The fifth event of Vision China, themed "40 Years on: China and the World", kicked off in London on Sept 13. Vision China is a series of talks organized by China Daily.

Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to the UK, Jim O'Neill, member of the House of Lords, chairman of Chatham House, former commercial secretary to the Treasury, and the man who coined the term BRIC, Fu Xiaolan, professor of technology and international development, and founder of the Technology and Management Center for Development at Oxford University, Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the London Stock Exchange and Martin Jacques, a senior fellow at Cambridge University's Department of Politics and International Studies, and author of the global best-seller When China Rules the World, offered their thoughts on where China and the world are heading.