President Xi calls on China, Britain to jointly advocate, practice true multilateralism

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on China and Britain, as supporters for multilateralism and free trade, to jointly advocate and practice true multilateralism.

Xi made the remarks during his meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing, adding that international law can only be truly effective when all countries abide by it.

He said major countries, in particular, should take the lead in particular; otherwise, the world would risk regressing into the law of the jungle.

Xi said China will never pose a threat to other countries no matter how it grows and develops. Emphasizing China's commitment to peaceful development, he said that China has never initiated a war, nor occupied an inch of foreign land.

He called for expanding mutually beneficial cooperation with Britain in education, medicare, finance and the service industry.

Noting the essence of the economic and trade cooperation between China and Britain is mutual benefit and win-win results, Xi called on the two sides to conduct joint research and industrial transformation in fields such as artificial intelligence, bioscience, new energy and low-carbon technologies, among others, to achieve common development and prosperity. 

(With input from Xinhua)