We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
The British Embassy in Beijing maintains and develops relations between the UK and China.
The British Consulate-General in Shanghai represents the UK government in China.
Science and innovation play an important role in encouraging prosperity and growth through the Science and Technology Network (STN).
The British Consulate-General Guangzhou represents the UK government in South China, covering Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Hunan, and Jiangxi.
The British Consulate-General in Chongqing represents the UK government in southwest China including Chongqing and provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.
This page is designed to provide British Nationals with guidance on nationality in China.
DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in China, and Chinese companies set up and invest in the UK.
UK calls out pattern of malicious cyber activity by Chinese state-affiliated organisations and individuals targeting democratic institutions and parliamentarians.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Advice on how to obtain criminal record checks for use in China, covering time spent in the UK.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in January 2014.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).