“Details of further improved visa regulations for outbound Chinese visitors are also to be welcomed, especially for somewhere like Scotland which has a thriving tourism market that receives an increasing number of Chinese tourists each year”, Brodie told Xinhua on Thursday.
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Lucy D’Orsi, commander of the police operation for the state visit, said in a statement that police had worked “tirelessly” to facilitate peaceful protests, but that tight security was needed to ensure the safety of Xi and his wife, as well as the British royal family and prime minister.
“We want a golden relationship with China that will help foster a golden decade for this country”.
“China is ready to explore with the United Kingdom new ways and new steps to boost infrastructure co-operation”, he said.
The two countries agreed to investment and trade pacts worth £40 billion in total (¥7.4 trillion).
“Our two economies are now well matched for mutual benefit and I believe that this will continue for the foreseeable future”, Brodie added. The deals are expected to inject fresh impetus for cooperation between the two nations. Two Tibetan activists, Sonam Choden and Jamphel Lhamo, were also arrested for attempting to unfurl Tibetan flags as Xi’s motorcade passed.
Since its founding in 1949, China has been advocating worldwide relations for peace as well as honest and friendly co-existence with other countries on the basis of equality, said Bennett.
In the social level, many overseas Chinese think that a stronger China and better China-UK relations also have impact on their daily life.
Lin Guang, Deputy Director of Conservative Friends of the Chinese said:”The most impressive thing I’ve felt is China’s prosperity”.
Beijing has been challenging the global order by unilaterally changing the status quo in the South China Sea and other places. They thought China was a backward society, but now they are feeling China’s impact. “And now we really feel of respect of others”.
In five days, President Xi attented more than 30 events in the UK.
Xi said at a press conference there that a “golden era” has started in Sino-British relations.
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Competition between Japan and China, which has been increasingly aggressive as an exporter, is certain to intensify over orders for construction of infrastructure, such as a high-speed railway, in Britain.
