There’s a telling photograph of the chancellor which shows her sitting attentively, briefcase tucked on her chair, while the Chinese vice president holds forth in front of a classical landscape mural.

Vice President Han Zheng on Saturday met with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who is in Beijing for the 11th China-UK Economic

China and Britain have restarted economic and financial talks after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visited Shanghai on Sunday after holding a series of meeting with senior Chinese officials in Beijing on Saturday, during which the two sides reached a series of mutually beneficial outcomes and consensuses,

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride accused the chancellor of ducking difficult questions as the "government was losing control of the economy" while Ms Reeves visited China over the past week with a delegation including the governor of the Bank of England and the heads of HSBC, Standard Chartered and Schroders.

Han Zheng is in Washington D.C. as one of the many foreign leaders expected to attend Trump's inauguration Monday afternoon.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative.

By Laurie Chen and Andy Bruce BEIJING (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves, facing criticism for travelling to China during financial market turmoil at home, said on Saturday that "pragmatic and predictable" relations with Beijing would help boost economic growth and trade.

Chancellor defends decision to travel to Beijing where she is seeking to revive relations that have been frozen since 2019

Reeves will meet with her Chinese counterpart Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing and is being accompanied by Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey

By Laurie Chen and Andy Bruce BEIJING (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves, facing criticism for travelling to China during financial market turmoil at home, said on Saturday she will act to ensure the government's fiscal rules are met.

Han Zheng is scheduled to attend the celebrations in Washington D.C. on Monday and is the most senior Chinese official to attend a U.S. inauguration.