British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced in
Parliament Wednesday a major boost for Britain companies exporting
goods to China.
In his pre-election budget speech in the House of Commons Osborne
said he had sanctioned an increase in resources to the official
export agency, UKTI, with the aim of doubling support for British
exporters to China.
His announcement came just weeks after a high level trade mission to
China led by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge.
Britain's coalition government has set a target of doubling UK world
exports to 1 trillion pounds.
More than 3,000 medium-sized businesses are already exporting goods
overseas with UKTI support.
Osborne said Britain's manufacturing output has grown more than
four-and-a-half times faster than it did in the entire decade before
the financial crisis, describing it as a "national recovery".
"The British economy is fundamentally stronger than it was five
years ago, and that is reflected in the latest forecasts from the
Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)."
"And we will do even more -- so today I am again increasing UKTI's
resources to double the support for British exporters to China."
"We have also decided to become the first major western nation to be
a prospective founding member of the new Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank, because we think you should be present at the
creation of these new international institutions."
The Chancellor's announcement was welcomed by CBBC, the trade
delivery partner in China for UKTI.
Between them, CBBC and UKTI help businesses build a contacts
network, carry out research, attend trade fairs and missions, and
promote goods and services in the Chinese market.
Emma Jones, founder of small business network Enterprise Nation
said: "Investing in global trade is great news and particularly
China -- today even home-based businesses can trade internationally
via powerful platforms but all of this can be dramatically
supercharged with helpful Government intervention."
Source from China Daily |