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1、Warm welcome shows UKs new thinking(Guangming Online) 11:18, October 20, 2015Email|Print 0 Chinese President is on a state visit to the United Kingdom from October 19 to 23. The UK will carry out an elaborately arranged reception for him. President Xis “exclusive visit” to the UK demonstrates Chinas
2、 high attention to China-UK relations. We can predict that President Xis UK visit will take China-UK relations into a “golden era” when both sides enjoy more frequent strategic exchanges, closer economic and trade cooperation and both peoples see more practical benefits.Britain also attaches great i
3、mportance to President Xis visit with long-term preparations including Prince Williams visit to China this March, during which he handed over Queen Elizabeth IIs invitation to President Xi and the Queens announcement of her expectation of President Xi and his wifes UK visit in her speech at the open
4、ing of the new British parliament. Meanwhile, British high-level leaders also showed their friendliness to China in the hope of promoting China-UK relations to a new phase via President Xis visit. British Prime Minister David Cameron first called this year the “golden year” of China-UK relations in
5、his New Year speech. British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne visited China this September, claiming that the UK wants to become Chinas best trade partner.Therefore, we can say that British governments high expectation on President Xis visit reflects new thinking and new initiative to acti
6、vely promote relations with China.The UK: “Opportunity” key word for China-UK relationsBritish government expects close China-UK relations, hoping to seize development opportunities. At present, China is the UKs fourth largest trade partner, while the UK is Chinas second largest partner in the EU. I
7、n recent years, China and the UK have strengthened cooperation in bilateral trade, investment and finance, and “China impacts” in the UKs economy is growing dramatically. Given the global economys current need for stability, the British government led by the Conservative Party will continue to take
8、continuing economic growth as its main task.Britains “sense of competition” in developing China-UK relations is strong. At the end of 2013, British PM David Cameron said that the “UK is prepared to be Chinas strongest supporter in the West” during his first visit to China when China-UK relations imp
9、roved. British government even tried to show its “uniqueness” as opposed to other countries, especially western countries. For instance, Britain takes itself as the most open economy in the EU, the country who welcomes Chinas investment most, the one who wants to be the best trade partner of China i
10、n the West.The UK was the first western country that announced to join the Asian Infrastructure Invest Bank (AIIB) in March, causing the domino effect that other advanced economies joined the AIIB one after another. British government also supports London to establish “the center for RMB in the West
11、”. Therefore, Britain expressed its support for RMBs admission into the IMFs SDR basket at the IMF annual meeting.It is a pragmatic move for the UK to maintain close China relations with China.The UK also wants to rebuild its national image and increase its influence in the world through enhancing C
12、hina-UK relations. Britain is always famous for its pragmatic diplomacy and maintains a strong perspective of overall situation of powers. Britain is traditional diplomatic power playing a more pro-active role in international affairs as a second-level power. But its global influence has weakened in
13、 the 21st century and its strength also declined due to financial crisis and economic crisis, resulting in the rise of conservative diplomacy and even “isolationist” feelings.In recent years, British PM Cameron coped with the trend of Scotlands national splittism and the “quit Europe” tide through “
14、referendum”, but Britains national status and its position in Europe has been in huge uncertainty.Under such circumstance, enhancing China-UK strategic exchanges via model innovation to cope with new changes in international pattern obviously has become the UK governments new option to upgrade its i
15、nfluence.British mainstream public opinion is in favor of befriending ChinaIt is not only British mainstream political consensus, but also prevalent public opinion to be friendly to China. The British PM Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbornes efforts to improve UK-China relations ha
16、ve received firm support from mainstream political leaders. A poll by BBC in last June shows that the proportion of British people who kept a positive attitude to China increased dramatically.Therefore, the grand royal welcome ceremony for President Xi shows the entire British societys high expectations on the bilateral relations based on mutual benefit and win-win results. As the UK is a major advanced economy and a western power with global in
