China, Japan Shoulder Greater Responsibility for Peace, Development

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China, Japan Shoulder Greater Responsibility for Peace, Development

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China and Japan should remain forever as good neighbors and partners and make due contributions to peace and development in Asia and the whole world, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said on Monday.

"China and Japan, as countries that carry considerable weight in Asia and the world, shoulder greater responsibility for maintaining peace and promoting development," said Wu, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, in a speech to dignitaries from the central regions of Japan.

As their interdependence increases, and they share more and more common interests, areas of cooperation between the two countries have become ever broader.

The Chinese people are ready to join the Japanese people in making still greater efforts to promote the Sino-Japanese friendly exchanges and cooperation in various fields so as to make sure the two countries remain as good neighbors and partners forever, Wu said.

The two countries should work together for a brighter future of relations and make due contributions to peace and development in Asia and the whole world, he said.

Wu made a three-point proposal for achieving the above-mentioned goals:

Firstly, Wu called for continued high-level dialogue and more efforts to promote mutual trust in the political area. He urged leaderships of the two countries to adopt regional, global and strategic perspectives in viewing and handling bilateral ties. He stressed the need to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation, enhance coordination in regional and international affairs, and promote mutual understanding and trust by strengthening exchanges and dialogues at various levels.

Secondly, the Chinese top legislator urged further economic and trade cooperation and exchanges of personnel. Wu said bilateral economic cooperation, which is sizable and broadening, has still great potential to be tapped, with a broad prospect ahead for bilateral trade ties that "will be dominated by cooperation rather than competition for a long time to come."

"Economies of the two countries are highly complementary," Wu said, with Japan having the capital and technological strength, while China having an abundant and skilled labor force, a widening market and a bettering investment environment.

"Further economic cooperation can benefit the restructuring of economy and upgrading of industries in the two countries," Wu added.

Thirdly, Wu called for the exercise of caution in dealing with issues of each other's concerns. Wu said both sides should abide by the principles enshrined in the three political documents signed between them and, by "taking history as a mirror and looking forward to the future," resolve problems between them properly, including those left over by history and the Taiwan issue.

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