00:00concept of whether you call it the Heathrow or the North, fundamentally with
00:04Manchester Airport you have an airport now that is well over 30 million
00:10passengers, it has connections into those key markets, is playing a critical role
00:17in driving growth into those global regions. So we very much see the airport
00:26but also the airport city now known as Mixed Manchester in helping to deliver
00:32those ambitions in terms of connecting Greater Manchester and the North into
00:37key innovation clusters around the world and of course given the tremendous
00:43progress being made in China in innovation terms, it's critically
00:47important that we're able to do that for northern regions and so the progress
00:54that we've made with Beijing and Shanghai has been critical in driving that forward.
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