Premier Zhu Expects Healthy, Smooth Sino-Japanese Ties

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Premier Zhu Expects Healthy, Smooth Sino-Japanese Ties

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Premier Zhu Expects Healthy, Smooth Sino-Japanese Ties

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said in Beijing Thursday that he expects his country's relations with Japan to develop in a healthy and smooth way in the new century under principles already enshrined in communiques issued by the two countries.

Zhu made the remarks during his meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and other delegates from China and Japan to a forum for the promotion of Sino-Japanese cooperation at government, business and educational levels.

The forum should be conducive to bilateral mutual understanding of the two peoples, the Chinese premier said.

Noting the noticeable progress scored in bilateral friendly and cooperative relations since the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations three decades ago, Chinese and Japanese delegates held that the two countries should explore new ways and new fields of cooperation in the new century based on experiences and lessons drawn from the past 30 years, for the peace and development of Asia and the world at large.

Forum Opens to Pomote Sino-Japanese Coperation

A forum to promote Sino-Japanese cooperation at government, business and educational levels opened in Beijing on Thursday.

The forum, co-sponsored by the People's Daily of China and Venture Forum of Japan, is part of activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

About 300 officials, experts and entrepreneurs attended the forum and discussed such subjects as telecommunications, finance, and the service industry.

The forum provided a good opportunity for people, especially businesspeople, of the two countries to understand each other, said Wang Guangying, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China.

China is now Japan's second largest trading partner and Japan is China's top trading partner.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori predicted a trade expansion in the future. He said no matter what difficulty might occur during the course of cooperation, there was always a way to solve it as long as both sides showed respect and understanding for each other.

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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