"One point on which we can be unequivocal is that the UK-China trade and investment relationship is strong and getting stronger at an unprecedented rate."

Stephen Phillips, Chief Executive of China-Britain Business Council, sees trade and investment between the two countries reach new heights.

"(Sun Yang) will return to the provincial team for further training, but we haven't decided when he will be back in the national team."

Shang Xiutang, deputy director of the Chinese Swimming Administrative Center, talking about the return of the swimmer and Olympic champion Sun Yang, who was dropped from the provincial and national teams after he was detained for driving without a license.

"For the first time an international award has gone to (one of China's) operating mechanisms, which shows the nation's national-level innovation in tackling climate change."

Chen Huan, director of the China Clean Development Mechanism Fund, said that the fund was named a United Nations' 2013 Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity winner for its efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 12/06/2013 page2)