BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- China and Britain should continue to carry forward the "ice-breaking spirit" and tighten their bonds of cooperation, Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the closing ceremony of the 2026 UK-China Business Council meeting in Beijing on Thursday.
This is not only a rational choice for the two countries to deal with risks and promote development together, but also their due responsibility as responsible major countries to work together on solving global problems, Li said.
Noting that the enterprises of the two countries have great potential, he said that they can focus their efforts on four areas.
The first is the expansion of the "new increment" of bilateral trade, and developing services trade into a new cooperation growth point, in particular.
Second, the two sides can create a "new engine" for innovative development, taking the lead in and empowering each other in such fields as artificial intelligence, clean energy, biomedicine and high-end manufacturing, Li said.
Third, they can explore "new blue oceans" of tripartite cooperation, carry out more cooperation in the global market -- with a particular focus on the Southern countries -- and achieve win-win and multiple-win situations, the premier said.
The fourth is the creation of "new vitality" in people-to-people exchange, alongside the development of more brand projects that are popular among people in both countries, a boost for people-to-people interaction, and the achievement of a double harvest of economic value and people-to-people connectivity, Li said. ■
