The Prime Minister will claim that investment from China can drive the domestic recovery.
Mr Brown will repeat his “going for growth” plea that he first outlined in an interview with the Daily Telegraph last month.
He will have been buoyed by what appears to be a recent change in Conservative language and what Labour claim is an acknowledgment by David Cameron that his message on the economy needed to be more upbeat.
Yesterday, Mr Cameron said that an incoming Tory government would set out in an emergency budget how it intends to go for growth.
Mr Brown will tell business leaders: “We need an outward-facing Britain, attracting inward investment and sustaining high value added jobs. And to go for growth in Britain – we must also go for growth in Europe.
“We must never forget that Europe accounts for 60 per cent of our trade. More than 3 million British jobs depend on Europe.”
He will call for a European conference on growth to be held in London early next year.
The Prime Minister is to say he wants to see “thousands” of Chinese firms working in the UK.
He will say: “Today we have over 400 Chinese companies now operating in Britain. In our new growth strategy, I want not just hundreds but thousands of Chinese companies in Britain and British companies in China.
“I know that we will soon sign new strategic partnerships with India. Trade relations with the US are strong.
“So we need an outward-facing Britain, attracting inward investment and sustaining high value added jobs.”
Mr Brown will state that his “going for growth” plan is the best way of tackling huge public debt from the credit crunch and recession.
He is certain to ask why the Conservatives have changed tack and also question how they can go for growth when they looking at making spending cuts.
