Japanese Emperor Akihito Meets China's Top Legislator

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Japanese Emperor Akihito Meets China's Top Legislator

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko Tuesday met with China's top legislator Li Peng. Li conveyed the greeting from Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the Japanese Emperor. Li's visit, which comes at the time of the 30th anniversary of normalization of the diplomatic relations between China and Japan, will further enhance the friendship between the two peoples.

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Li Peng Attends Reception Marking 30th Anniversary of Ties

Li Peng's visit to Japan

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko Tuesday met with China's top legislator Li Peng.

Li, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, is now on an official goodwill visit to Japan.

Li conveyed the greeting from Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the Japanese Emperor. Emperor Akihito expressed his thanks and asked Li to forward his best regards to President Jiang.

Li's visit, which comes at the time of the 30th anniversary of normalization of the diplomatic relations between China and Japan, will further enhance the friendship between the two peoples, Emperor Akihito said.

Emperor Akihito said that he has always put an eye on China's economic construction. He is very interested in the development of China's western region, the Three Georges Project and the gigantic water transmission project from South to North, as well as China's environment protection.

Emperor Akihito wished that the friendship between the peoples will be maintained for generations.

In-depth development in bilateral relations

Li said that bilateral relations between the two countries have witnessed all-round and in-depth development in all fields through joint efforts made by both sides during the past three decades.

The healthy and steady development of bilateral relationship conforms to the fundamental interests of both Chinese and Japanese people, he added.

Li briefed the Emperor all these projects as well as the reforms and modernization drive in China.

Li hoped that the friendly cooperation between China and Japan could advance further through his visit and other activities marking the 30 the anniversary.

Bilateral Relations between China and Japan

Political Relationship: Date of Normalization of Sino-Japanese Relations: September 29,1972.

At present, the Sino-Japanese relations have, on the whole, witnessed smooth development. The friendly exchanges and mutually beneficiary cooperation in various areas have made constant progress, which have not only brought about significant interests to the two countries, but also made positive contributions to the regional peace, stability and development and the world as well.

Bilateral Trade: Japan is our greatest trade partner, while China remains as the second biggest to Japan. The bilateral trade volume in 1997 amounted to 60.8 billion US dollars, a record high in history. In 1998, the total volume of Sino-Japanese trade was 57.89 billion US dollars, decreased by 4.8% compared with that of the previous year. The export volume to Japan was 29.69 billion US dollars against an import of 28.2 billion dollars, enjoying a trade surplus of 1.5 billion US dollars, 47.7% lower than that of the previous year. >>more information

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