Innovation is a key priority for the UK and Chinese Governments and both are committed to strengthening the UK/China trade and investment relationship, including in the manufacturing sector. These issues are regularly discussed at Government to Government meetings, including the annual UK-China Summit, Economic and Financial Dialogue and Joint Economic and Trade Commission which are all due to be held in 2015. The Joint Commission on Science, Technology and Innovation chaired by the UK and Chinese Science Ministers meets every two years and will next take place in 2016.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matthew Hancock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-17T13:40:48.0816486Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Business: China"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department plans to have with representatives of the Chinese government about innovation, manufacturing or investment in the next year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/411", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Huddersfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Barry Sheerman"} ], "uin" : "209373"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91894", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91894/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Innovation is a key priority for the UK and Chinese Governments and both are committed to strengthening the UK/China trade and investment relationship. To that end, this Department has held regular discussions on these issues with the Chinese government, including on opportunities in the manufacturing sector. Innovation and investment were discussed at all UK-China high level dialogues in 2014, most recently at the Economic and Financial Dialogue and Bilateral Investment Conference held in London in September 2014, at the UK-China Summit in June 2014 and at the 11th<\/sup> Joint Economic and Trade Commission in Beijing in May 2014.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of British state pensioners live outside the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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