Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves kicked off a two-day China visit Saturday, a landmark exchange highlighting the Labour government’s efforts to stay focused on long-term plans to get the British economy growing again even as fiscal concerns mount back home.

Rachel Reeves has insisted she won't budge on her “non-negotiable” fiscal rules laid out in the October budget while staunchly defending her China visit, which has come amid market turbulence back in Britain.