China and Britain both focus on boosting economic growth and developing foreign relations They should make efforts to enhance mutual trust and mutual benefits under the new situation," Ambassador Liu Xiaoming told China Daily in remarks on the visit Cameron visited once China 2010 since he assumed office He will bring a huge delegation of ministers and business leaders on the trip Liu said that China is broadening and deepening reform and opening-up after the Third Plenum of the 18th of Chinese Communist Party Central Committee The Shanghai free trade zone is the latest outcome At the same time, Britain is also promoting reforms in finance, education, medical care and social welfare areas, he added China is the UK's second-largest trading partner, outside the EU Bilateral trade is expected to hit $100 billion by 2015 From January to October, China-UK bilateral trade continued to grow and registered an increase of 7.5 percent with a total volume of $56.1 billion. Britain's economic strengths and its open attitude toward foreign investment have enabled fast growth of Chinese investment in Britain Since the beginning of this year, there has been a surge of project investments Chinese companies have invested or are planning to invest in more than 10 big projects in Britain worth nearly $5 billion These projects cover a wide range of areas, including infrastructure, real estate and automobile manufacturing China and Britain also signed a currency-swap agreement worth 20 billion pounds ($32.4 billion), which will further facilitate trade and investment