Select Committee · Foreign Affairs Committee

The UK Government’s China Audit

Status: Closed Opened: 27 Mar 2025 Closed: 20 May 2026

Although China is the UK’s fifth largest trading partner, the UK Government has, in recent years, described China as an “epoch-defining and systemic challenge”. Last November, the Foreign Secretary told the Committee that we need a consistent approach to China. The Government launched the China Audit in late 2024 in order to understand how the …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
20 Jan 2026 Guibourg Delamotte · French Institute of Oriental and African Studies (Inalco), Her Excellency Mrs Susanne Christine Baumann · Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the United Kingdom, Professor Yuichi Hosoya · Keio University, Japan, Robert Ward · International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) View ↗