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9. Mr Premier, it has been a great personal pleasure for me
to renew the friendly contacts we had on my last visit. We have had excellent talks again today. And I look forward to welcoming you to London next year. For now, in thanking you for this magnificent banquet, may I use words of a Chinese
proverb to describe the enduring friendship between our countries which we are building together: "with steady steps, it is possible to reach the sky".
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