英国是最早承认新中国的西方大国。1972年，英国将与中国的关系升格为大使级外交关系，中英关系实现正常化。此后，尽管中英关系时有波折，但总体上保持着积极稳定的发展方向。特别是在1997年香港政权顺利交接之后，两国关系进入全面发展的新阶段。2004年5月，中英两国宣布建立全面战略伙伴关系。此后10年来，不管是在政治、经济、科技，还是人文等领域，两国之间的合作与交流都得到进一步深化。但必须承认，两国关系中还存在很多困难，特别是2012年下半年以来，双边关系陷入困境。在此背景下，本文拟对近10年的中英关系进行全面回顾，并对未来前景做出展望。
The bilateral relationship between China and the UK has a long history. Being the first major Western country to recognize the People’s Republic of China，the UK has always been attaching great importance to advancing relations with China，especially after the smooth handover of Hong Kong’s sovereignty to China in July 1997，which symbolized a new stage of the bilateral relations. In 2004 the two countries established the comprehensive strategic partnership. In the recent years，the bilateral relationships have been further strengthened in a variety of areas including high-level exchanges and contacts，economic and financial dialogues，cooperation in science and technology，and people-to-people exchanges. However，it must be recognized that twists and turns still exist in the bilateral relations，as manifested by the difficulties confronting the two sides since the second half of the year 2012. It is against this background that this paper makes a comprehensive review and analysis of the China-UK relations in the past ten years as well as a forecast of the future prospect.
