What they say

"I think Ambassador Liu Xiaoming has not just explained the central messages of the 13th Five-Year Plan, but has also pointed out the important cooperation opportunities between China and the UK, especially from the perspective of trade, finance, technology innovation, urbanization, green development and social securities. This points out clear directions of development for Chinese companies like ours, and also provides solid and concrete support for our work."

Eric Wang, head of West Europe for TP-Link

"What we thought was the most interesting aspect was the emphasis on China's internationalization process - one of the reasons for setting up the chamber in the first place. This is happening in numerous ways - renminbi internationalization, Chinese companies making more acquisitions in developed markets, and more Chinese products coming onto global markets. This means that instead of associating China with resource demand, cheap exports and real estate, people should start thinking about the development of new technologies, the debut of Chinese brands, and the use of renminbi as a global financing currency."

Miranda Carr, senior analyst for Haitong Securities (UK) Ltd

"Liu's speech provides a broad and long-term perspective, and allows Chinese companies like ours to realize the great opportunities of going global and the prosperous future waiting for us in the international market. It made us feel that we're not fighting the battle of international development alone, and we have not completed our achievement alone, so we need to work harder to do well on our road to international development."

Wang Wei, head of the UK team for China Building Technique Group Co

(China Daily European Weekly 12/18/2015 page14)