On Friday 21 January, the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP delivered a key note speech about Sino-British cooperation at an event in Bejing organised by the Foreign Policy Centre and its Chinese partner, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The Foreign Secretary outlined a programme of action for Britain and China in order to push UN reform, a plan for Africa and climate change.
The FPC programme on China and Globalisation was launched by Tony Blair and Wen Jiabao in May 2004 and aims to engage a broader group of actors in the current debate about China's place in a globalising world.
As part of the China programme, the FPC will be holding a high level conference in Beijing in May, in advance of the China-EU summit to be held later this year.