PM's visit to Beijing to enhance Sino-UK ties

BEIJING - British Prime Minister David Cameron's first official visit to China in November will represent "an important opportunity for elevating China-United Kingdom relations to a new high", according to the Chinese ambassador to the UK.

"Our relations have gone beyond being bilateral and become more global and strategic we will work closely with our British colleagues to make the visit a great success," Liu Xiaoming said in London on Tuesday.

President Hu Jintao in June invited Cameron to visit China in November, when the two leaders met for the first time during the G20 summit in Toronto. In a 30-minute meeting between the two, Hu congratulated Cameron on becoming prime minister.