"It is in line with both China and Japan to maintain a healthy and stable development of bilateral ties, and China would like to further promote the China-Japan strategic relationship of mutual benefit on the basis of the four political documents signed by the two countries," Wang said.
"The economies of both China and Japan are highly complementary to each other, and the Chinese government would like to advance the process of building a free trade area among China, Japan and South Korea", Wang said.
China would like to properly resolve the disputes during the FTA negotiation as soon as possible, he added.
Free trade area
Kono said the association would like to play a positive role to improve and develop China-Japan ties and strengthen bilateral cooperation at local level and in fields including food security.
The association will positively promote the building of the FTA.
After Kono, Toshihiro Nikai, head of the General Affairs Council under the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will start a two-day China visit on April 28, followed by LDP Vice-President Masahiko Komura's visit to China, according to China News Service.
These visits show that nongovernmental goodwill from Japan is gathering in Japanese society, and this goodwill will put pressure on the government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said Feng Zhaokui, an expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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