Han Zheng, vice chairman of China, said to the British Foreign Minister Cleverly visited China that he hopes that through mutual respect and pragmatic cooperation to promote new development of Sino -British relations.

According to Reuters, Han Zheng made the above statement when he met with Cleverly on Wednesday (August 30) in Beijing.

Cleverly said that the British and China regularly hold a face -to -face meeting is important to avoid misunderstandings.He also pointed out that it is important to solve the challenges and opinions facing all countries in bilateral relations.

According to the news released by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Tuesday (29th), Cleverly visited China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.Clever is also the first British foreign minister to visit China in five years.

Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that Clever was originally scheduled to visit China at the end of July, but delayed the visits to China due to the unknown travel of Chinese foreign ministers Qin Gang.