Ambassador urges Britain to be ready

The recently concluded 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened the door to deepened economic and trade cooperation with the United Kingdom, China's top envoy to Britain said on Tuesday during a keynote speech in London to more than 100 senior representatives from Britain's business community.

Reiterating China's adherence to further opening-up, and deepening reforms, Liu Xiaoming, China's ambassador to the UK, urged Britain to "read the strategies and policies adopted at the congress carefully".

Liu, who attended the congress, said he was deeply impressed by the long list of outcomes and far-reaching impacts in General Secretary Xi Jinping's epoch-making speech. Xi has clearly charted China's development path for the coming decades and set several development targets.