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<p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State met with Premier Li and various Chinese
companies to discuss areas of on-going cooperation within the nuclear power sector.
During these discussions the UK and Chinese Governments signalled a deepening of their
partnership on civil nuclear energy through the signing of a joint statement on civil
nuclear power.</p><p>Alongside this, HMG have signed a Four Party Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) on Civil Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supply Chain with the INS, CNNC and CAEA to further
cooperation across the civil nuclear backend fuel cycle, creating potential commercial
opportunities for UK companies.</p><p>Both countries see the importance of working
together on the UK's nuclear new build programme, China's own domestic civil nuclear
programme and in third country markets, to maximise the billion pound opportunities
this presents for both UK and Chinese companies.</p><p>Both the joint statement and
Four Party MoU are published on our website at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-china-and-uk-government-sign-civil-nuclear-agreement-and-sign-agreement-to-deepen-cooperation-on-climate-change"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-china-and-uk-government-sign-civil-nuclear-agreement-and-sign-agreement-to-deepen-cooperation-on-climate-change</a>.</p><p>
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