New UK foreign secretary to visit China

Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom's new foreign secretary, will make an official visit to China on Monday and co-chair the 9th China-UK Strategic Dialogue, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Monday at a regular news conference in Beijing.

It will be Hunt's first visit to China. The former UK health secretary was appointed foreign secretary this month.

China and the UK, both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, have upheld the international order and promoted free trade, Geng said.