During Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit in London, Minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission Ma Kai and Minister for Trade in British Department of Trade and Industry IanMcCartney signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Establishing China-UK Energy Working Group.

Under the deal, the two countries agreed to establish a comprehensive cooperation mechanism on energy, to expand cooperation on gas and electric power to the whole energy industry. And China and Britain would focus exchange and cooperation on energy policy, development of renewable energy, energy saving technology and improvement of energy efficiency.