On 11 September 2014, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai in London who was attending the Sixth China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue.

Ma Kai first conveyed the cordial greetings of Premier Li Keqiang. He said that the primary mission of this year’s dialogue is to promote the implementation of important consensus reached by Chinese and British leaders and advance bilateral pragmatic cooperation. He introduced China’s major initiatives and effects of the comprehensive deepening of reforms, noting that the both countries are carrying out reforms and restructuring and face new opportunities for cooperation. China is willing to deepen pragmatic cooperation with the UK, focus on key cooperation areas such as nuclear energy, high-speed rails, finance and technology, and inject new impetus into the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the UK.

Cameron said UK-China relationship has been stronger in recent years, with more high-level dialogues and closer trade and two-way investment. He hoped that the dialogue will create new breakthroughs in UK-China relations. The UK welcomes Chinese investment where lies the strength of the British economy and the future UK-China relations. He hoped to see greater bilateral cooperation in large-scale infrastructure projects, such as in nuclear energy and high-speed rails, and UK China working together to oppose trade protectionism at the forthcoming G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia.

Before the meeting, Ma attended a China-UK roundtable conference discussion.

On 12 September, Ma Kai and the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne co-chaired the Sixth China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue. Ma Kai said that the two sides should further strengthen coordination in macro-economic policies and establish closer international economic and financial cooperation. The two sides should deepen cooperation in trade and investment and strive to complete the construction of a group of big projects with wider impact. The two sides should give play to their respective advantages and constantly deepen financial cooperation. Ma Kai and George Osborne jointly met the press after the dialogue.