David
Cameron’s Message for Chinese New Year 2015
19 February 2015
It’s Chinese New Year and it can
be a truly golden year for Britain and China. Our economic relationship goes
from strength to strength. Since we came to office, the number of British goods
bought in China has doubled.
We often think of Chinese food,
technology, clothing – they’re a big part of our lives in Britain – but today,
it works both ways. Look at China’s supermarkets and you’ll see British salmon,
British whisky. Look at China’s roads and you’ll see Jaguars, Land Rovers. In
fact, China is JLR’s biggest market. Where are their shoppers visiting?
Burberry, Church’s, Costa. And what are they watching? Yes, Downton Abbey, which draws in a reported
160 million viewers in China.
You can see the strength of that
relationship here in Britain, too. I think of Heathrow Airport, Thames Water,
made stronger thanks to Chinese business people who invest here. Our
universities, made greater thanks to the 100,000 Chinese students who study
here. And our country, made better thanks to British Chinese people who make
such a great contribution to our culture, communities, businesses and public
services.
As we celebrate New Year,
families will be coming together, often travelling thousands of miles to do so.
The fireworks, the parades and the feasts will be spectacular.
So wherever you are, let me wish
you the very best health and happiness for this, the Year of the Sheep. Xin nian kuai le. |
|部落|Archiver|手机版|英文巴士 ( 渝ICP备10012431号-2 )
GMT+8, 2016-7-24 15:21 , Processed in 0.060552 second(s), 9 queries , Gzip On, Redis On.