Wang Yi (R), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, meets with Yohei Kono, president of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, in Beijing, capital of China, July 6, 2023. /Xinhua
The relations between China and Japan are actually at “a new crucial juncture,” mentioned Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, throughout a gathering with Yohei Kono, president of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade (JAPIT), in Beijing on Thursday.
During the assembly, Wang, additionally a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, famous that this yr marks the forty fifth anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship.
He mentioned that there’s a saying in China that requires upholding basic rules and breaking new floor. For China-Japan relations, upholding basic rules means adhering to the rules set out within the 4 political paperwork between China and Japan, consolidating the political basis for the sound growth of bilateral relations, taking historical past as a mirror, wanting into the longer term, and sticking to the trail of peaceable growth, mentioned Wang.
To break new floor is to construct bilateral relations that meet the necessities of the brand new period primarily based on basic rules, stay undisturbed by exterior distractions, implement the political consensus that China and Japan are cooperative companions moderately than threats to one another, and collectively safeguard the hard-won peace and stability in Asia, he mentioned.
Wang expressed the hope that Kono and the JAPIT will strengthen confidence in cooperation, oppose “decoupling economies or severing supply chains,” and make new contributions to the advance and growth of China-Japan relations.
Kono mentioned that Japan-China relations have come a great distance and cooperation has introduced advantages to each side. The enterprise group doesn’t agree with the politicization of financial points, and “decoupling economies or severing supply chains” is within the pursuits of nobody.
He hailed China’s growth momentum and vitality, saying the 2 sides ought to make joint efforts to enhance and promote Japan-China relations and cooperation in Asia.
(With enter from Xinhua)
Source: CGTN