Xi calls on China, Britain to jointly advocate, practice true multilateralism

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BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on China and Britain, as supporters for multilateralism and free trade, to jointly advocate and practice true multilateralism.

Xi made the remarks in his meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing, adding that international law can only be truly effective when all countries abide by it.

He also said that major countries should take the lead in particular, otherwise, the world would risk regressing into the law of the jungle. 

Economic and trade cooperation:

At the same meeting, Xi also urged extending frontiers in mutually beneficial cooperation with Britain in education, medicare, finance and the service industry.



Noting the essence of the economic and trade cooperation between China and Britain is mutual benefit and win-win results, Xi called on the two sides to carry out joint research and industrial transformation in the fields of artificial intelligence, bioscience, new energy and low-carbon technologies, among others, to achieve common development and prosperity.

On foreign relations, Xi said China will never pose a threat to other countries, no matter how it grows and develops.

Emphasising China's commitment to peaceful development, Xi said that China has never initiated a war, nor occupied an inch of foreign land.