Minister counsellor addresses young ice-breakers
By Rory Howard 23 March, 2015
Mr Jin Xu, recently appointed minister counsellor to the Chinese Embassy in the UK, gave a speech on March 19 to the Young Ice-Breakers in London. His humorous speech was received warmly by the audience of politicians and high-level business people.
The Young Ice Breakers is the successor to the 48 Group Club, a collection of UK business men who established trading and business
ties with the People's Republic of China over sixty years ago, after it had just been founded.
The audience may have hoped for a thorough discussion on the future developments of the UK and China's ever strengthening ties, especially since the UK applied to be part of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, but Mr Jin Xu spoke more candidly and humorously on a whole range of topics.
The most notable feeling to come out of the speech was one of optimism for the ties between the two countries.
With trade from the UK to China at some US$80 billion and growing and with China aiming to greatly increase trade to the UK the message is still that now is the time to be forging business ties and creating innovation in the opening markets.
Another notable discussion point was the Maritime Silk Road and the continued efforts to better connect China with Asia and the Western hemisphere.
With the Maritime Silk Road will come more opportunities for businesses to access markets that had been otherwise inaccessible.
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