On the evening of October 21 (as per London time), Alderman Alan Yarrow, Mayor of the City of London, held a grand ceremony and banquet at City Hall to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping during his state visit to Britain. When Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived, they were warmly welcomed by Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, and Alderman Alan Yarrow and his wife. More than 700 participants from all walks of life, as well as foreign diplomatic envoys based in Britain attended the banquet. Sanpower’s subsidiary-owned House of Fraser’s CEO Nigel Oddy was also invited to the banquet.