This day, 13 March, in 1972, China and the United Kingdom signed a joint communique in Beijing, announcing that both countries had decided to upgrade their diplomatic representatives stationed in each other’s capitals from charge d’affaires to ambassadors with immediate effect, with the Government of the United Kingdom recognising the People’s Republic as the sole lawful government of China.
1972年3月13日的这一天，中国和英国在北京签署了一份联合公报，宣布两国已决定立即将驻扎在对方首都的外交代表从代理晋升为大使，英国政府承认中华人民共和国是中国唯一的合法政府。
