Despite the difficulties brought by the euro debt crisis, China and the UK have seen a remarkable growth of trade and economic ties in recent years. The mayor of London is in China in a bid to promote the capital's trade with the country, and he has tourism and education high on the agenda.

In 2012, bilateral trade volume between the two countries reached 63 billion US dollars, a 7.5 percent increase from 2011. Meanwhile, UK was the most popular European destination for Chinese investment. More than 8 billion US dollars found its way there from Chinese enterprises, that’s more than the total amount from 2009 to 2011.

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