The 11th China-UK Strategic Dialogue held in Beijing

On June 2, 2026, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held the 11th China-UK Strategic Dialogue with UK Foreign Secretary Cooper in Beijing. Wang Yi said that earlier this year, Prime Minister Starmer’s successful visit to China enabled the leaders of both countries to reach important consensus on developing a long-term, stable comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the UK. This new positioning reflects the historical logic of bilateral relations, meets the real needs of each country’s development, and also lays out a long-term win-win vision that is worth looking forward to. At present, exchanges and cooperation between the two sides across all fields have been fully restored and are gradually getting back on track, which is especially worth cherishing. We should further align our actions with each other’s commitments, implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, and anchor the positioning of a long-term, stable, comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the UK—strengthening high-level exchanges, working to generate more results that are practical and visible, and making contributions by China and the UK to promoting world peace and stability and fostering prosperous development, bringing more certainty to this turbulent world.

Wang Yi said that over more than 40 years of reform and opening-up, China’s experience has proven that openness brings progress, while closure can only lead to regression. China will remain committed to high-quality development and pursue high-level opening-up. The outline of the “15th Five-Year Plan” is both China’s development blueprint and an opportunities list for the world, and it is highly aligned with the UK’s modern industrial strategy. The two sides can seize opportunities, meet each other halfway with mutual outreach, and achieve mutual success. We hope that the UK will provide Chinese-funded enterprises with a fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment, reasonably define security boundaries, and create a good atmosphere for the development of China-UK relations and for deepening cooperation. (Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)