Now in its sixth year, the CBI’s Chinese New Year’s Dinner brought together 200 senior professionals from business, politics and media to celebrate the Chinese New Year and the long-standing bond between the UK and China.
Taking place at the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge, this year’s Chinese New Year Dinner brought in the Year of the Rat and highlighted the crucial collaboration between the UK and China, as well as touching on technology, education and the recent pledges from the Prime Minister. An array of speakers included former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the UK H.E. Liu Xiaoming, and CBI President, John Allan.
Opening the evening, John Allan heralded the multiple causes of optimism, praising the strong mandate of the new majority government ─ which gives business the chance to break through the gridlock of recent years. He moved on to highlight the immense growth in trade – 2019 proving to be a landmark year in which trade between the UK and China passed £100bn. He closed with a look to the future, in which both nations can harness their resources and ass
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