David Cameron's visit to China - in pictures

David Cameron poses with his delegation at Heathrow airport, prior to heading to China with the largest British trade delegation ever to visit the country Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The British prime minister arrives in Beijing Photograph: Wang Ye/Rex Features

Cameron attends a welcome ceremony with Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

The British PM poses with Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People, before giving a press conference Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Li and Cameron share a joke during a visit to the National Museum of China in Beijing Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

China's president, Xi Jinping, (right) shakes hands with David Cameron in front of Chinese and British flags during a meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Photograph: Xinhua/Reuters

The Chinese vice-premier, Wang Yang, (right) and Cameron make their entrance to the venue of the 2013 UK-China Business Summit in Beijing Photograph: Liu Weibing/REX/Liu Weibing/REX

Zhang Dejiang, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) standing committee, shakes hands with David Cameron in Beijing Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

Cameron and the Shanghai mayor, Yang Xiong, attend a meeting in Shanghai Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

The British PM grabs the Premier League trophy as he poses with former England footballer Greame Le Saux at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre, where they attended a lunch to promote British business in China Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Cameron gets acquainted with Matthew Forbes and the War Horse at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

David Cameron walks along the Bund with Lisa Pan, vice president of Rekoo, one of Asia's largest social gaming companies, in Shanghai Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Principles at Shanghai Jiao Tong University present David Cameron with a giant ping pong bat during his visit to Shanghai Photograph: HAP/Quirky China News/Rex Features

Cameron is shown around the home of the Chinese author and poet Du Fu in Chengdu. The writer from the Tang Dynasty lived in the thatched house in 759 AD Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Cameron meets his match while playing table tennis with pupils from Long Jiang Lu Primary School in Chengdu Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA