Sir Keir Starmer will conclude his trip to China by hailing billions of pounds of trade deals and investment in the UK by companies including the makers of the hit Labubu dolls.
The Prime Minister leaves Shanghai on Saturday after a three-day visit during which he has repeatedly said his decision to re-engage with China will bring benefits to the British people.
Sir Keir said: “We are bringing stability, clarity and a long-term strategy to the way we engage with China, so we can bring home the benefits for businesses and workers.
“Collaboration with China is the way to ensure the growth of British businesses, support good jobs at home and protect our national security.”
The visit, which was heavily focused on trade, saw Sir Keir travel to China with more than 50 representatives from British businesses and cultural institutions.
Downing Street said the visit had secured £2.2bn in export and market access deals worth a further £2.3bn over the next five years, as well as hundreds of millions of pounds in investment by Chinese companies.
Among those companies was Pop Mart, maker of the hit Labubu toy, which has committed to opening seven stores in the UK, including a flagship store on London's Oxford Street.
Birmingham and Cardiff have also been earmarked for shops.
Asked if he was familiar with the toy, Sir Keir told ITV News he had been given one on the trip, adding: “I don't think it will last long with my children.”
Meanwhile, carmaker Chery also announced it would establish its European headquarters in Liverpool, where there is already a Jaguar Land Rover plant.
And on the cultural side, the World Snooker Tour said it had secured a new event in two Chinese cities that would raise up to £15 million.
The deals follow Thursday's announcement that Chinese tariffs on whiskey would be halved, a move expected to be worth £250 million to the UK over the next five years, and a deal on visa-free travel to China for British citizens.
Sir Keir said the reduced tariffs would come into force from Monday. Details of the visa plan have yet to be confirmed, but Downing Street said it had “full confidence” it would be implemented.
Beyond trade and investment, the Prime Minister also scored a political victory when President Xi Jinping agreed to lift Chinese sanctions on six British MPs.
Sir Keir told the BBC the deal showed that engaging with China allowed him to raise “difficult and sensitive issues that can't be raised if you're not in the room”.
But it continues to face domestic pressure to further challenge China on human rights issues, including the detention of British and Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai and the treatment of the Uyghur minority.
In a statement, previously sanctioned MPs and peers said they were “not comfortable” with the decision to lift restrictions while these issues remained unresolved.
Closer ties with China could also cause the UK problems with the United States, where President Donald Trump criticized Sir Keir's visit, saying it was “dangerous” to do business with Beijing.
In interviews in Shanghai on Friday, Sir Keir played down the criticism and said Trump had been “talking more about Canada” than the UK, while Britain and the United States remained “very close allies”.
The Prime Minister will end his visit to China with meetings with senior local Chinese Communist Party officials in Shanghai on Saturday morning.
He will then return home via Japan, where he will meet the country's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, for a working dinner.
