Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with Queen Elizabeth II.
Li is on his first trip to the UK as premier and is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister David Cameron later today.
The Chinese Premier has said he hopes his three-day trip will help change "misperceptions and misgivings" about China.
The premier is leading a delegation of some 200-plus business leaders who are expected to sign deals worth more than 30-billion US dollars.
Infrastructure, high-speed rail, nuclear energy and finance, as well as London's role as an offshore yuan trading hub, are expected to be key areas under discussion.
The UK is China's third largest trading partner in the European Union. Two-way trade topped 70 billion dollars last year.
For more on Li Keqiang's tour, the Beijing Hour's Paul James earlier talked to Gao Shang, analyst with Beijing-based Guantong Futures.
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Gao Shang, analyst with Beijing-based Guantong Futures, talking to CRI's Paul James.