Academic eyes boost to China-UK ties

Meetings will offer an opportunity to enhance exchanges, collaboration

China's annual two sessions in Beijing are expected to further strengthen China-UK ties and enhance people-to-people exchanges and collaboration, according to Julian Beer, deputy vice-chancellor of Birmingham City University.

Beer said President Xi Jinping's visit to the UK in 2015 was a highlight in Sino-British relations and symbolized the closeness between the two countries.