China-UK Business Council Chief Sees Starmer Visit in Early 2026

The head of a UK-China business lobby group expects Prime Minister Keir Starmer to visit China in early 2026 to build on closer bilateral ties since the Labour government came to power.

“We all very much hope that he will be here probably in the first quarter of next year,” Peter Burnett, chief executive of the China-Britain Business Council, said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Beijing on Thursday. “We think it would seal a really important development in the relationship.”

Burnett was part of a group headed by UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle that met with Chinese ...