While touring the Jaguar Land Rover factory, Cameron showed his support for the famous British brand. Cameron later spoke at the UK-Chinese business summit. He made clear his desire for a free trade deal.

Cameron's office said he was the first European leader to champion such a deal and had discussed the issue with other EU member states. Such a deal would address services liberalisation and better intellectual property rights protection.

"I believe it's time now also to look at a proper free trade agreement between the European Union and China. The free trade agreements that we have pioneered and signed have been a huge success, win-win situations as you would say, and we believe there's an extraordinary opportunity for a win-win situation between the European Union and China if we take this path, and you'll have no stronger supporter than Britain in making those arguments," Cameron said.