The U.K. government plans include upgrading infrastructure, building an economic-center in northern England and the U.K. Industry 2015 Strategy. These plans fit nicely with China's "One Belt One Road" initiative and "Made in China 2025" strategy. Experts think that the U.K.'s need to upgrade infrastructure might become a new spotlight in Sino-U.K. cooperation.

To facilitate residents of China traveling to the U.K., the British government has simplified the online application process for Chinese individual travelers. The U.K. not only offers24-hour visa service, but also a British-Irish and British-Belgian visa allowing Chinese citizens travel to Ireland and Belgium on a single visa.

From January 2016, new visitor visas for tourists from China will be valid in the UK for 2years – 4 times the usual 6-month limit for a standard visitor visa – bringing significant benefits to the UK economy, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Oct.21, 2015.The application fee for the new visa will be the same as it is now.

During Xi Jinping's visit to the U.K. he will make a formal meeting with Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth II has been Queen since Feb.6, 1952 and she is the fourth monarch of the Windsor Dynasty.