Chinese vice premier to visit Britain, Caribbean nations

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan is to visit Britain from Sept. 7 to 10, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Thursday. Ma said at a regular press conference that Wang will co-chair the Fourth China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue with UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. Wang will also go to Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Third China-Caribbean Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum to be held from Sept. 11 to 13, Ma said. In addition, the vice premier will make a stopover visit to the Caribbean island nation of Bahamas, according to the spokesman.