On March 20, 2024, Vice President Han Zheng met with Lord Mayor of the City of London of the United Kingdom (UK) Michael Mainelli in Beijing.

Han Zheng said, China and the UK enjoy in-depth and extensive economic and trade cooperation. The City of London, as a world-renowned financial center, has long been committed to promoting China-UK financial exchanges and cooperation. Now, China is pursuing Chinese modernization on all fronts through high-quality development, unswervingly expanding the two-way opening-up of its capital market, and providing broader investment and development opportunities for financial institutions and investors from all over the world. China is ready to work with British financial institutions to expand cooperation areas, promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges and build stable and mutually beneficial China-UK relations.

Michael Mainelli appreciated China's achievements in economic and social development and said that UK-China cooperation in the financial sector has broad prospects. The City of London will continue to actively participate in China's high-standard opening-up and push for more results in UK-China green finance and economic and trade cooperation.