During this visit, President Xi and his wife come to Chequers, a country house retreat of the British Prime Minister and had dinner with the Camerons.

By the end of 2014, direct investment from China to the UK had reached over 40 billion dollars. The UK has become China’s biggest destination of investment in Europe, and over 500 Chinese companies have set up offices in the UK.

The number of Chinese students in the United Kingdom has reached 150,000, taking almost half of the total number of Chinese students in EU and ranked the first of all overseas students in the UK. The Chinese government is still annually increasing scholarships for overseas students, and the UK government has been encouraging students to come to China through its “Generation UK” project.