Embracing the 2015 China-U.K. Year of Cultural Exchange

摘要

cqvip:IT was during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to the U.K.in June 2014 that the two countries mutually agreed to make 2015 the year of cultural exchange.The news soon came that Prince William,Duke of Cambridge,would travel to Shanghai in March 2015,to open the GREAT Festival of Creativity,which supports British businesses looking for opportunities and growth in China.More than 500 world leading British companies in innovation,technology,design,film,education,healthcare,and luxury goods will attend the festival.In an interview with China Today,Minister(Culture and Education),China Director of the British Council,Carma Elliot CMG OBE expressed her expectations of the big event.She regards it as an opportunity to promote U.K.-China relations and people-to-people links.