On July 29th, 2004, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui met respectively with visiting Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom Bill Rammell.
Both sides made positive comments on current China-UK relations and the achievements of the visit by Premier Wen Jiabao to the UK in May, indicating that they will renew their efforts to push the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries towards all-round and intensive development in the new century.
Rammell noted that the UK attaches great importance to developing relations with China, hopes to maintain the good momentum for development of the bilateral ties and would like to make efforts to push forward the further development of UK-China relations. Rammell also delivered a letter from Prime Minister Tony Blair to Premier Wen Jiabao.
Besides, the two sides exchanged views on bilateral cooperation in various fields as well as international and regional issues of common interest.