Rachel Reeves

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, visited China between 10-13 January 2025 to co-host the UK-China Economic & Financial Dialogue (EFD) with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. There was a busy programme of additional events and meetings in Beijing and Shanghai built around the EFD. CBBC has collated read-outs and reports from the Chancellor’s meetings to help provide you with a flavour of the weekend’s events. Friday, 10 January: …

The government hopes that UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ visit to China will boost British growth by engaging with the world’s second-largest economy in a “pragmatic” way Reeves’ visit follows the dialogue opened last year between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in November 2024, the first between the two countries’ leaders in six years. At that meeting, Starmer emphasised the importance of …