Li Keqiang (C), a
member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of CPC
Central Committee, meet with members of the new 21st Century
Committee for China-Japan Friendship, January 29, 2008. Li voiced a
commitment in Beijing on Tuesday to boost cooperation with Japan
and take bilateral relations to a new level.
A leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) voiced a
commitment in Beijing on Tuesday to boost cooperation with Japan
and take bilateral relations to a new level.
Li Keqiang, a member of the Standing Committee
of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee, called on the two
sides to seize the historical opportunity to expand friendly
exchanges and deepen cooperation, increase mutual understanding and
push forward the China-Japan strategic relationship and reciprocal
relations.?
China-Japan relations are entering an important stage of
development, Li said in his meeting with the policy consultants of
the new 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship.
He also stressed that lasting stable and healthy relations
between the two Asian neighbors not only served the fundamental
interests of the two countries and two peoples but were conducive
to the peace, stability and development of the region and the world
at large.
Policy consultants from both countries gathered in Beijing on
Sunday for the 7th meeting of the committee.
The two-day meeting focused on how to implement the consensus
reached during Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's visit to
China last month and on Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming trip to Japan.
Yotaro Kobayashi, the chief Japanese member of the committee,
expressed his appreciation of the recent comprehensive development
of bilateral relations.
He pledged that Japan would support China's peaceful development
and actively promote bilateral cooperation in fields such as
environmental protection, energy utilization and exchange between
younger generations.
The new 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship is a
policy consultation organization for the two governments. Its goal
is to bring together intellectuals from both sides to study
relations from a broad political, economic, cultural, scientific
and technological perspective, and make proposals to both
governments.
The committee has held six meetings since its inception in July
2003, based on the consensus of the leaders of the two
countries.
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(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2008)
