“I think that working together on issues like climate change, global stability during challenging times for the world is precisely what we should be doing as we build this relationship in the way that I’ve described,” Mr. Starmer told Mr. Xi in his opening remarks. Starmer is the first British Prime Minister to visit in eight years. “China-U.K. relations experienced setbacks in previous years, which was not in the interests of either country,” Mr. Xi said. “Good things often come with difficulties,” Mr. Xi said. He told Xi that it has “been far too long” since a U.K. Prime Minister visited.