Highlights of China-UK economic and trade ties
International Cooperation
Britain is China's second largest trading partner within the European Union (EU) and China is Britain's second largest non-EU trading partner.
Xinhuanet丨Updated: January 31, 2018
3. AIIB membership
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Britain led the way for other Western countries to join the China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Mar. 12, 2015.
It was the bank's first Western founding member.
The British government decided to contribute 50 million U.S. dollars to the bank's project preparation special fund in December of 2017.