The roar of the engines of the Air China Boeing 747 carrying China's President Xi Jinping home has long faded from the skies over Manchester, leaving Britain and its leaders to contemplate the new dynamic that is the link between the two countries.
President Xi Jinping left Manchester on Friday, wrapping up the first visit of a Chinese state head to Britain in a decade.
The UK government wants China to pay for a number of "northern powerhouse" projects as well as backing deals in Britain's creative and technology industries.
Reform and innovation provide China and the United Kingdom with rich opportunities to work together, the head of a leading Chinese think tank said in London on Friday.
1997: Former England international Bobby Houghton became the first Briton to be appointed head coach of the Chinese national team.
As President Xi Jinping spent a day at Manchester on Friday, anticipation and excitement in the city grew as to what may come after his visit.
Inmarsat Plc agreed to a strategic partnership with China Transport Telecommunication and Information Center on Thursday during President Xi Jinping's visit to the headquarters of the British satellite telecoms company.
President Xi Jinping praised the role Confucius Institutes have played in promoting cultural exchanges with foreign countries as he attended the UK Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms Annual Conference and unveiled the 1,000th Confucius Classroom plaque for the Hautieu School in Jersey.
President Xi Jinping praised Huawei Technologies for "pushing forward innovation" during a visit to the global IT company's British headquarters in London on Thursday.
President Xi Jinping became the latest state leader welcomed at Chequers, a tranquil country house in Britain that has hosted foreign dignitaries since becoming an official retreat for prime ministers in 1921.
As China and Britain deepened their creative and technological cooperation, a television training program was part of a package of agreements worth 325 million pounds ($503 million) in the two sectors revealed on Wednesday, during President Xi Jinping's visit to the UK.
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